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  • Website lists Washougal River as nation's best skinny-dipping spot

    Doug Flanagan, Camas-Washougal Post-Record|Updated May 4, 2023

    MyDatingAdviser.com recently updated its ranking of the 25 best nude beaches in the world. The Washougal River was named the No. 1 spot in the United States and checked in at No. 7 on the international list, behind spots in Croatia, Italy, Australia, Germany, Portugal and Greece. "If you're in Portland and want to escape the summer heat, the Washougal River is a great place to perch and picnic on the rocks while swimming amidst fast and flowing streams," the article stated....

  • Not so high times: Marijuana glut stunts local sales

    Luke Whittaker, Chinook Observer|Updated May 4, 2023

    ILWACO - After about five years of producing increasingly higher yields and record sales, one of Pacific County's fastest-growing cash crops is showing signs of slowing down, with some licensed marijuana growers scaling back operations while local retailers report wilting sales. Plagued by a statewide oversupply in the marijuana market, some local growers are trimming production as they struggle to find space on store shelves. 'You just have to try to survive' On Thursday,...

  • No concrete plans to transport Tokitae, despite hopes

    Julia Lerner, Cascadia Daily News|Updated May 4, 2023

    No concrete plans exist to transport Tokitae, the Southern Resident orca currently housed at the Miami Seaquarium, back to Washington waters, federal agencies said this week. In late March this year, leaders at the seaquarium, alongside Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay and members of the environmental nonprofit Friends of Toki, announced ambitious plans to move the orca from a pen at the seaquarium back to waters in the Pacific Northwest, the natural habitat of Southern...