History

Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: She was the last of a long tradition

Helen Thompson Heckes 1906-1990 Young Helen Thompson, coming to Oysterville for the first time, left Olympia for Portland,…

History

A Look Back In Time

November Happenings in History Nov. 7, 1885: Canada’s first transcontinental railway, the Canadian Pacific, was completed in British…

Outdoors

Birding: Winter is a good time to see enrapturing raptors!

December marks the beginning of a very important citizen science project, namely the winter raptor survey. It is…

Life

Community Events

Reach out to Rebuilding Together Rebuilding Together, the volunteer group featured in the Nov. 6 edition of the…

Outdoors

WDFW OKs seven days of razor clam digs starting Nov. 13

OLYMPIA — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers have confirmed razor clam digging opportunities on four…

Life

New exhibit spotlights Indigenous traditions

For Ed Carriere, the new exhibit “Cedar and Sea” at the Columbia River Maritime Museum is a chance…

Life

Birding: Wildfires make a difficult future for birds

I wrote about the effect of forest fires on birds quite a few years ago. Recently, however, there…

History

Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Crowley put his stamp on cranberries

D.J. “Jim” Crowley 1889-1978 Daniel James Murray “Jim” Crowley first came to the peninsula for three months in…

Entertainment

Youngsters shine on Ilwaco stage: ‘Grimm’ comedy continues two weekends

Theater stalwart Ed Ahlers doesn’t hold with “stars.” But the veteran director is happy to applaud two young…

Life

‘Owl Lady’ is wise about art

LONG BEACH — Wearing giant glasses and graduating as valedictorian, it was inevitable that Taryn Wise would be…

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