'Heartbreaking': Vigil Held for St. Helens City Administrator Who Went Missing in Columbia River

'Heartbreaking': Vigil held for St. Helens city administrator who went missing in Columbia River

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Recovery efforts continue to find the body of John Walsh, the St. Helens city administrator, four days after he fell into the chilly waters of the Columbia River. In the day since the tragic accident, a memorial has grown near the docks where it happened. On Thursday, dozens of people gathered [...]

Columbia County mourns the loss of St. Helens administrator

Late Saturday, June 13, news emerged that Columbia County resident and St. Helens Administrator John Walsh, having slipped off a St. Helens dock and into the Columbia River, did not resurface. Search and rescue was dispatched Saturday night and the following day. According to reports, the St. Helens Police Department was assisted by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office.Rescue efforts…