This past Friday night, Friday the 13th, Gifted Gab, Grynch and the world famous WarrenG made an appearance at the Raymond Theatre in downtown. With VIP seating sold out, only general admission tickets were available when they opened the theatre doors as 7 p.m.

The 2017 RHS Fall Homecoming Court was presented during halftime of the Seagull vs Wildcat game Friday night. In front from left are Princess Katie Doyle, Queen Makenna Williams and Princess Cassidy Clevenger. In back from left are Prince Taevon Hubbard, Prince Brandt Rockwell and King Jimmy Thepsoumphou.

It is that time again. The Great Washington ShakeOut is taking place this Thursday, Oct. 19 at 10:19 a.m.

This drill is one of the largest earthquake preparation exercise in the world. Over 1.2 million Washington residents have signed up this year with over 3,525 Pacific County residents registering for participation. These are only the people who have taken the time to say they are participating online. There are more people participating than these numbers.

During the exercise, many government offices, businesses and schools will evacuate after the sirens go off. Please use extreme caution if you are driving anywhere during the drill. Be aware that many businesses will be disrupted during this time.

"I've never talked into a microphone in the middle of a dirt hill before, so that will be a new experience." Stated South Bend School District Superintendent Jon Tienhaara as he began the ground breaking ceremony on what will be the new Cheney Park Baseball Field for the South Bend School District baseball and fastpitch teams. The field will be located behind Bud's Lumber.

October 1 marked a changing of the guard for PUD (Public Utility District) #2 here in Pacific County as Jason Dunsmoor officially stepped into his role as the general manager of PUD #2, replacing former General Manager, Doug Miller.

Dunsmoor started his journey with PUD in 1992 (almost 26 years ago) as a utilities engineer.

Over the years he's held a few positions including chief engineer and then in 1994, when Miller took over as the general manager, Dunsmoor took on the role of chief of engineering operations.

The candidate forum opened up to a crowd of nearly 40 interested local residents in South Bend last Thursday night. The Willapa Chamber of Commerce hosted the event with Mike Williams, the Chamber president, and Michelle Layman, the Chamber director working as the moderators.

First published in the Chinook Observer

SOUTH BEND -- Pacific County Sheriff's deputies on Monday, Sept. 18 arrested a kidnapping suspect who had been on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list for almost three years.

Back in July the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) announced its rates for the fiscal years of 2018 and 2019. In that announcement they relayed that the average transmission rate would decrease by 0.7 percent. However, they also announced that there would be a 5.4 percent average wholesale increase on their power rates.

The law firm of Brown Lewis Janhunen & Spencer is pleased to announce that Kiirsti Janhunen Haatanen has joined the firm.