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  • Pacific County joins lawsuit vs. DSHS

    Jeff Clemens, Chinook Observer|Updated Sep 7, 2023

    SOUTH BEND - Pacific County is a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) filed on Aug. 23 by 22 counties in Pierce County Superior Court. The lawsuit aims to stop the agency from discontinuing services to defendants when charges are dropped. The lawsuit centers on Western State Hospital (WSH) in Lakewood and Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, both of which DSHS operates. The hospitals are tasked with...

  • Weyerhaeuser employees return to work divided

    Jeff Clemens, Chinook Observer|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    RAYMOND - Weyerhaeuser workers reported back to work on Monday, Oct. 31, less than a week after 54% of union voters from the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) approved a new contract. The slim margin left a rift, with 46% of the workers unhappy with the outcome. Details of the negotiations and final contract have been kept under tight wraps. An inquiry from the Observer to IAMAW Vice President Brandon Bryant resulted in a vague response that...

  • Human foot? Leave it alone and call 911

    Jeff Clemens, Chinook Observer|Updated Aug 11, 2022

    RAYMOND — It’s not an everyday occurrence that a man walks into the police department with what he thinks is a human foot, but that’s what happened Aug. 1 at 10:12 a.m. at the Raymond Police Department. “Please, I don’t want to see it,” the clerk at the police department told the man before learning that he found it near the swimming hole on Trap Creek, which is a popular summer destination for locals to escape the summer heat. The spot along U.S. Highway 101 attracts dozens of people daily and has a gravel parking spo...

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