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BY JACOB JONES
The Daily World
Budding artists looking for inspiration, and art-lovers of all types can enjoy a mix of workshops, showcases and live music at the Fifth Annual Hoquiam On Track Art Festival this weekend.
The free community art showcase runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m...
BY DEBORAH TRACY
The Daily World
Wikipedia defines convoy like this: A group of vehicles traveling together for mutual support and protection.
Definition of Convoy of Hope: An expression of love and concern for people, particularly those who might find themselves in difficult times.
The Convoy of...
BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH
The Daily World
MONTESANO -- The Grays Harbor County commissioners praised Planning and Building Director Brian Shea in a press release issued Thursday, but offered up no answers for why Shea abruptly resigned after a closed-door meeting with the county commissioners and the...
Love is a many splendored thing ... yes, Valentine's Day is a great reminder of the need for physical activity. Now before you get lost in my thought process, let me explain! Love, Cupid, and paper hearts are all associated with Valentine's Day, but instead of thinking of hearts as something we can...
BY RACHEL THOMSON
The Daily World
TAHOLAH -- A new bus service serving the communities of Queets, Amanda Park and Taholah, will soon be in operation, according to Jonathan Ciesla, tribal planner for the Quinault Indian Nation.
Ciesla said the Quinault Nation expects the service, which is being...
Due to smoke damage from a recent fire, the Hoquiam Youth Football and Grizzly Alumni Association Spaghetti Dinner and Auction scheduled for tonight has been moved from the Masonic Temple to Simpson Plaza, located on the corner of Simpson and Fifth Street in Hoquiam.
The event is slated for 6:30 p....
BY TOM SCANLON
The North Coast News
The LID is about to hit the BAN.
In 2007, the Ocean Shores City Council voted to form a Local Improvement District, or "LID" to repave all of Ocean Shores streets. Over the next two years, council approved Bond Anticipation Notes, or BAN's, totaling $32 million,...
A public hearing on a proposed "Critical Access Hospital" for Ocean Shores/North Beach will be held at Monday's Grays Harbor County Commissioners meeting at 2 p.m. in Montesano.
Al Lizakowski, a leader of the Medical Options Resources for Everyone (www.nbmore.com) group that is championing the...
The Aberdeen City Council this week unanimously approved a resolution asking the county commissioners to increase the existing tax on landlines and cell phones and adding an excise tax to those using the Voice Over Internet Protocol telephone option.
The money generated would go to Grays Harbor E-...
Because of a reporting error in Thursday's story headlined "College's 'Charlie Choker' gets freshened up for school," a college maintenance crew worker's name was misspelled; his name is Randy Karnath.
AS A MATTER OF POLICY, The Daily World will publish corrections of errors in fact that have been...
Republicans Dan Gase and Jim McEntire, both campaigning for 24th Legislative District House seats, pledged on Thursday to open up district offices in Grays Harbor should they be elected.
Gase, a Port Angeles businessman, is challenging Rep. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim. McEntire is campaigning for...
BY RACHEL THOMSON
The Daily World
MENLO -- "Professor Bamboozle" stood beneath a red umbrella cart across from the horse barn at the Pacific County Fairgrounds. On Wednesday, which was also opening day of the four-day fair, kids lined up beneath the sun to watch him twist multi-colored balloons...
BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH
The Daily World
MONTESANO -- County Planning & Building Director Brian Shea abruptly resigned Wednesday afternoon after a closed-door meeting with the county commissioners and the prosecutor that lasted more than two hours.
The commissioners said through their clerk that...
BY DAVID HAERLE
The Daily World
Clint Black sure puts the "music" in country music.
One of the genre's top balladeers and biggest hit-makers wowed a capacity crowd of close to 1,200 people Wednesday night at the D&R Theatre in Aberdeen. While showing off the famed vocal...
The Daily World
With the annual Outlaw Day races approaching, the McCracken family prepares for a different kind of racing.
Every year, Jim McCracken Sr. works the dirt of a small oval track in the family's yard. He stacks the hay bales lining the course. He checks the bleachers.
Then he tunes...
A 46-year-old Hoquiam man has denied a kidnapping charge for allegedly trying to walk away with a 13-year-old boy, telling police the incident was a misunderstanding.
Michael A. Hickman pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of attempt to commit kidnapping during a June 14 incident outside the boy'...
McCleary Police are investigating a burglary that took place at a residence on the 500 block of West Simpson Avenue on Monday.
Someone entered the residence by unknown means and took jewelry valued at approximately $1,000.
Witnesses have reported seeing a young man with blonde hair and a dark...
BY JILLIAN BEAUDRY
The Daily World
MONTESANO -- It was a battle of budget versus beauty surrounding the city's future 20,000-square-foot public works shops at the Montesano City Council meeting Tuesday night and the budget won.
The city is working toward replacing the current shops on Wynooche...
BY DEBORAH TRACY
The Daily World
He's one big man on campus.
Charlie the Choker, the much-maligned Grays Harbor College mascot, received a fresh coat of stain under a bright blue sky Wedneday at the entrance of the college campus.
Randy Carnath of the college's maintenance crew estimates it has...
Police looking for driver who bolted
Hoquiam police continue to search for a 29-year-old man who allegedly led officers on a short, high-speed chase down highways west of the city Wednesday morning.
Deputy Chief Jim Maloney reported the man was stopped along Highway 109 just before 10 a.m. when an...
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