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BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH
The Daily World
Retiring House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler will be honored at a community celebration Friday at the Polson Museum.
Kessler, a former United Way director, went on to serve 18 years as a state legislator and is retiring this year.
Kessler will turn 70 years old...
BY JILLIAN BEAUDRY
The Daily World
MONTESANO -- Residents of the Val Vista area outside of Montesano have come to the City Council and the Grays Harbor County commissioners with a petition of more than 70 signatures asking to not be included in an annexation proposal the city is looking into.
"We...
BY DEBORAH TRACY
The Daily World
Since antiquity, bronze busts have been made to commemorate people of high esteem. This art form was the means chosen by the Weatherwax High School Class of 1955 to honor one of the school's beloved principals, Richard Balkema.
Balkema served as principal at...
BY JILLIAN BEAUDRY
The Daily World
MONTESANO -- Superintendent Marti Harruff plans to recommend tonight that the School Board hire Todd Graves of Ridgefield to be Simpson Elementary's new principal.
Graves, a professional development specialist in Ridgefield, and another finalist, Doug Schupbach, a...
BY DEBORAH TRACY
The Daily World
A dip into reserves to the tune of $296,867 was approved by the Aberdeen School Board as it voted to accept the 2010-2011 budget on Tuesday.
The $37 million budget had undergone further tweaking since being presented at a public review and comment session -- which...
A work crew of Grays Harbor County prisoners worked Tuesday and Wednesday to clean brush and underbrush in and around McCleary to aid in the continued search for Lindsey Baum, reported Chief George Crumb of the McCleary Police Department. Baum disappeared on June 26, 2009, while walking a short...
Rings will be tossed, shots will be put and bean bags will be thrown as part of the Avalon Invitational Games on Friday at Grays Harbor Health & Rehabilitation Center, 920 Anderson Drive. This is the first time the facility will host the event, which is intended to showcase the progress...
The Daily World
The cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant building in downtown Hoquiam on Tuesday remains undetermined as fire crews continue to watch for flare-ups.
The Hoquiam Fire Department reported this morning the former Clevenger's Auction House building, also known as the Fluckinger...
The Daily World
An Aberdeen man suffered serious burns to his hands when his stove caught fire Wednesday afternoon and he rushed to put it out.
Capt. Tom Hubbard with the Aberdeen Fire Department said crews responded at about noon to the 200 block of east Holman to find the man injured, but the...
The Daily World staff
Few surprises surfaced as the first wave of primary election results went out tonight, giving candidates a first hint of whether they would be heading to the General Election.
The top two vote getters in the primary advance to the general election, regardless of party...
BY JACOB JONES
The Daily World
Thick smoke choked much of downtown Hoquiam late Tuesday as a stubborn fire consumed the condemned former Clevenger building, drawing crowds to watch the structure burn.
Hoquiam fire crews remained on scene this morning, watching for flare-ups, as the...
BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH
The Daily World
Former Ocean Spray manager Rick Hole and appraiser Dan Lindgren advanced to the General Election Tuesday night in a three-way race to replace first-term county Assessor Cherri Rose-Konschu, who decided not to run again.
Meantime, County Commissioner Al Carter, a...
BY ANGELO BRUSCAS
The Daily World
The race to replace Truman Seely for the District 2 seat on the Grays Harbor PUD Commission has been pared down to a pair of familiar faces.
Aberdeen Assistant Police Chief Dave Timmons, 59, who nearly won a seat on the commission in 2005, and Aberdeen City...
BY JACOB JONES
The Daily World
State Patrol Trooper Scott Johnson has gained an early lead in the Pacific County Sheriff race against sitting Sheriff John Didion, according to early primary election results released Tuesday.
Johnson's lead remained close as the first wave of primary ballots were...
BY RACHEL THOMSON
The Daily World
OCEAN SHORES -- As of election night, the future of the Ocean Shores library still hung in the balance.
With thousands of votes still left to count county wide, the results are too close to call. Only four votes separate those for and against property tax measure...
ABERDEEN
Family Movie
Night Aug. 27
Anchor Bank is hosting "Anchor Family Movie Night," a free outdoor cinema presentation of the Disney movie "UP" on Friday, Aug. 27 at the Miller Junior High Track.
Musician Joe Ty will be performing live music at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will start at dusk.
Bring...
BY JACOB JONES
The Daily World
Port of Grays Harbor commissioners awarded a $2.8 million marine railroad project to Aberdeen contractor Rognlin's Inc. on Monday during a special commission meeting.
Rognlin's submitted the lowest bid for the first phase of a more than $15 million expansion of...
The AP & The Daily World
Washington state's unemployment rate fell for the fourth straight month, dropping to 8.9 percent in July, but more than 306,000 people are still unemployed and looking for work, state officials said Tuesday.
"Job growth is still wobbly, but the private sector is showing...
BY JACOB JONES
The Daily World
City officials in Hoquiam and Ocean Shores announced Tuesday they may temporarily merge their two finance departments under Hoquiam Finance Director Mike Folkers until Ocean Shores can replace its retiring director.
A joint news release emphasized the officials are...
BY ANGELO BRUSCAS
The Daily World
SOUTH BEND -- First-term Pacific County Commissioner Clay Harwood appears to be losing his seat as his two challengers, Lisa Ayers and Cathy Russ, built strong leads in initial primary results Tuesday night.
Ayers had 815 votes (44.66 percent) and Russ was in a...
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