ASTORIA — The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team will host a beached bird surveyor training session in Astoria at Clatsop Community College in Towler Hall Room 310 on June 26. RSVP to ...

The Trump administration is backing off from its plans to remove a decade-old ocean monitoring system Oregonians rely on for fishing, recreation, science and emergency services. The National Science ...

ILWACO — Local organizations, businesses and individuals came together earlier this month to assist the newest Ilwaco High School graduates in continuing their education. Some $154,000 in community ...

Salmon hang outside the Pacific Salmon Charter office following a successful opening day of the ocean recreational season on Saturday, June 20, at the Port of Ilwaco.

WILLAPA BAY — In its latest step toward protecting the north shore of Willapa Bay, on June 12 the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to add another 40 acres near the mouth of North River to ...

ILWACO — “If high school has taught me anything,” graduating senior Giselle Gardner told her classmates last weekend, “it’s that life does not wait for us.” It certainly doesn’t. On a scorching and ...

I want to address a June 11, 2026, letter to the editor in the Chinook Observer, and respond to misinformation in the letter for the benefit of the community. The Surfside Homeowners Association ...

Last year, I wrote about multiple issues where the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission failed to live up to its mandate. While some might argue that dissolving the commission in favor of a single ...

“Millions of acres of tree-cloaked wealth where the sun’s direct rays never reached the ground,” wrote Sam Churchill, author of “Big Sam,” about the tremendous stands of Northwest timber in the 1800s ...

HOQUIAM — The Dispute Resolution Center of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties (DRC), sponsored by the Inatai Foundation, will host their 5th Annual Restorative Summer Bash on Saturday, June 27, from ...

Highways close to Willapa Bay are among the highest in Western Washington for wildlife/vehicle collision rates, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. High numbers of wildlife ...

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 ...