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OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting two public meetings to discuss season structure and proposed dates for the 2020 sport halibut season.
COLUMBIA RIVER — With less than half of the 10-year average of fall Chinook salmon expected to return to the Columbia River this year, the two-state Columbia River Compact opened commercial gillnetting in the lower river and in pools upstream of Bonneville Dam for treaty commercial gillnetting.
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WALDPORT, Ore. — A 20-foot juvenile humpback whale washed shore north of the Alsea River near Waldport on Wednesday, Aug. 14, and remains beached Thursday morning.
Washington's drought retreated slightly over the previous week, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday, and federal climatologists said they're less confident fall will be warmer than average.
LONG BEACH — A new headquarters building for Willapa National Wildlife Refuge continues taking shape at the east end of 67th Street near the south end of Willapa Bay.
LONG BEACH — Mayor Jerry Phillips was one of the drivers involved in a four-vehicle crash at 12:55 p.m. July 31, northbound on Pacific Way near 137th Lane. Two people were taken to Ocean Beach Hospital with minor injuries.
OLYMPIA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission recently took action to require monthly fishing guide logbook reporting, and approved moving forward on a request to the State Legislature to increase Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife funding.
CHINOOK — The goal at East Sand Island in the Lower Columbia River estuary near Chinook is to limit the number of double-crested cormorants nesting on the island to 5,600 breeding pairs to limit the birds’ impacts on juvenile salmon and steelhead, according to Jeffery Henon, spokesman for th…
SURFSIDE — “I just love to fly,” Dorothy Kocher Olsen said in May 2011 as she approached her 95th birthday and her first parade, the 51st Loyalty Day Parade in Long Beach.
RAYMOND — U.S. Air Force Airman Sean A. Tessier graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
A new headquarters building for Willapa National Wildlife Refuge continues taking shape at the east end of 67th Street near the south end of Willapa Bay. Formally called a Natural Resource Center, the surrent work is the first phase of a plan to eventually add a visitor center with an enviro…
RAYMOND — A Raymond resident is charged with possession of child pornography. Stanley Woods, 74, is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography.
LONG BEACH — A former employee of Great Northwest Credit Union is in jail after stealing over $9,000 from customers.
PACIFIC COUNTY — Many changes are coming to Willapa Behavioral Health, including a major renovation.
PENINSULA — A remote-controlled water rescue drone recently used to save three people in Rockaway Beach from will soon be employed on the Long Beach Peninsula.
WASHINGTON COAST — A whale expert is reporting a rare sighting of blue whales off the Washington coast. The largest animals on the planet have also been sighted in unusual numbers offshore of Oregon this summer.
On July 31 at 9 a.m. in Long Beach, a large rubber mat was reported stolen from a business.
SOUTH BEND — The two Coast Guardsmen charged with sex offenses have been sentenced.
OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting two public meetings to discuss season structure and proposed dates for the 2020 sport halibut season.
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COLUMBIA RIVER — With less than half of the 10-year average of fall Chinook salmon expected to return to the Columbia River this year, the two-state Columbia River Compact opened commercial gi…
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WALDPORT, Ore. — A 20-foot juvenile humpback whale washed shore north of the Alsea River near Waldport on Wednesday, Aug. 14, and remains beached Thursday morning.
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Washington's drought retreated slightly over the previous week, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday, and federal climatologists said they're less confident fall will be warmer than average.
LONG BEACH — A new headquarters building for Willapa National Wildlife Refuge continues taking shape at the east end of 67th Street near the south end of Willapa Bay.
LONG BEACH — Mayor Jerry Phillips was one of the drivers involved in a four-vehicle crash at 12:55 p.m. July 31, northbound on Pacific Way near 137th Lane. Two people were taken to Ocean Beach…
OLYMPIA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission recently took action to require monthly fishing guide logbook reporting, and approved moving forward on a request to the State Legislature…
CHINOOK — The goal at East Sand Island in the Lower Columbia River estuary near Chinook is to limit the number of double-crested cormorants nesting on the island to 5,600 breeding pairs to lim…
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SURFSIDE — “I just love to fly,” Dorothy Kocher Olsen said in May 2011 as she approached her 95th birthday and her first parade, the 51st Loyalty Day Parade in Long Beach.
