OLYMPIA — Pacific County’s unemployment rate ticked back down into the single digits last month, according to preliminary data released last week by the Washington State Employment Security Department.
PACIFIC COUNTY — Law enforcement agencies in our large coastal county are rapidly ramping up use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as drones, to assist citizens in need and provide a safer working environment for officers.
NAHCOTTA — Three people are lucky to be alive after a March 19 collision in the 25000 block of Sandridge Road. In the aftermath, a Long Beach man is being held in the Pacific County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail for allegedly steering into the oncoming vehicle on purpose.
SOUTH BEND — The old saying by law enforcement is “you can run, but you can’t hide” — at least not forever — and that’s how the story played out for one Raymond man. After over two years of being able to evade his $250,000 warrant, Casey D. Collins, 47 of Raymond, was apprehended and booked …
OLYMPIA — Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee made the announcement that millions of Washingtonians have been waiting for: beginning next week, all Washington residents and workers age 16 and older will be eligible to receive a covid-19 vaccine.
REDMOND — First, he was called an accused murderer. Then, a convicted murderer and state prison inmate working on a life sentence.
ILWACO — Thanks to the covid-19 pandemic, this year’s graduating senior class has spent more time out of the classroom than most, if not all, classes that have come before it. But the pandemic hasn’t deterred Ilwaco High School Senior John Johnson from wanting to make a career out of being i…
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SOUTH BEND — The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges listed:
Through March 22 and March 27, there were at least 14 more reports of vandalism/malicious mischief from vehicle windows broken by a BB gun or pellet gun.
NASELLE — Work is underway to build a temporary bypass road around an unstable section of State Route 401.
PACIFIC COUNTY — Residents of Pacific County opened up their pocketbooks in droves over the past two years, making thousands of donations to favored political causes in a way that hasn’t been seen before.
LONG BEACH — Three people escaped a brush with death after a head-on collision on the 25000 block of Sandridge Road on March 19. The incident unfolded around 12:55 p.m., and as a result of the crash, a Long Beach man is being held in the Pacific County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.
REDMOND — Prosecutor Kristen Hoffmeyer demonstrated Tuesday why defendants rarely take the stand in their own defense, pelting accused murderer Luke Wirkkala with tough leading questions and pressing him to answer only those he was asked.
SOUTH BEND — The second suspect from the Chinook drug raids that occurred on Feb. 5 has pleaded guilty to multiple charges. Stephanie S. Griffith, 48, appeared before the Pacific County Superior Court on March 26 for a change of plea and sentencing hearing.
PACIFIC COUNTY — There were spots of sunshine but bouts of rain and brisk wind as the first seven days of spring came and went in Southwest Washington, where peninsula precipitation is running nearly 8 inches ahead of 2020.
Was it a plane? Was it a helicopter? What in the world was that? Those and many other questions were on the minds of Pacific County residents who witnessed a spectacular display in the night sky on March 25 at around 9 p.m.
PACIFIC COUNTY — New cases of covid-19 continued to fall in Pacific County over the past week, while a tweak in the state’s reopening plan almost ensures that the county is going to stay in Phase 3 moving forward.
SOUTH BEND — More than a year after his arrest on Nov. 20, 2019, for two counts of rape of a child, Bulmaro B. Bucio, 38, has pleaded guilty to amended charges for two counts of first-degree child molestation domestic violence, and one count of first-degree incest.
LONG BEACH PENINSULA — Covid-19 has disrupted the past two school years at Ocean Beach School District, but the pandemic’s most significant and longest lasting impact on local schooling may be yet to come.
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PACIFIC COUNTY — Law enforcement agencies in our large coastal county are rapidly ramping up use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as drones, to assist citizens in need and provide…
NAHCOTTA — Three people are lucky to be alive after a March 19 collision in the 25000 block of Sandridge Road. In the aftermath, a Long Beach man is being held in the Pacific County Jail in li…
SOUTH BEND — The old saying by law enforcement is “you can run, but you can’t hide” — at least not forever — and that’s how the story played out for one Raymond man. After over two years of be…
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OLYMPIA — Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee made the announcement that millions of Washingtonians have been waiting for: beginning next week, all Washington residents and workers age 16 and older wil…
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REDMOND — First, he was called an accused murderer. Then, a convicted murderer and state prison inmate working on a life sentence.
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ILWACO — Thanks to the covid-19 pandemic, this year’s graduating senior class has spent more time out of the classroom than most, if not all, classes that have come before it. But the pandemic…
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SOUTH BEND — The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges listed:
Through March 22 and March 27, there were at least 14 more reports of vandalism/malicious mischief from vehicle windows broken by a BB gun or pellet gun.
NASELLE — Work is underway to build a temporary bypass road around an unstable section of State Route 401.
