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Clayton Franke / The Daily World Ocean Shores City Clerk Sara Logan, left, and City Administrator Scott Andersen unveil Anthony Robinson’s giant razor clam statue near the Chance A La Mer beach entrance on Wednesday, April 24.

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Giant clam “shows” in Ocean Shores

City brings wooden bivalve out of storage for park dedication

Clayton Franke / The Daily World The city of Aberdeen will apply for Grays Harbor County funds to renovate this building in Junction City and develop 100 beds of transitional homeless housing.

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Aberdeen council supports homeless shelter

City to apply for county’s $500K grant; proposes 100-bed microshelter village in Junction City

From left: Grays Harbor Board of County Commissioners District 2 candidates Brian Blake and Jerry Rajcich.

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Two file for county commissioner seat

Both democrats are seeking to fill the seat left by outgoing Republican Kevin Pine

Jeffrey Thake Superintendent Aberdeen School District

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Aberdeen superintendent placed on paid leave pending investigation

School board met Saturday to evaluate ‘complaint involving a matter that occurred at a school’

Port of Grays Harbor Invenergy’s natural gas power plant near Elma is Grays Harbor County’s largest taxpayer.

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Elma gas plant property value drops by $52M

Agreement says costs of climate bill pushed down the value of largest taxpayer in Grays Harbor

Jim Shank

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North Beach superintendent, board members resign

Board president says small group of constituents created “unspeakably hostile climate”

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Olivia Britain, right, a green crab crew member with the Grays Harbor Conservation District, offloads a trap carrying invasive green crab at the Quinault Marina in Ocean Shores on April 11. The conservation district, along with two state agencies, combined to pull more than 2,100 of the harmful crab from the marina last week.

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Trapping for harmful green crab continues in Grays Harbor, elsewhere

More than 2K crab removed from Quinault Marina during three-day, multi-agency effort

Michael Wagar / The Daily World A steady stream of people inspected a dead gray whale beached on the Pacific Ocean Wednesday afternoon, as a dog sniffs away. You can see the Quinault casino at the top far right.

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Dead gray whale beached near Ocean City

First of 2024; feds recently declared end to four-year mortality event after strandings dropped

John Reed / North Beach TV Vivian Dahlin, who runs Operation Dog Rescue, a free service for finding lost pets based in Ocean Shores, stands next to one of her cage traps during a video shoot with North Beach TV in 2023. Dahlin says the use of traps baited with food, which are strictly prohibited under city code, are the most effective way to rescue lost dogs.

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Furry foul: Ocean Shores could flip trapping ban following dog rescuer citation

Live trapping for lost dogs puts animals and people in danger, wildlife official warns

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Ken Stevens, a Quinault tribal elder and former Taholah School Board member, peers into a virtual reality headset at the Taholah School Library on April 6 as Bill Adams, current school board member, looks on. As part of an open house to get ideas for the new planned Taholah school, the headset gave Stevens a virtual tour of the recently-constructed Toledo High School, which was designed by the same firm the district hired in Taholah.

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Taholah starts to craft vision for new school on higher ground

Leading the way in seismic safety program, community sees bright future for Chitwhins

Courtesy of Brady Dier Mark Smalley, an engineer for Rayonier, leads a field trip April 5 as part of the Washington State Society of American Foresters’ annual meeting, which took place at Grays Harbor College.

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Forestry leaders talk 50 years of forest practices

1974 Forest Practices Act laid foundation for logging rules in Washington’s forests

Health Management Associates This pie chart, which was included in the youth “third spaces” report completed for Grays Harbor County Public Health, shows results of a survey that polled Harbor youth on where they hang out other than school or their homes.

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Report gathers info on hangouts for Harbor youth

Healthy “third spaces” are key tool for preventing mental health, substance use issues

Erin Schrieber Parent educators Marisela Martinez and Nikki Gwin stand next to diapers at the Grays Harbor County Public Health building in Aberdeen set to be delivered to the community through the health department’s new diaper bank network.

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In diaper pinch, county rolls out network of supply

Health department working with partners to deliver diapers across Grays Harbor