LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Astoria Federal Savings has announced the 12 winners of its annual Teen Photo Contest.

CANNON BEACH, Ore., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A newly formed non-profit organization created to promote tourism in the Oregon oceanside community of Cannon Beach, has selected Leopold Ketel & Partners of Portland as its public relations firm.

By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Mar. 20--The historian from Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will speak in Astoria on Saturday on two rusty, ancient cannons recently recovered from the sand near Cannon Beach, Ore.

By Bryan Denson, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Dec. 10--The Bush administration pledged $1 million in emergency help Sunday to repair northwest Oregon's storm-damaged roads, then announced that residents and businesses in two counties could apply immediately for disaster assistance.

Coastal state forests are experiencing a resurgence in Swiss needle cast disease, a fungus that kills the evergreen needles on Douglas fir trees by interrupting the process of photosynthesis.