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(Clayton Franke / The Daily World) Pennywort, a green aquatic plant native to Asia, growing in the north end of the Grand Canal in Ocean Shores.

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Aquatic plant plan in works

Ocean Shores honing major vegetation management strategy for third time in three decades

Bryson Fitch of Bay Center is missing after the crab vessel Ethel May sank Feb. 5 near Willapa Bay. A GoFundMe page was set up to help his wife Mckenzie and children Ryder, 6, Paisley, 4, and Capri, 4 months. (Courtesy photo / Fitch and Salas families)

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County, community continues search for missing fisherman

Officials and community members scour coast for missing man identified as Bryson Fitch of Bay Center

Elma School District's $66 million bond would provide funding for a new intermediate elementary school and updated athletic fields. (Courtesy photo / Elma School District)

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Elma voters to decide on $66M school district bond

Bond would fund new school building to ease bulging elementary, middle schools

(U.S. Coast Guard) The Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing fisherman from the Ethel May, which capsized Sunday evening.

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Search for crab fisherman suspended

Man still missing, two rescued after vessel capsized near Willapa Bay Sunday evening

A school-based health center could be operational in North Beach Junior Senior High School for the start of the 2023-2024 school year. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Agencies planning school-based health center for North Beach

Clinic would provide primary and behavioral health care, exact model dependent on funding

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Rose Warne, second from left, and her husband, Skyler Warne, front right, receive haircuts from Pat Gordon and Laina Caldwell, respectively, at the Project Homeless Connect Event on Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Aberdeen Senior Center.

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Haircuts and helping hands: Project Homeless Connect Event provides services, coincides with Point In Time Count

Event at Aberdeen Senior Center drew roughly 150

(Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World) A building sits at the address of the proposed site, according to a Board of County Commissioner's agenda, for a "near-Aberdeen" cold weather shelter on State Route 105. County officials and shelter providers terminated efforts to open the shelter, citing logistical issues.

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‘Near Aberdeen’ cold weather shelter effort abandoned

Officials cite logistical issues and condensed time frame

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Brandon Hobgood, an evening custodian with the North Beach School District, sprays disinfectant on a desk at Ocean Shores Elementary School Tuesday afternoon.

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Illness closes Ocean Shores Elementary

Staff, students sidelined after uptick in COVID, stomach flu

(Gray and Osborne, Inc.) A design for part of the High Dune Trail.

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High Dune Trail bids come in on target

Council will award contract next month, groundbreaking projected for June

(Clayton Franke / The Daily World) Emily Fales, left, a service forester with the Washington Department of Natural Resources, takes a tour of Merc Boyer's family forest. The DNR has added 18 new service foresters, who provide technical assistance to landowners, in the last six months.

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DNR expanding landowner programs

State legislature has put increased focused on forest health

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Janet, a Chaplains on the Harbor employee, prepares dinner Monday evening at the cold weather shelter in Westport.

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Cold weather shelters face hiccups and delays

Residents voice concern about public safety in Westport; other shelter site tabled

(The Daily World file photo) The Ocosta Junior-Senior High School is in Westport.

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Levy would replace previous funding for programs and operations

The Ocosta School District is proposing a levy to fund extra curricular activities, athletics and some educational programs…

(The Arc of Grays Harbor) The Grays Harbor Equity Taskforce hopes to improve access to services for marginalized groups.

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Human service agencies partner to take on equity issues

Grays Harbor Equity Taskforce will tackle barriers for marginalized groups