Naselle News

The city of Washougal has plenty of transportation projects underfoot. Having recently finished a $6.5 million downtown revitalization with $14 million in private improvements, the city this month awarded the bid for a $3.2 million pedestrian and bike tunnel to Oregon City-based Coffman Excavation.

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic is running for clerk of Wahkiakum County, to protest the state's method of letting candidates pick their own party affiliation.

Wahkiakum's Jasmine Bingham and Sarah Doumit and Naselle's Tylor Nortrup won events at last week's Southwestern Washington Class 2B District Track and Field meet.

A followup, now, to a pair of stories we brought you earlier this year about budget cuts in Washington state.

The Green Hill juvenile detention facility in Chehalis got a temporary reprieve when the state House and Senate released its compromised budget, but it's not out of the woods yet.

Guidance from Gov. Chris Gregoire's Office of Financial Management has given new hope to local officials scrambling to stop the potential closing of the Green Hill School juvenile detention facility in Chehalis.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- This from Adam Wilson's April 2 blog in The Olympian. Speaker of the House Frank Chopp said he wants to visit any state park or institution before making a decision to close it.

By The Chronicle The Washington State House of Representatives has released its 2009-2011 operating budget proposal.

Kitsap school administrators who participated in a video conference Tuesday with state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn came away with few answers to burning questions about the effect of proposed budget cuts on their districts.

Highlights of some of the cuts suggested in the House Democrats' budget proposal: -HIGHER EDUCATION: House Democrats propose a $683 million reduction in higher education, significantly higher than the Senate Democrats proposal of a $513 million cut.

When the state Legislature releases its budget proposals next week, the Green Hill School in Chehalis could be getting a heavy dose of bad news.

The uncertainty of the Naselle Youth Camp continues to be the main issue of discussion at the Naselle Grays River Valley School Board meetings.

Rapid-fire headspins, twirling windmills, and breathtaking backspins are the hallmark of this exciting and athletic American urban dance tradition.

Nearly 100 Green Hill School employees descended on the state Legislature Tuesday to talk with lawmakers and protest the potential closure of the juvenile detention facility in Chehalis.

Don't expect any more Nirvana songs to come out of some secret, long-locked vault.

Now a chiropractor, former Naselle Youth Camp resident Adam Lopez was one of many to urge state officials to maintain funding for the camp at a community meeting last Wednesday in Naselle.

Staff members say every day is a challenge at Green Hill School, but Friday the 13th holds special significance at the juvenile corrections facility in Chehalis.

On Sunday, the Appelo Archive Center opened the C.A and Agnes Appelo Memorial Library in Naselle.

When Jerry Hauer and Heather Harris moved from Burns, Ore., and opened the Orange Tree CafA© and Gallery in November, their promise of "big portions, small prices" became a big hit in this rural Pacific ...

If you've flipped on your TV today, you've probably seen video of the flooding in Seattle, Portland, and nearby areas.