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Boat fire sends fishermen scrambling

ILWACO — His boat catching fire wasn’t the hot start to the commercial fishing season Jerry Matzen III…

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Sinking feeling envelops charter fleet amid fishing closure

ILWACO — Milt Gudgell sat in his truck overlooking the Ilwaco marina Monday morning and wondered what to…

Coronavirus

Raymond School District corrects its coronavirus false alarm

The Raymond School District announced Friday that its Thursday report of coronavirus exposure at Raymond High School was…

Local

Cline joins Chinook Observer

PACIFIC COUNTY — Brandon Cline has been visiting the Long Beach Peninsula for family getaways since he was…

News

WA lawmakers move to ban styrofoam food containers

OLYMPIA — Lawmakers plan to eliminate the use of styrofoam food-service products in Washington state by enacting a…

News

States agree on 2020 commercial-sport salmon allocations

OLYMPIA — The directors of the Washington and Oregon departments of Fish and Wildlife reached an agreement last…

News

Mosquitoes and a Northwest orchid: A love story. Sort Of.

Don’t feel bad for not noticing the blunt-leaf orchid. Native to bogs in the Pacific Northwest among other…

Community

Coronavirus disrupts crab exports to China

ILWACO — The outbreak of coronavirus in China is hurting the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the Pacific…

Local

Wanted: Much faster local internet

ILWACO — Speed, coverage, reliability and a fair price. Rural customers simply want what most of their counterparts…

Local

King tides, winter weather wallop coast

PACIFIC COUNTY — The worst winter weather so far this season walloped Pacific County over the weekend. Stormy…

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