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Fun baked in: 1st summer weekend a seashore sizzler

LONG BEACH PENINSULA — The first week of summer got off to a scorching start with record temperatures…

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Holy halibut: Local charters relish bottom fish bonanza

ILWACO — Fishing roughly 20 miles off the Washington coast near a vast submarine canyon, it took the…

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La Niña looks like best bet for next winter

Odds increasingly favor La Niña prevailing for a third straight winter, the National Weather Service says. The weather…

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Awesome April builds up Washington’s snowpack

Washington’s snowpack had its best April in more than 30 years, state Department of Ecology drought coordinator Jeff…

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Genetic traces paint a picture for fisheries

As fish swim around in the ocean, they leave pieces of themselves behind. “At sort of the least…

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Calling all fin clippers: With a record 5 million Chinook to mark, Naselle Hatchery is buzzing

NASELLE — It’s a simple snip that happens in seconds, a distinguishing mark that lasts a lifetime for…

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Coast Guard searches for 1 from sinking fishing vessel 35 miles off Florence, OR

NORTH BEND — The Coast Guard is searching for the master of a 32-foot fishing vessel that sank…

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Forecasters expect West’s drought to deepen

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that drought will worsen in the West this spring. The only…

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Sea lion-removal funds OK’d

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) said last week they have…

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OSU finds little genetic basis for some sea stars staying healthy amid deadly wasting syndrome

CORVALLIS — Healthy-looking ochre sea stars have minimal genetic difference from those displaying symptoms of sea star wasting…

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