An effort to modernize standards for top law enforcement officials has the potential of forcing Pacific County Sheriff Daniel Garcia from office. Washington state Senate Bill 5974 […] ...

In an interview with the Chinook Observer, County Administrator Paul Plakinger said the proposal is an effort to reduce liability and risk “for what is arguably the single biggest piece of risk in all ...

A lawsuit filed against Pacific County and its prosecutor alleges serious misbehavior and seeks unspecified damages. Pacific County is being sued over allegations that the county’s elected prosecutor, ...

The Pacific County Sheriff’s Office said a 33-year-old man was arrested in Seaview after deputies discovered he had been living with a 15-year-old runaway from Oregon and was suspected of sexually ...

The Pacific County Emergency Management Agency plans public forums Jan. 17 and 18 at Seaview, Ocean Park and Tokeland to help prepare residents for debris from the Japanese tsunami expected to wash ...

LONG BEACH – In a dusty attic in Tokeland, paintings lay stacked haphazardly, nearly forgotten. Judith Altruda didn’t expect to find an artist there. But in 2019, what she discovered would set her on ...

A Pacific County teenager who murdered his father in 2010 because he wasn’t allowed to have a car will spend 31 years in prison, a judge ruled recently. Devon R. Moore, now 18, was sentenced to 31 ...