RAYMOND — U.S. Air Force Airman Sean A. Tessier graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
A new headquarters building for Willapa National Wildlife Refuge continues taking shape at the east end of 67th Street near the south end of Willapa Bay. Formally called a Natural Resource Cen…
RAYMOND — A Raymond resident is charged with possession of child pornography. Stanley Woods, 74, is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography.
LONG BEACH — A former employee of Great Northwest Credit Union is in jail after stealing over $9,000 from customers.
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PACIFIC COUNTY — Many changes are coming to Willapa Behavioral Health, including a major renovation.
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PENINSULA — A remote-controlled water rescue drone recently used to save three people in Rockaway Beach from will soon be employed on the Long Beach Peninsula.
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WASHINGTON COAST — A whale expert is reporting a rare sighting of blue whales off the Washington coast. The largest animals on the planet have also been sighted in unusual numbers offshore of …
On July 31 at 9 a.m. in Long Beach, a large rubber mat was reported stolen from a business.
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SOUTH BEND — The two Coast Guardsmen charged with sex offenses have been sentenced.
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OLYMPIA — Motorcyclists in Washington state lost their exemption from the state’s requirement that vehicle owners carry liability insurance when a new law took effect July 28.
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OLYMPIA — A Washington judge Friday reinstated a Fish and Wildlife program that allows timberland owners to kill tree-damaging black bears.
The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges shown:
DEEP RIVER — Count Deep River’s Bob Miller as one of those rare individuals who lives life to its fullest.
PACIFIC COUNTY — Travelers who use State Route 6 near Salmon Creek, west of Pe Ell, will need to use a bypass road to get around construction.
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LONG BEACH PENINSULA — Peninsula students need some help, according to a new survey.
Pacific County implemented a burn ban on June 21 and it remains in effect until conditions moderate with the arrival of autumn rain.The ban includes all residential burning associated with lan…
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The estate of the late Robert "Jake" Jacob has sold the Atomic Motel in Astoria to Mark Frank for $2.5 million.
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WASHINGTON COAST — A trained team freed an entangled humpback whale near Tatoosh Island at the tip of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula last week, removing ropes that had hog-tied the whale betwe…
Looking at my calendar, September’s proximity caught me off guard. Since that means a lot of kids are going to be heading back to school in the near future, I can only imagine that’s not news …
A weak El Nino went away in July as sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean along the equator cooled to within a normal range, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reporte…
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OLYMPIA — Snake and Columbia river hydropower dams may soon be allowed to spill more water over the dams at crucial times to help juvenile salmon migration. The Washington Department of Ecolog…
A national Democratic committee has planned a slew of local events during the August congressional recess when Battle Ground Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler will be back in Southwest Was…
SOUTH BEND — A woman who violated her drug treatment plan will be in prison for about 1.5 years.
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RAYMOND — Two leaders of an illegal drug-ring will spend most of August behind bars.
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LONG BEACH — A dog dressed in a rainbow tutu led a parade of clowns and mermaids down Pacific Avenue to a field in the center of town, where a half-man, half-alligator picked a circus monkey a…
ILWACO — An Ilwaco resident will be in prison for over six years for possessing child pornography.
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ILWACO — So bright and alive that his nickname was Kilowatt, the death of Rhett Bennett Mattson after only 13 months leaves his family and the community in deep grief but grateful for his time…
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ILWACO — On the night of Aug. 2 the narrow Ilwaco channel proved it can endanger anyone when the 47-foot tuna boat Koko got tangled up in a trap of rotten old pilings and eventually overturned.
LONG BEACH — Need a gently used sofa? An extra fluffy animal? Some fresh music CDs, books or clothes?
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CHINOOK — Coast Guard crews hoisted an injured man from a sport fishing vessel that ran aground near Chinook on Aug. 5.
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LONG ISLAND — Coast Guard crews rescued three boaters from an island in Willapa Bay after their canoe capsized due to weather the evening of Aug. 5.
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SEAVIEW — A man is in jail after allegedly bringing a firearm to the beach.
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OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced appointments to the 15-member 2019-22 Coastal Dungeness Crab Advisory Board.
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OLYMPIA — Three wastewater treatment plants in Pacific County have been named to the Washington Department of Ecology’s annual list of those with “top-performing status.”
LONG BEACH — The Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau is pleased to honor Judy Savoy as Volunteer of the Month. She worked for AT&T for 38 years then retired in 1998 and she and her husban…
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ABERDEEN — A drop in enrollment at Grays Harbor College has led to a loss of state funding, resulting in a round of layoffs as the college tries to right itself financially.
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