If you want to embark on the biking world's equivalent of the Appalachian Trail, get ready for this mammoth course that ...

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Vandals broke into the Astoria Column and damaged the historical landmark just days before a $1 million restoration project was expected to be finished. The Daily Astorian reports ...

Balsa wood gliders wait to be purchased at the Astoria Column gift shop. One day, a kid bought a balsa wood glider at the Astoria Column gift shop and scrawled his name on it. He climbed the 164 steps ...

Escape to a storybook Oregon town where Victorian architecture, maritime history, and pristine nature come together to create the perfect getaway.

The Daily Astorian reports the project involves architectural repairs and restoring the murals. The $1 million project is funded by private donors. The restoration project will begin in May and end in ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Astoria City Council approved a new lighting policy for the Astoria Column at a meeting last Monday night. Where before the landmark could be lit with lights twice a year to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A landmark along the Oregon coast has been illuminating the region’s rich history for decades and now, the light it shines just got brighter. Ralph Budd, who commissioned the ...

A new lighting system at the Astoria Column means it now only takes a few keystrokes on a computer to switch the colors projected onto the sides of the landmark. But a new policy may change when and ...

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The Astoria City Council has rejected a request from a local hospital to bathe the Astoria Column in pink lighting during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The Daily ...

The 164-step stairway to the top of the Astoria Column should be reopened by Memorial Day after a closure in November 2007 when cracks were discovered during a routine inspection. The Daily Astorian ...

If it’s good views you’re after, it’s hard to beat the vista visible from atop the Astoria Column. Offering a view of the Pacific Ocean, the mouth of the Columbia River and several Cascade Mountain ...