Cruising up a coastal river, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife scientists scan the water for orange and blue buoys. As they approach a buoy, one of them carefully pulls on the line and feels ...

SOUTH BEND — The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges listed: Casey, John R. — June 21, Raymond; warrant for fugitive from justice. Connery, John F. — June 23, ...

Pacific County’s unemployment rate saw little change in May, according to preliminary figures released last week by the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD). The state agency pegged ...

Even though I’m sure she’s said it hundreds of times, she can never say it with a straight face. “We’re the Happy Hookers!” Jerre McDanald cheerily declares as she stands to introduce herself. And ...

Every winter, storms hit the coast near North Cove in north Pacific County. Residents watch nervously as waves creep closer to the only road that connects them to the rest of Pacific County. State ...

Burrowing shrimp are a well-documented native pest species in Willapa Bay that have been a nuisance to bottom-culture shellfish farmers for over a century. Methods for controlling shrimp populations ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson called Tuesday’s blast at Nippon Dynawave Packing the “deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington history,” and rescue officials Wednesday all but gave up hope of finding nine ...

Federal cannabis policy changes, market consolidation and difficulties with illicit-market enforcement remain among the biggest challenges facing Washington’s legal marijuana industry, according to ...

A small crowd of construction workers took a short break on Thursday afternoon, June 11, at the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s Mariners Hall. They gathered to watch a team of lighthouse ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A pair of proposed projects in Ilwaco and Long Beach would be in line to receive millions of dollars in congressional funding if a request submitted by one of the state’s two ...

ILWACO — Bella Norwood beamed as she hoisted the chunky Chinook salmon alongside father and grandfather, each with sizable catches of their own following the annual family fishing trip. The hottest ...

Nothing is more precious than time spent with the ones you love, and after 13 years, sweet senior Charlie wants to spend every moment he has with someone who understands that. This Scottish ...