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    Articles by Clayton Franke
    Three Quileute canoes approach the shores of Neah Bay on Friday, July 21 as part of the 2023 “Paddle to Muckleshoot” intertribal canoe journey. The canoes left La Push at 5 a.m. Friday morning and arrived at the shores of Neah Bay more than 12 hours later. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)
    Coastal tribes link, paddle east as canoe journey...
    By Clayton Franke • July 22, 2023 2:10 pm

    Neah Bay beach served as pit stop for 10 canoes Friday night

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    Primary election candidates for North Beach School Board District 4, from left: Joe Lomedico, Halvar Olstead and Jessica Iliff.
    Question and answer with North Beach school board...
    By Clayton Franke • July 22, 2023 1:30 am

    District 4 position candidates queried on backgrounds, tsunamis, test scores and funding

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    Clayton Franke / The Daily World
The 2022 flooding season eroded more than 15 feet of riverbank in the Satsop Business Park, exposing power ducts and threatening infrastructure underneath the road.
    Erosion project protects key energy infrastructure
    By Clayton Franke • July 22, 2023 1:30 am

    Severe flooding last year exposed power ducts, threatened road at Satsop Business Park

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    At a board meeting Tuesday, the North Beach School District passed a $13.6 million budget for the 2023/2024 school year. (The Daily World file photo)
    New superintendent hopes to guide North Beach out...
    By Clayton Franke • July 19, 2023 4:30 pm

    School board approves reductions to spending on administration

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    The Leisure Manor mobile home park in south Aberdeen contains 191 spaces, the most of any Grays Harbor County mobile home park. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)
    Aberdeen adopts mobile home rent rule
    By Clayton Franke • July 13, 2023 5:00 pm

    Ordinance expands notification period for rent increases greater than 3% in mobile home parks

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    Candidates for Ocean Shores City Council Position 4, from left: Jennifer Herboldsheimer, Alison Cline, Caroline Emmert.
    OS council candidates discuss platforms
    By Clayton Franke • July 13, 2023 5:00 pm

    Ocean Shores City Council position 4 only city office on Aug. 1 primary ballot

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    Clayton Franke / The Daily World
Phil Woltz, who runs the Aft Galley hot dog stand in Ocean Shores, places dogs on the grill on July 7.
    Food trucks set up shop in Shores
    By Clayton Franke • July 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Reunited by coincidence, Navy veterans forge food truck frontier

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    Clayton Franke / The Daily World
John Becker, engineer with the Grays Harbor County road department, examines designs for the Garrard Creek Road Realignment project. The new road will cut through this brush to provide a straighter course.
    Rural road to gain straighter course
    By Clayton Franke • July 12, 2023 1:30 am

    Logs trucks will gain smoother ride on southeast county artery through fuel tax-funded project

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    Clayton Franke / The Daily World
Sami McElravy hands a slice of watermelon to a young festival-goer on Saturday, July 8 at the McCleary Bear Festival.
    McCleary Bear Festival stays close to tradition
    By Clayton Franke • July 10, 2023 5:00 pm

    ‘It’s like a family reunion”: Thousands gather for parade, (non-bear) stew, music, cars and softball

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    Sue Michalak-Budsberg, right, has led the McCleary Bear Festival stew preparations for 25 years. As part of this year’s stew, hundreds of pounds of vegetables chopped by volunteers Friday morning — along with ground beef and spices — will enter these large cooking pots in the Beerbower Park kitchen. The stew will be served 1 p.m. Saturday. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)
    Prep of famous stew begins in McCleary
    By Clayton Franke • July 7, 2023 11:11 am

    64th annual McCleary Bear Festival begins Friday and continues through Sunday

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    Courtesy photo/Aberdeen Fire Department
The Aberdeen Fire Department responded to a small grass fire caused by fireworks in South Aberdeen Tuesday afternoon.
    Officials tighten burn ban as wildfires spark, grow
    By Clayton Franke • July 6, 2023 1:30 am

    Harbor fire departments avoid major firework indicents, but look to dry future

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    Michael Wagar / The Daily World
The Hungry Whale Grocery store and gas station sit on the west corner of North Montesano Street and Wilson Avenue in Westport, property owned by the Port of Grays Harbor. Excavators have begun to dig test holes into soil that was contaminated by a gasoline leak 40 years ago, and will soon demolish the gas station and excavate the site.
    Port to excavate toxic gas station site in...
    By Clayton Franke • June 29, 2023 5:00 pm

    $2.4M cleanup project will demolish store and fueling station, scoop up 40-year-old gas spill

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    Nonprofit expands foster youth services
    Nonprofit expands foster youth services
    By Clayton Franke • June 28, 2023 1:30 am

    Foster youth can access school supplies, funding for tutoring and activites

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