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OLYMPIA — A measure calling for a constitutional amendment and laws that would tackle felon voting, campaign finance, and presidential candidate tax returns came in front of the House Committe…
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ASTORIA, Ore. — I know a lot of cops, and most of them are good people. I think the public — and the media — are often guilty of giving police hell for things they don’t understand. So, while …
On Feb. 11 at 1:42 p.m., Long Beach Police contacted suspect David D. Jerome, 57, from Seaview after he allegedly threatened staff at a business. Charges of felony harassment will be filed wit…
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PACIFIC COUNTY — County residents may be eligible for electricity bill discounts.
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PENINSULA — Clear weather and favorable tide conditions culminated with a multitude of 8,300 clam diggers descending on the Peninsula over the weekend. Beach approaches from Seaview to Surfsid…
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WASHINGTON — With only one new case last week, health authorities in Clark County were cautiously optimistic that efforts to suppress a measles outbreak were working. However, in a Friday, Feb…
LONG BEACH — The Ocean Beach School District Board of Directors is accepting applications for an upcoming vacancy.
The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges shown.
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PENINSULA — The 2018-2019 school year will be Cathy Meinhardt’s last year with the Ocean Beach School District. Meinhardt serves as principal at Long Beach Elementary and Ocean Park Elementary.
A Hillsboro man was arrested for attempted rape and other charges after he was found in a snowbound vehicle late Friday with a teenage girl.
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SEATTLE — Exposure to glyphosate — the world’s most widely used, broad-spectrum herbicide and the primary ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup — increases the risk of some cancers by more than…
NEWBERG, Ore. — Hope Bellinger of Ocean Park, a junior, was among those who earned dean’s list recognition at George Fox University for the fall 2018 semester. Traditional undergraduate studen…
LONG BEACH — The American Association of University Women is hosting a historical afternoon tea theatre celebrating National Women’s History Month with this year’s theme “Breaking the Mold.”
NASELLE — The new Naselle Community Center hosted its inaugural event, a music concert, on Saturday, Feb. 16. The concert featured an amazing array of Northwest musical talent.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, the Battle Ground Republican representing Washington’s Third Congressional District, said Feb. 14 she opposes President Donald Trump’s decla…
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OLYMPIA — The Senate passed a bill Feb. 15 to remove the death penalty from Washington state statutes, replacing it with life in prison without parole.
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OLYMPIA — A proposed bill would require public schools to provide comprehensive sexual health education as a part of their curriculum.
SEATTLE — According to a report by the Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle has the most cases of missing and murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls than any other city i…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued an El Niño Advisory last week, indicating the climate pattern has taken effect and is likely to continue through the spring. While the El Niño is expect…
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OLYMPIA — State shellfish managers have tentatively scheduled razor clam digs on ocean beaches for 12 days starting March 16 and extending into late April. Of these, only two additional days a…
LONG BEACH — It can cost a load to take care of laundry.
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OLYMPIA — Martin Jones, the former Long Beach man convicted of attempting to murder a Washington State Trooper, may get another trial. On Feb. 14, the state Court of Appeals said there are eno…
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OCEAN PARK — The pool at Dunes Bible Camp is closed for repairs, and will likely remain closed for several more days.
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OLYMPIA — Over the last six years, more than 3,000 children between 12 and 14 years old were charged with crimes in Washington’s juvenile courts.
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) is seeking nominations for the 28th-annual awards for outstanding achievements in historic preservatio…
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OLYMPIA — Two bills in the state Legislature, if passed, would allow a controversial pesticide to be used by shellfish growers to kill burrowing shrimp, a pest that growers say threatens their…
How are things going? With the recent cold weather, a lot of folks are slippin’ and slidin’ just trying to get around — and not only in vehicles. Outside, there’s not much to hold onto while w…
A group of 11 Democratic lawmakers aims to address the rights of homeless people and their ability to survive in public.
Lawmakers seek to celebrate public lands in Washington state by designating the fourth Saturday of September as Public Lands Day.
OLYMPIA — Media organization representatives from across Washington lambasted proposed legislation that exempts the Legislature from portions of the Public Records Act.
The state Employment Security Department wants lawmakers to create a new department within the agency to increase compliance with the H-2A federal agricultural guest worker visa program.
Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, a Democrat, is heading a new coalition supporting passage of USMCA. He was ambassador to China and U.S. commerce secretary in the Obama administration.
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OLYMPIA — The state attorney general has stepped in with a warning to more than half the state’s county law enforcement officials who say they refuse to fully enforce the gun control measures …
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LONG BEACH — Grab your boots and get your shovel, razor clamming will return for a one-day evening dig on the Long Beach Peninsula this weekend. The evening dig was approved for Sunday, Feb. 1…
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The number of legal-sized white sturgeon (38 to 54 inches in fork length) in the Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam declined in 2018, while the number of sturgeon large enough to spaw…
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GRAYS HARBOR AND PACIFIC COUNTIES — On the day of the big raid in late 2017, there were so many local, state and federal police involved that the Grays Harbor Drug Task Force held their mornin…
LONG BEACH — Project Community Connect’s 2019 attendee count was higher than last year’s.
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LONG BEACH — Three members of Ocean Beach School District’s Board of Directors won’t run for re-election this year.
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ILWACO — What do Black Lake, law enforcement, sewage and the Planning Commission all have in common?
On Jan. 28 at 2:15 a.m., LBPD stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction. Suspect Edward L. Bendzick, 36, from Long Beach was cited for driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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SOUTH BEND — The strange case of drug-and-gun-dealing amusement park owner, erstwhile fugitive and Scientology rehab patient Robert “Tony” Anthony Merrill, 53, is almost over.
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In this year’s eight-week Saturday Science Academy, students are studying water. In the first session of the 2019 Academy held on Feb. 2, students experimented with some of the properties of H…
The Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau is pleased to honor Rod Anderson as Volunteer of the month. Anderson was born in Mount Vernon, Wash., and raised on a dairy farm in Western Skagit Coun…
ASTORIA, Ore. – Coast Community Radio (KMUN, KTCB and KCPB), the nonprofit radio station in the Columbia-Pacific region, has received a $15,000 grant from Templin Foundation.
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