Local News: Port of Astoria approves new strategic plan

Port of Astoria adopts new strategic plan The Port has a new strategic plan, a key step on its road back to solvency. Joanne Rideout reports. The Port of Astoria Commission unanimously approved a new port strategic plan at their Tuesday meeting. The port has crafted the new plan as part of an effort to regain trust with business partners, the community and the state, relating to the port’s current precarious financial situation. The plan was formulated during the past two years and will be critical to the port being able to qualify for further state support. Mary McArthur is...