The Chinook Observer is a weekly newspaper serving the

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History

The newspaper is named after

Chinook, Washington Chinook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 457 at the 2000 census and increased to 466 at the 2010 census. History Chinook was the site of the first court in Pacific County in 185 ...

, where the paper was founded in 1900 by George Hibbert and Frank Gaither. Hibbert sold the paper to John and Margaret Durkee in about 1923, who sold it to Bill Clancey in 1933, adding James O'Neil as a co-owner in 1937. O'Neil moved the paper to

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in 1938. The paper was purchased by Craig and Geri Dennis in 1984, then purchased in 1988 by the

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Publishing Company, now called the

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and printed at

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. Matt Winters — a 1983 graduate of the

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— became the paper's editor in 1991, and remained in that position as of 2019. In 2018, the Chinook Observer won the statewide Public Service Award from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association in recognition of its coverage of immigration issues and ICE enforcement activities. Chinook Observer office 1905

The original

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, a Mergenthaler, was taken out of service in the 1970s and is on loan to the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in

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References

Bob Duke drone photo of downtown Long Beach WA

External links

* {{official website, chinookobserver.com * Observer office interior circa 1905

History of Chinook, George Hibbert, Pacific County Historical Society, 1979
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Library of Congress "Chronicling America" entry
* Several items in
The Washington Newspaper
', Vol. 7 (1921) Newspapers published in Washington (state) Pacific County, Washington Newspapers established in 1900 1900 establishments in Washington (state)