Caller reported that a female subject showed up at The Sandbar who was lost and confused. An officer arrived and found the ...

ILWACO — WSU Master Gardeners Foundation of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties are sponsoring their next plant clinic and information center on Saturday, July 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Columbia ...

OCEAN PARK — The Surfside Home Owners Association (HOA) Community Relations Committee’s 14th Scramble for Scholars fundraiser golf tournament took place June 6. The winners are: First Place: Kyle ...

As election season heats up, recent campaign finance filings show that some local candidates have opened a fundraising edge over their opponents. Ballots for the Aug. 4 primary election are set to be ...

The prospect of such a move has the support of both local school officials and seemingly most parents, as more and more states have taken action in recent years to curb students’ use of cellphones in ...

This honey-eyed hunk isn’t named Shadow because he blends into the background; it’s his devotion, adoration and drive to be his loved ones’ constant companion, following at their heels like their own ...

Pacific County saw another year of little-to-no change in its year-round population, according to new state estimates, extending a trend that’s been ongoing since the end of the covid-19 pandemic. The ...

Honored 12 times in recent years as one of Washington’s top media organizations, the Chinook Observer has been the leading news source in Pacific County since 1900. We’re centered on an island-like ...

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, ...

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 ...

ASTORIA — Jenna Karnofski, Senior Miss Iceland from Ilwaco, was crowned 2026 Miss Scandinavia at the 2026 Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival. She is the second Miss Iceland since 1989, when the ...

OYSTERVILLE — Sometimes Double J and the Boy sing in Spanish. Sometimes in Swedish or Cowboy or English. Sometimes even in Yodel! And, according to Judy Eron, the group’s spokesperson, “We’re ...