Dec 26, 2024 · Pages from a Peninsula-based children’s book came to life for a local elementary school class. On Friday, March 15, third grade students from Long Beach Elementary traveled to Cranguyma Farms, where scenes from the children’s book Inky & the Misfits, a tall ‘tail’ about a dog who thought she was part bear, were brought to life.

The Chinook Indian Nation held their annual Winter Gathering Jan. 18 at Clatsop Community College in Astoria. The event is a time of renewal and unity, reinforcing the tribe’s commitment to preserving their culture and passing it on to younger generations.

Dec 19, 2024 · With the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays falling on Wednesdays — when the Chinook Observer normally comes out but post offices are closed — print editions will be available at area retailers on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, and in mailboxes on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Distribution will return to our usual schedule on Jan. 8.

Cooperative effort. During the Dec. 17-18 storm, agencies including the Pacific County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), Pacific County PUD, Washington State Patrol, Pacific County Public Works Department and Washington State Department of Transportation were overrun with calls about downed power lines, trees and debris.

Dec 22, 2024 · Doesn't sound very good, does it? Well it's not. This, the lack of the left hand knowing what the right hand is doing, lack of Jail support, hiring kids to fill vacant positions, trying to force the COVID Jab on me, CJTC wanting to force all Corrections Officers to turn over their Social Media Accounts to pry into Private areas of our …

Dec 20, 2024 · At a public meeting held at the Naselle Community Center on Dec. 5, DNR Pacific Cascades Region Manager Padraic Callahan, Assistant Region Manager Steve Ogden, and Forest Hydrologist Jeff Keck presented their vision for the revised sale to a crowd of more than 60 people, comprising residents of Pacific and Wahkiakum counties and several Oregon-based environmental activists.

Dec 26, 2024 · As citizens of Pacific County we're appalled at the disrespect and disregard county commissioners are giving your constituents. You do not decide to just change procedures without discussion at open meetings with proper notice.

Oct 15, 2024 · SOUTH BEND — An investigation is ongoing into the custodial death of Curtis S. Kirschbaum, 42, inside the Pacific County Jail on Oct. 7. The man’s death marks the second death inside the facility in the past two years.

Dec 24, 2024 · SOUTH BEND — Days after an Oct. 10 resignation letter circulated with allegations concerning the Pacific County Jail by a psychiatric and mental health specialist, its writer said her letter wasn’t related to a jail suicide.

Nov 18, 2024 · For instance, the local data for the presidential contest suggests that voters in the county’s four cities — both on the peninsula and in north county — tacked leftward over the past four years, while those living in unincorporated communities and in more rural areas of the county have continued drifting to the right in what was once …