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Rendering by Degenkolb and Rice Fergus Miller, Inc. The city of Westport received a $16 million federal grant to construct a vertical evacuation tower in its marina district. Supported with steel pillars and reinforced in a concrete foundation, the tower will stand about 40 feet high with a pair of platforms totaling 5,000 square feet, along with space for food, water and supplies.

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Westport secures $16.7M for tsunami evacuation structure

After seven-year effort, city poised to build third tsunami structure on South Beach

Doug Orr

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Aberdeen mayor: Orr’s lead stays at eight votes, too close to call

Auditor has four votes left to count, but another 32 rejected ballots still circulating

With a new opportunity for state grant funding for seismic retrofits, Hoquiam School District could renovate or build a brand new Hoquiam High School without asking voters for the $42 million bond on the February 2024 ballot, as was previously planned. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Seismic funding shakes bond plan for Hoquiam schools

Proposed $42 bond won’t see Feb. 2024 ballot as state’s seismic program could fund new high school

Clayton Franke / The Daily World People shelter with tarps and tents at an encampment on East River Street in Aberdeen on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

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County warming shelter request goes unanswered

Commissioners likely to use homeless funds for hotel voucher, street outreach programs

At the Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma, a $58 million expansion project set to break ground in January 2024 will add nearly 30,000 square feet, 10 extra beds and a rooftop helicopter pad to support transfer patients. (The Daily World file photo)

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Summit Pacific inks $75 million revenue bond sale

Sale secures funding for expansion project set to break ground in January

Josh Collette

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Collette with stronghold in Elma mayor’s race

Cooper, Borden leading city council races

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Candidates react to school board election results

North Beach School Board sees high interest, other races scattered throughout county

Frank Elduen speaks at a forum in September. (The Daily World file photo)

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Elduen leads Ocean Shores mayor’s race

Alison Cline’s 17-percent lead is widest margin of any Ocean Shores city race; others neck-and-neck

Election 2023

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Election night 2023: Results

Two votes separate Aberdeen mayor’s race with about 80% of ballots counted

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Rory Gauthier, 3, and her mother, Kathryn, check out chum and coho salmon during a salmon education event hosted by the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and others on Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Satsop Springs Hatchery and Schafer State Park.

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Returning to home gravel

Fish biologists provide insight into remarkable life cycles of salmon

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Members of the community check out the Salvation Army’s new client-choice food bank on the corner of G and 2nd streets in Aberdeen at an opening ceremony on Monday, a day before the pantry’s first day of service.

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Salvation Army opens new Aberdeen headquarters

Renovated church on G Street to provide client-choice food bank

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Avery Harland launches a Frisbee for her lab, Utka, at the Vance Creek Dog Park on Oct. 27.

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Dog park the newest addition to oldest county park

Landscaped play area situated near pond, walking trail at Vance Creek County Park

Clayton Franke / The Daily World A remnant jetty extends roughly 10,000 feet across the middle of Oyhut Bay in October 2023. It hugged the southern shoreline of Ocean Shores upon construction in 1916, but has since been battered by waves and wind.

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In search for stronger shoreline, Ocean Shores can look to coastal neighbors

A 100-year old jetty used to protect Ocean Shores. Can new technologies save its south end?