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Fertilizer prices level off; diesel keeps going up
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (375+ words) Published 3:04 pm Monday, April 6, 2026 Pacific Northwest fertilizer prices held steady the past two weeks, though off-highway diesel for farm use got more expensive, according to a USDA Agricultural Marketing Service report released April 6. The average per-ton cost of ammonium sulfate,…...
‘Financial challenges’ force Clatsop Community College to suspend three programs
8+ hour, 57+ min ago (84+ words) Financial challenges" force Clatsop Community College to suspend three programs'Chinook Observer Financial challenges" force Clatsop Community College to suspend three programs Published 7:44 am Monday, April 6, 2026 Clatsop Community College is suspending three programs for the next academic year: Historic Preservation & Restoration,…...
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1+ day, 2+ hour ago (12+ words) The Easter Bunny comes through again for peninsula kids: Page B1Chinook Observer...
Algal researchers safeguard lives, coastal traditions
22+ hour, 16+ min ago (975+ words) Published 7:48 pm Sunday, April 5, 2026 By Andrea Watts The Daily World The fact that harvested razor clams are safe to consume and that digs haven't been canceled as frequently as in previous decades is due in part to the Olympic Region…...
Lawsuit aims to block new eligibility requirements for WA sheriffs
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (808+ words) Published 7:39 pm Sunday, April 5, 2026 Four eastern Washington sheriffs filed suit April 3 seeking to block a new law that provides a path to remove sheriffs from office. The sheriffs " John Nowels of Spokane County, Glenn Blakeslee of Pend Oreille County, Brad…...
Jail Bookings
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (196+ words) Published 7:13 am Sunday, April 5, 2026 SOUTH BEND " The following individuals were booked into Pacific County Jail for the charges listed: Cameron, Robert G. " April 9, 2017, May 10, 2019, March 14, 2020, July 10, 2021, Long Beach; two warrants for failure to comply (traffic), community custody violation, possession of a…...
Willapa Willy has died
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (193+ words) Published 6:12 pm Saturday, April 4, 2026 By Jeff ClemensFor the Observer RAYMOND " Community members are sad to learn the lost wayward gray whale "Willapa Willy" has been located deceased. Willapa Willy was spotted Saturday, April 4, miles up the Willapa River at an…...
'Willapa Willy' gives searchers the slip
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (198+ words) Published 5:58 pm Friday, April 3, 2026 WILLAPA RIVER " The Chinook Observer spent Friday, April 3, covering the efforts of officials from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, experts from Cascadia Research Collective, and members of the Chinook Indian Nation and the…...
Patient with ax injury evacuated from Fort Columbia hillside
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (150+ words) Patient with ax injury evacuated from Fort Columbia hillside'Chinook Observer Patient with ax injury evacuated from Fort Columbia hillside Published 6:44 pm Thursday, April 2, 2026 FORT COLUMBIA " South Pacific County Technical Rescue, along with responding and supporting agencies, was dispatched to Fort…...
Little lost whale must be left alone
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1108+ words) Published 4:12 pm Thursday, April 2, 2026 WILLAPA RIVER " The juvenile gray whale that strayed far from his or her family and wandered miles up the Willapa River in north Pacific County is still there as of late afternoon, April 2. Earlier Thursday it…...