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Charter Communications and Clatsop County could partner to fill more broadband gaps.

With the help of a $9 million grant from the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Charter is expanding its network to serve an additional 2,000 homes and small businesses in Clatsop and Columbia counties.

During a county Board of Commissioners work session Wednesday, Charles Deister, Charter’s director of government affairs, said equipment has been installed to serve Svensen, Knappa, Brownsmead and Olney.

He said Charter is also looking into extending service to residents around Fishhawk Lake.

Deister added that while there are no plans to extend the network further south to Jewell, Charter would willing to partner with the county on expanding service with help from the county’s federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars or the Oregon Broadband Fund.

See the story by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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A state grant could help Astoria sort out roadway questions around Tongue Point.

The city is requesting $250,000 for land use and transportation planning.

A former World War II-era naval base, Tongue Point was owned by the federal government. Over time, the government sold off portions of the land but retained the roadways as federal property instead of rights of way.

While many of the sections that were sold included easements for the use of parts of the roadways, they did not provide unlimited access to private property, public use or maintenance consideration.

Read the story by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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The Columbia River Maritime Museum hopes to expand.

Museum leaders believe a new building, which is proposed between the museum and the Barbey Maritime Center off Marine Drive in Astoria, would help tie together the campus, which also includes the Warnock Commons and Model Boat Pond, an educational resource and community open space.

There are dozens of historic boats and thousands of other artifacts in storage that the museum hopes to put on display in a new building.

“Our five-year strategic plan highlighted the need to bring more of our collections to the public in pursuit of our vision of being a truly world-class maritime museum,” Michael Haglund, the chairman of the museum’s board, said in a statement.

Take a look at the report by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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