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PACIFIC COUNTY — Residents of Pacific County opened up their pocketbooks in droves over the past two years, making thousands of donations to favored political causes in a way that hasn’t been …
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LONG BEACH — Three people escaped a brush with death after a head-on collision on the 25000 block of Sandridge Road on March 19. The incident unfolded around 12:55 p.m., and as a result of the…
REDMOND — Prosecutor Kristen Hoffmeyer demonstrated Tuesday why defendants rarely take the stand in their own defense, pelting accused murderer Luke Wirkkala with tough leading questions and p…
SOUTH BEND — The second suspect from the Chinook drug raids that occurred on Feb. 5 has pleaded guilty to multiple charges. Stephanie S. Griffith, 48, appeared before the Pacific County Superi…
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PACIFIC COUNTY — There were spots of sunshine but bouts of rain and brisk wind as the first seven days of spring came and went in Southwest Washington, where peninsula precipitation is running…
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Was it a plane? Was it a helicopter? What in the world was that? Those and many other questions were on the minds of Pacific County residents who witnessed a spectacular display in the night s…
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PACIFIC COUNTY — New cases of covid-19 continued to fall in Pacific County over the past week, while a tweak in the state’s reopening plan almost ensures that the county is going to stay in Ph…
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SOUTH BEND — More than a year after his arrest on Nov. 20, 2019, for two counts of rape of a child, Bulmaro B. Bucio, 38, has pleaded guilty to amended charges for two counts of first-degree c…
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LONG BEACH PENINSULA — Covid-19 has disrupted the past two school years at Ocean Beach School District, but the pandemic’s most significant and longest lasting impact on local schooling may be…
SOUTH BEND — The Pacific County Commissioners briefly met March 23, dealing with matters including temporary closure of a county road and a lease agreement for stockpiling oyster shells.
SOUTH BEND — The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges listed:
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PACIFIC COUNTY — Nearly 200 shellfish workers in Pacific County were vaccinated in a single day last week, as the county health department and Peninsula Pharmacies teamed up to take Moderna’s …
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Luke Wirkkala took the stand in his defense Friday, insisting once again he had no choice but to shoot his houseguest David Ryder in 2013.
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A silver sparkling stream slips down a pristine valley in the Willapa Hills and cuts through Willapa National Wildlife Refuge’s old headquarters site along U.S. Highway 101 between Seaview and…
OLYMPIA — On March 25 the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19, which shows the state’s progress in fighting COVID-19 since ea…
OLYMPIA — Eligible commercial fishing, shellfish, charter and seafood sector industry members who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic now have through April 9 to apply with …
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The George C. Marshall Foundation in Virginia houses many spoils of war gifted to the decorated World War II-era general and statesman. Marshall, the architect of the postwar plan to rebuild E…
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Was it a plane? Was it a helicopter? What in the world was that? Along with many other questions were on the minds of Pacific County residents who witnessed a spectacular display in the night …
MEGLER — Two-way traffic is expected to begin returning to normal this Friday, March 26, on U.S. Highway 101 just west of the Washington end of the Astoria-Megler Bridge. The highway was under…
NASELLE — With frustration mounting over an added hour commute between Naselle and Astoria after a Feb. 23 landslide took out a section of State Route 401 above Knappton, the Washington State …
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PACIFIC COUNTY — As soon as the checks hit, they started buying.
SOUTH BEND — Court session are drastically shorter since the Feb. 25 State v. Blake ruling tossed out the state’s drug possession law. For the fourth consecutive week, several lingering posses…
PENINSULA — As the years pass, World War II veterans are getting fewer. So family, friends and neighbors decided that a birthday was a great time to honor Bob Rodgers for his service.
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SOUTH BEND — Last chances are hard to come by, and many Pacific County residents were given one when they were accepted into drug court and had an opportunity to turn their life around. The su…
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SOUTH BEND — Pacific County is seeing a reprieve in covid-19 cases at a critical time, as the county and the state as a whole entered Phase 3 of Washington’s reopening plan on Monday.
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PACIFIC COUNTY — The Pacific County Broadband Working Group met virtually for the first time in 2021 on March 17, covering an array of topics critical in the effort to bring high-speed, afford…
RAYMOND — After a short vehicle pursuit on March 16 at around 9 p.m., the Pacific County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant for the sale of narcotics in east Raymond the very next day.
PACIFIC COUNTY — Slowly but surely, covid-19 vaccines are becoming more readily available to residents of Pacific County. But as more of the general public becomes eligible to be vaccinated, l…
SOUTH BEND — The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges listed:
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On March 15 at 10 a.m., another victim of malicious mischief on Washington Avenue in Long Beach was reported. A vehicle had been hit by a BB/pellet gun, causing damage.
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ILWACO — The Portland National Weather Service office has confirmed that a tornado did touch down in the Vandalia neighborhood of Ilwaco late in the evening on March 19. The tornado came on th…
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LONG BEACH — Two adults and four children were injured after a rollover collision on the beach a mile south of the Cranberry Road beach approach in Long Beach on March 20. One of the injured i…
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RAYMOND — The Washington State Dept. of Transportation has made significant changes at a hot spot on U.S. Highway 101 north of Raymond that has had a series of serious injury collisions in rec…
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