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Debt issued today means higher tax bills tomorrow

It’s tax season, and millions of American households are settling last year’s bill — but a much larger…

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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor

The true waste in question regarding pellet mill

Opinion

Joe Kent’s declaration raises key questions on war

As an unlikely symbol for debate surrounding the United States’ attacks on Iran, Joe Kent raises serious questions…

Jerry Knaak
The Daily World

Opinion

The more things change — the myth of cord-cutting

Cord-cutting. It sounds so liberating, doesn’t it? But what cord are you cutting exactly? The term is not…

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Joe Kent at his home in Yacolt.

Opinion

The Department of War and the curious case of Joe Kent

DEAR READERS: I know you so well by now that I can read your minds. Until February 28…

The Chronicle
Cheryl Heywood has announced her resignation as Timberland Regional Library executive director.

Business

UPDATED: Timberland Regional Library Executive Director Cheryl Heywood resigns

TRL Board of Trustees announces and accepts embattled director’s resignation after enormous public pressure

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Obituaries

Norman Lee Cole

Norman Lee Cole passed away Dec. 31, 2025, in Olympia.

Obituaries

Death Notice

Robert ‘Bob’ Andrews

News

New WA law nixes mortgage lender tax break to boost wildfire funding

At the close of last year’s Washington state legislative session, a key bucket of wildfire prevention funding was…

Ridley Hudson photos / The Chronicle
From the left, Regional Store Manager Bri Towle, Co-owner Mindy Schaefer, Freddy Schaefer, Co-owner Jason Schaefer and Executive Assistant Vivian Duncan pose for a photo during a reopening ceremony of Holy Lamb Organics’ historic Little Bit building on Tuesday, March 17.

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Historic Oakville building reopens after 2025 DUI crash into storefront

A reopening ceremony was held for Holy Lamb Organics’ historic Little Bit building in Oakville on Tuesday, March…

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A neighborhood feud over wandering goats resulted in an arrest.

News

One arrested after feud over goat nearly turns deadly

Years-long tension between neighbors in Raymond has finally spilled over and led to one of them being arrested…

Riley Yuan photos / Chinook Observer
Singkham and Soumountha Souphommanichanh pose for a portrait in their backyard in South Bend.

Life

Mekong to Willapa: Lao refugees make a new home in Pacific County

Not long after Vientiane, the capital of Laos, fell in December 1975, Singkham Souphommanichanh fled from his village…

Grays Harbor Transit
To celebrate America’s bicentennial, Grays Harbor Transit held a youth art contest, and Hoquiam student Alice Bickar submitted the winning design that was painted on a bus. In honor of American’s 250th anniversary, Grays Harbor Transit is holding another youth art contest, and the winning design will also be painted on a bus.

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Grays Harbor Transit commemorating America 250 with youth art contest

Last year, Grays Harbor Transit celebrated 50 years of service, and this year, they’re reaching back to 1976…