ILWACO — For one evening each October, a quiet side street in Ilwaco comes alive. Hundreds of trick-or-treaters of all ages arrived at the tiny harbor town to celebrate Halloween on Oct. 31, with the ...

Oct. 19 — Traffic accident, Northwest Fifth Street, Long Beach: Reporting party called to report damage to a concrete planter and bricks. It appeared a vehicle struck the planter and then left. There ...

There’s a scary number of Halloween happenings across the Columbia-Pacific Region this season. If you’re after treats, they will be plentiful along with some tricks if that’s what you seek. Now ...

ILWACO — It’s a silty situation, but someone has to do it. Vital dredge work to remove silt and maintain safe navigation of local waterways is nearing the midway point this week, with work crews set ...

The airwaves and mailboxes of Southwest Washington have been flooded with political messaging over the past month. Much of it isn’t coming from the candidates seeking high government office themselves ...

A plan for a new Scottish links-style golf course at an oceanfront Washington state park has divided a community. Proponents of the years-in-the-making proposal at Westport Light State Park say the ...

LONG BEACH — The following cases appeared on the South Pacific County District Court misdemeanor docket for Oct. 13, Judge Scott Harmer presiding. Zachary Michael Brownell, July 7, 2026, speeding more ...

Criminal trespass: A reporting party said two men and a woman were sleeping on the reporting party’s property near a motor home. It was unknown whether they had weapons. Unattended death: A reporting ...

ILWACO — Ilwaco City Hall is again spearheading the collection of Halloween candy to be distributed to households in the main traffic area who greet hundreds of trick-or-treaters each year. Many ...

A new designation for the Raymond and South Bend census tracts that is intended to stimulate private investment into the economic center of north county is set to take effect next year. Earlier this ...

Just as the Long Beach Peninsula has migratory birds visiting in the spring and summer, there are birds that stay with us year-round called resident birds. These are familiar faces that we see off and ...

Every now and then, you’re lucky enough to meet an idyllic dog. Like everything you could imagine that makes the concept of “man’s best friend” rolled up into a single dog-shaped bundle. Loyal and ...