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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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…
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…
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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.
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 — 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…
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…
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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Andy Zahn photographed Cape Disappointment, Baker Bay, Sand Island and surroundings from his drone on a beautiful day last week. Saddle Mountain and Oregon’s northern Coast Range stretch acros…
The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges shown:
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.”
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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.
This drone photo of Cape Disappointment, Baker Bay and the surrounding area has to be one of the most magnificent images taken in recent years of this amazing place. It was taken by Andy Zahn,…
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NEWPORT — Coast Guard crew members aboard three separate vessels towed a 50-foot tuna fishing boat 116 miles over four days into Yaquina Bay on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, July 30, President Trump signed Senate Bill S. 504 into law. The bill, known as the LEGION act (Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service) …
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LONG BEACH — A three-car accident brought traffic down to a single lane on Pacific Way near 138th Place around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31.
MONTESANO — Newly discovered pier settlement on the State Route 107 Chehalis River Bridge just south of Montesano has led Washington State Department of Transportation officials to temporarily…
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ILWACO — One crew ran as far as 100 miles offshore hopeful to hit a fishing honey hole few others could reach. But it was the small boat, a 24-footer that barely cracked the 30-mile barrier th…
The Coast Guard cutter Steadfast returned Tuesday after a nearly two-month drug patrol along the West Coast of the Pacific Ocean and a record seizure of cocaine.
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OCEAN PARK — What happens after a resident files a complaint? What if a neighbor sees a possible break-in?
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