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With recent county support, Summit Pacific Medical Center will add a mental and behavioral health clinic at its campus in Elma. (The Daily World file photo)

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County backs Summit Pacific mental health clinic

Walk-in clinic could be servicable within the next six months

A preliminary draft rendering of planned infrastructure, including loading arms for loading soymeal directly onto ships, within the Port's potential tax increment financing area. (Courtesy of Ag Processing, Inc.)

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Port to vote on new tax tool for expansion funding

Could create Grays Harbor’s first tax increment financing area, valued $15 million

Clayton Franke / The Daily World A new scoreboard on the northwest end of the North Beach football field was installed earlier this month.

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New scoreboard shines at North Beach

North Beach Booster Club replaces dilapidated board for Hyak football program

Courtesy of Jillanna Bickford / Elma Chamber of Commerce From left, of the Twin Harbors Wildlife Center: Sonnya Wilkins, president and co-founder, Corrie Hines vice president and co-founder, and Lauri Leirdahl, secretary, at the raptor flight building’s ribbon cutting ceremony on May 16.

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New pen key to recovery of hurt raptors

Flight building at wildlife center a training facility for sick and injured birds of prey

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Penny Jackowski, left, and Kimber Lawrence, right, wait in the parking lot at Oyhut Bay in their 1999 Jeep, named “Little Foot,” on Saturday, May 20.

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Rally of the rubber duck: 700 Jeeps flock to Ocean Shores for beach cleanup, three-day festival

As a sixth-grader, Leo Koch was assigned a science project: find a way to help the environment, and…

The Hoquiam School District Board of Directors on Thursday voted to shut down Central Elementary in 2025 at the earliest. (Hoquiam School Board)

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Hoquiam school board votes to close Central Elementary

Effort to consolidate district won’t move forward until at least 2025

Washington State Emergency Management Division An assessment from the University of Washington suggests the Ocean Shores peninsula needs 23 vertical evacuation structures to survive 95-99% of the population.

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Ocean Shores faces big decisions as tower talks continue

District exploring its own tower at elementary, city still searching for funds

Clayton Franke / The Daily World The current Q-Mart 1 store serves drivers just west of state Route 115 on the way to Ocean Shores. The Quinault Indian Nation plans to expand businesses, adding a gas station and car wash, on the north side of state Route 109, just before the turn toward Ocean Shores.

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Quinault Indian Nation moving 500 acres to federal trust

QIN to gain sovereign control over tribe-owned land near Hogan’s Corner, plans to expand Q-Mart

Courtesy photo / Nicole Koch Participants in last year’s Clean Shores event pose with the traditional bonfire.

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Jeeps to descend on Ocean Shores for cleanup

500 Jeeps expected in three day eventstarting Friday

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Dr. Carli Schiffner, the next president of Grays Harbor College, poses outside of the Student Services and Instructional Building, which is scheduled to open in winter 2024.

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GHC president looks forward to taking helm

Schiffner brings experience in Olympia, passion for rural communities to the Harbor

The Blue Zones Power 9 — nine common lifestyle attributes of the world's healthiest communities, as identified by Blue Zones. (Courtesy of Blue Zones, LLC)

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Blue Zones meeting to focus on urban design projects

Healthy built environment is pillar of new recent health initiative for Grays Harbor

The Aberdeen School District recently laid off 21 certified employees last week, the first round of a plan to cut spending by $3.5 million by next school year. (The Daily World file photo)

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21 teachers impacted in Aberdeen School District cuts

Cuts to non-certified positions still needed to reach $3.5M spending reduction goal

Fentanyl pills are disguised as prescription drugs. (DEA)

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Discussions to open dialogue on opioid use

Public can register for educational sessions aimed at reducing stigma