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Coast Guard pins Del Cuadro as newest surfman
ILWACO — U.S. Coast Guard BM2 Sergio B. Del Cuadro stood stoically before family and fellow crew as ...
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Gearing up: Crabbers get ready
ILWACO — Crab pots are beginning to fill area ports, a sign that the state’s most lucrative commercial ...
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From green crab to golden sunsets: A pictorial look back on Pacific County life in 2023
PACIFIC COUNTY — Poring through thousands of photographs from the past year, Chinook Observer photographer Luke Whittaker picked ...
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Albacore angler reels in world-record tuna
ILWACO — As the 50-pound fishing line stripped from a screaming Shimano reel, John Cooney knew a potential ...
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Top trappers: Willapa Bay crew leads front-line fight against green crab
NAHCOTTA — In the dead of December the war against the invasive European green crab in Willapa Bay ...
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‘A nuisance to the neighborhood’: City demos former drug house
LONG BEACH — Onlookers covered their mouths and recorded on their cell phones as a flea-infested former drug ...
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Anytime, anywhere: Long Beach Peninsula 4X4 Rescue saves hundreds stranded in the sand
LONG BEACH PENINSULA — It started simply as a way to help those stuck in the sand. Roughly ...
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Fall fungi in full swing: ‘One of the best seasons I’ve seen’
LONG BEACH PENINSULA — After roughly five hours of searching around the sandy dunes and shore pines Sunday ...
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Coast Guard braces for Buoy 10
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT — Crews at local Coast Guard stations are preparing for one of the busiest times of ...
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Spring heatwave scorches coast
LONG BEACH PENINSULA — Historically high temperatures seared the Pacific Northwest last weekend, with local thermometers climbing above ...