Author: Matt Winters | Chinook Observer

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Oil spill triggers great news for Baker Bay: Crabber crash provides matching funds

ILWACO — Completing a project more than a decade in the making, officials on the southern end of ... Read more

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No hero? WA seeks $3.7M from sunken vessel’s owner

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources filed a lawsuit on June 18 in the Pacific County Superior ... Read more

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Editor’s Notebook: Slugs and Snails: A tribute to our slimy little pals

What are little boys made of? Snips, snails And puppy-dogs’ tails That’s what little boys are made of ... Read more

Opinion

Coast Chronicles: It is too soon or too late for summer reading?

I know we’ve passed the Summer Solstice—days start getting shorter from here on out. So it’s time, if ... Read more

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Dispatch Reports

Long Beach Police Department June 15 — “I don’t feel like talking to you. It’s an emergency.” A ... Read more

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Chinook Nation celebrates first salmon: Tribe continues fight for federal recognition

CHINOOK — More than 200 members of the Chinook Indian Nation gathered along the Columbia River on Friday, ... Read more

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County’s costs mounting in commissioners recall

Legal fees are beginning to mount in Pacific County Commissioner Lisa Olsen’s defense against the recall effort seeking ... Read more

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Forums examine tsunami-resilient options at OP, LB elementary schools

ILWACO — Vertical evacuation towers? Reinforced rooftop refuges? Relocation to higher, safer ground? Those are just a few ... Read more

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Beach boundary tweaks renew LB fireworks discussion

LONG BEACH — As the calendar turns from spring to summer and June gets ready to give way ... Read more

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County hires new fair/parks manager and temporary fair office manager

With only a few months left before the Pacific County Fair, it has a new director. Pacific County ... Read more

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