It’s a landmark moment for the endeavor known as WA Cares, envisioned as a means to help Washington’s workforce afford ...

Yep, it’s that time of year again! We’ve swung all around the mandala of seasons and ended up back again in these early and glorious days of summer rain, gentle mists, amazing cloud formations, all ...

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 ...

The Chinook Indian Nation welcomed the return of salmon to the Columbia River this spring with its annual First Salmon ceremony, a tradition that has connected Chinook people to the river, their ...

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 ...

This year, for the second time ever, I had the great good fortune of being invited to the First Salmon Ceremony as the guest of my friend Judy Little, an esteemed elder of the Chinook Tribe. “First ...

ILWACO — Hundreds of high school wrestlers from across Oregon and Washington converged at Ilwaco High School for the annual 2026 Beach Brawl Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 31, featuring more than two ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The fact that museums matter is something I’ve believed in for most of my life. As a child, anytime we were able, we went on short trips — usually within 100 miles of home. We would visit museums and ...