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BY RACHEL THOMSON
The Daily World
MENLO -- The Grays Harbor Fair may be over, but those who still have a longing to go on carnival rides, stuff their faces with corn dogs and giant curly fries and wander through barns to see the varieties of livestock, are in luck. The Pacific County Fair begins...
BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH
The Daily World
Work is not expected to start on the widely anticipated pontoon construction project until next spring, instead of by the end of the year as initially planned.
State Department of Transportation officials announced the construction delay on Monday, citing a...
ABERDEEN
Bobcat Days
are this week
Bobcat Days for Aberdeen High School are Thursday and Friday.
This is the time for students to come to the high school, have photographs taken, buy Associated Student Body cards and yearbooks.
Associated Student Body cards are $35 and are required for students who...
BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH
The Daily World
The state Auditor's Office gave the City of Aberdeen a clean bill of health in its annual audit of financial statements for the calendar year of 2009.
State Auditor Brian Sonntag reports that his office found no "significant deficiencies" or "material weaknesses...
BY JACOB JONES
The Daily World
Corrections officers tackled and Tasered a murder suspect in a packed Grays Harbor courtroom Monday when the man punched a deputy prosecutor before turning on his own defense attorney.
Roderick T. Reed II, 32, of Taholah, sat quietly in the courtroom until his case...
BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH
The Daily World
The Grays Harbor Historical Seaport is selling a jollyboat that may have carried Johnny Depp in the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
Historical Seaport Executive Director Les Bolton said the decision was made to sell the 18-foot-long boat with a 5-foot,...
BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH
The Daily World
MONTESANO -- The county commissioners have approved a contract with Dr. Yong Ki Shin of Montesano to provide medical treatment services for inmates at the county jail.
For years, the costs of medical care for inmates has been skyrocketing, leaving the Sheriff's...
BY JILLIAN BEAUDRY
The Daily World
ELMA -- A hold has been placed on plans to renovate Elma City Hall and the fire station and to build a new police station because Mayor Dave Osgood and city staff recently learned the architect Foster & Williams of Shelton produced designs far exceeding the...
The charter fishing boat Pescatore, from Westport, was not involved in a collision with a sailboat as was reported in The Daily World Aug. 17. The newspaper received incorrect information from a source.
There was a collision, but it involved the sailboat Arien and the fishing vessel Pacific Future...
The Daily World
Authorities have deemed an apparent suicide in rural Elma suspicious after finding a "sophisticated" marijuana grow operation inside the deceased man's house.
Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott said deputies responded shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday to the secluded home on...
Montesano Police Officers are investigating a dog bite that occurred Monday in the 2400 block of East Beacon Street.
A 48-year-old Montesano man was transferred from Grays Harbor Community Hospital to Harborview Medical Center, where he is in stable condition awaiting surgery. The dog inflicted a...
The Daily World
Authorities reported a caretaker interrupted two intruders in a rural Elma home Monday and chased the pair off before they could put their clothes back on.
Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott said a woman went to check on a neighboring home just before 8 a.m. Monday when she...
The Daily World staff
Transportation officials now believe the Simpson Avenue Bridge in Hoquiam will likely remain closed until November after soil samples indicated the area is more unstable than hoped.
The state Department of Transportation announced today new analysis of soil shows the...
BY ANGELO BRUSCAS
The Daily World
It might not have the most expensive digs in the Twin Harbors or the best waterfront views, and it's still saddled with more than its share of bank-owned foreclosures.
But Hoquiam has emerged as potentially the hottest housing market in the Harbor through the...
The Daily World
Transportation officials expect dredging work to start next week as part of the temporary fix of the damaged Simpson Avenue Bridge in Hoquiam.
The Department of Transportation announced Friday crews plan to dredge between 500 and 600 yards of "contaminated" sediment from beneath...
BY ANDY PERDUE
AND ERIC DEGERMAN
One of the rarest treats to enjoy in a glass is ice wine, an ultra-sweet after-dinner sipper crafted by squeezing sugar-laden juice from frozen grapes.
Ice wine is made in all four regions of the Pacific Northwest, with the finest traditionally coming from British...
By Barbara Bennett Parsons
What a grand success! The Grays Harbor County Fair had a huge increase in attendance this year. But we are not past County Fair season yet, not by a long shot.
This week the Pacific County Fair in Menlo begins on Wednesday. As you may imagine, this is a smaller and more...
BY RACHEL THOMSON
The Daily World
OCEAN SHORES -- After a second round of vote counts, the outcome of the Ocean Shores Library levy measure is still too close to call. With only 50 more votes to count countywide on Friday, only seven votes separates those for and against the measure -- 1,047 to 1,...
Looking into the recesses, cracks and crevices of Grays Harbor County homes for years, Dan Kinnaman, Grays Harbor PUD residential energy advisor, says he still sees homes on a weekly basis that have no insulation, and many where it is woefully inadequate.
Then there are homes that have plenty of...
This week is when gardeners must start preparing tender plants for the cold winter months ahead. Stop fertilizing roses and trimming hedges and shrubs because both fertilizing and pruning encourages tender new growth -- and cold winter winds are coming.
Keep feeding and watering hanging baskets...
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