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Crabbing delay extended through Jan. 15

ILWACO — Commercial Dungeness crab season is being delayed until at least Jan. 15 after sampling found crab…

Community

Program for homeless seeks volunteers

Organizers of the annual Peninsula Community Connect are recruiting volunteers. The event, which offers help from social services…

Local

County jobless rate ticks above 6%

Pacific County’s unemployment rate climbed above 6% in November, according to preliminary figures released by the Washington State…

Business

Pacific County in pictures: A look back on 2024

PACIFIC COUNTY — Distilled from thousands of photographs taken over the past year, Chinook Observer photographer Luke Whittaker…

Local

Early ‘Christmas miracle’ saves old-growth Douglas fir

CATHLAMET — Thirty-six million trees are cut down in the U.S. every year. Will anyone — anywhere —…

Local

Dec. 24, 2024 letter from sheriff’s office

This letter addresses recent reporting by the Chinook Observer concerning the resignation of Doctor MaryAnne Murray from providing…

Local

Murray: No tie between jail suicide and resignation

SOUTH BEND — Days after an Oct. 10 resignation letter circulated with allegations concerning the Pacific County Jail…

Local

Corrections officer blows whistle on jail issues

SOUTH BEND — New details are emerging in the surprise decision by Pacific County General Administration to separate…

Local

Wind swept and saturated: Pacific County weathers wet December

LONG BEACH PENINSULA — While it won’t be a white Christmas in Pacific County, chances are it will…

Local

Naselle renews call to protect watershed

NASELLE — Even after a significant reduction in acreage from the controversial Fields Fir Timber Sale, many Naselle…

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