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Pacific County Sheriff’s Office
Kova and Pacific County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Kyle Pettit leaped into tracking a suspect after some down time.

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Recertified K9 puts a quick end to Grayland manhunt

Just over a month since recertifying and after more than a year of inaction, Pacific County Sheriff’s Office…

The Chronicle
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.

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President Trump endorses John Braun for Congress

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

Kaylee Kuehn

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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.

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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…

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

State Rep. Steve Tharinger D-Port Townsend

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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.

A fire on the 5900 block of Olympic Highway burns as firefighters from Grays Harbor Fire District No. 2 arrived on site Monday.

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No injuries reported from house fire on Monday in Central Park

At approximately 4:15 p.m. Monday a house fire broke out on the 5900 block of the Olympic Highway…

Washington’s National Park Fund
The view looking south from Hurricane Ridge, where variable winter weather has limited snow coverage and contributed to pauses in snow sports operations in recent weeks.

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‘Our new normal’: WA confronts another year of drought

Washington’s Department of Ecology announced a statewide drought emergency Wednesday, marking the fourth consecutive year that part or…

WSDOT
A view of the massive slide and washout on State Route 504, around the time it happened May 2023. The damage knocked out access to the Johnston Ridge Observatory, within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

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Road repairs to restore access to Mount St. Helens observatory

For three years, a key connection for visitors to Mount St. Helens has been closed due to a…

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Westport fire station renovation bond headed to Aug. 4 ballot

Proposal would fund modern emergency response facility