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Versatile blueberries are easy to grow

It really doesn’t matter if you’ve been reading about the great health benefits of blueberries, the unique taste…

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Birding: Downy Woodpeckers: Bye, Bye, Baby, Bye, Bye!

For the past two weeks suet filled with insects and mealworms was no longer a hot commodity. The…

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Marine life begins annual summer spectacle

PACIFIC COUNTY — From a vast flock of brown pelicans that congregates near Fort Columbia to swirling clouds…

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Charter boats ready for local halibut

ILWACO — Butch Smith had not planned to offer charter boat trips for halibut this year. The owner…

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Deep River: Revisiting scenes of faith and hard work

How to get there Deep River snakes from Grays Bay to its headwaters in the Willapa Hills, first…

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Birding: More news from the nest to the real world

Little did I know that I would be able to write another article on fledglings that have just…

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Legendary beachcombing: 2 + 2 = 4 Japanese glass floats

Up to that four-float day in May 2020, beachcombing had been bountiful compared to years past. I’ve done…

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Local halibut season set to start Aug. 6

PACIFIC OCEAN — Halibut fishing will open up in the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia River…

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Buoy 10 delayed until mid-August

ILWACO — A popular Chinook salmon fishery is opening later than normal on the Columbia River over concerns…

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Bat research critical to preventing next pandemic

PULLMAN — The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has a likely connection to bats, and the next viral outbreak probably…

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