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State Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, greets an attendee during the Lewis County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner in Chehalis on Saturday, April 11.

News

President Trump endorses John Braun for Congress

State lawmaker from Centralia seeks to unseat incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Kaylee Kuehn

News

Former Irrigation Festival princess to run for District 24 House seat

The 24th Legislative District includes Clallam and Jefferson counties and a portion of Grays Harbor County

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Summit Pacific Medical Center took home the Member of the Year prize at the 2025 GGHI Leader’s Banquet.

Business

GGHI Business Recognition Awards nominees named

Theme and elements for table decorating contest also announced

Washington State Department of Ecology
The 1.1 mile long North Cove beach is located along the north entrance to Willapa Bay in Pacific County and was once the fastest eroding ocean beach on the U.S. West Coast.

News

Holding back the tide

How the SR 105 Graveyard Spit project protects a community and its coastline

Business

Timberland Regional Library interviewing for interim director

The Timberland Regional Library’s trustees are set to interview those who have applied to fill the role of…

Ocean Shores Food Bank
Movie Night Fundraiser attendees were encouraged to dress in 1960s attire.

Business

Ocean Shores Food Bank hauls in $1,100 on ‘American Graffiti’

Ocean Shores Shores Cinema holds the distinction as the only first-run movie theater from the beach to Olympia.…

News

Montesano fire station modernization funded at $2.5M

In the mayor’s comment portion of Montesano’s City Council meeting held on Tuesday, April 14, Mayor Tyler Trimble…

Author Janine Gates will be at the Hoquiam Timberland Library on Sunday.

Life

Poetry, author events, book clubs and more in this week’s Book Nook

National Haiku Poetry Day

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor

Enough is enough

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Nations that resist climate education, whether out of political ideology or short-term industrial loyalty, risk producing a workforce unprepared for where capital and innovation are heading, writes Kathleen Rogers.

Opinion

Climate education makes economic sense

In January 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Education Act, which framed the issue of environmental…

Rep. Jim Walsh
R-Aberdeen

Opinion

WAGOP recommends two for seats on WA’s high court

During its regular quarterly meeting last weekend, the State Committee of the Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) made…

State Rep. Steve Tharinger D-Port Townsend

News

State Rep. Steve Tharinger to retire at end of his term

When the rest of the world feels chaotic, focus on what you can control locally.

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Obituaries

Dr. Francis Thomas HannickMarch 2, 1944 — April 4, 2026

Dr. Francis Thomas Hannick died on April 4, 2026, at his home in Tumwater, Washington.