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    Articles by Clayton Franke
    Grays Harbor County
    Grays Harbor County adopts 2024 budget, seeks to...
    By Clayton Franke • December 12, 2023 5:00 pm

    Projected spending appropriations will deplete county’s cash reserves by half

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    Clayton Franke / The Daily World
Matthew Wells, a reporter who has covered live music for The Daily World, plays an Alvarez acoustic guitar at Tinderbox Coffee Roasters in downtown Aberdeen on Monday, Dec. 11. Local musicians will throw a rock concert in his honor this Friday, Dec. 15.
    Musicians to throw rock concert in journalist’s honor
    By Clayton Franke • December 12, 2023 1:30 am

    Rock bands line up for eight-act display of gratitude for The Daily World’s music reporter

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    Clayton Franke / The Daily World
Bob Williamson of Brumfield Construction operates a bulldozer Thursday morning on the southern shoreline of Ocean Shores, where the company is building a large sand berm intended to stop waves from eroding public infrastructure this winter.
    Sacrificial sand: Berm to hold off waves in...
    By Clayton Franke • December 8, 2023 5:00 am

    City starts work on emergency erosion solution to protect infrastructure on southern shoreline

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    Grays Harbor County elections employees Sue Wilson and Debby Hammer recount ballots by hand at the county elections office in Montesano on Thursday, Dec. 7. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)
    Recount ratifies Orr’s mayoral win
    By Clayton Franke • December 7, 2023 6:51 pm

    After two full days, recounts did not amend results in any races; Wills wins OS council race

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    Grays Harbor County Elections Administrator Scott Turnbull, right, and elections employees sort ballots for a recount on Wednesday, Dec. 6. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)
    Recounts: Cosmopolis race holds, Aberdeen, Ocean Shores pushed...
    By Clayton Franke • December 6, 2023 6:00 pm

    Manual recounts for Aberdeen mayor and Ocean Shores City Council Position 6 to commence at 9 a.m.

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    Clayton Franke / The Daily World
Charles Fattig, a McCleary history expert and member of the McCleary Historical Society, examines antique items in the home of longtime McCleary enthusiest John Anderson, who died in September at the age of 95. The wooden door with glass panels likely came from the Simpson Door Company factory, where Anderson worked for more than 40 years.
    McCleary admirer’s collection provides glimpse of another era
    By Clayton Franke • December 6, 2023 1:30 am

    Historians visit home of passed McCleary legend to look for pieces of town’s past

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    Frank Elduen
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Ocean Shores
    Mayor’s office flips early in Ocean Shores
    By Clayton Franke • December 5, 2023 1:30 am

    After strong win last month, Frank Elduen looks forward to four years

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    Clayton Franke / The Daily World
Only one resident of about 10-15 remained in a homeless encampment area on Market Street in Aberdeen Thursday afternoon after a building owner filed a no trespass order, which applies to the storefronts and neighboring parking lots.
    No trespass order dissipates downtown homeless camp
    By Clayton Franke • December 1, 2023 1:30 am

    About 10-15 people sheltered under awning and in storefronts on Market Street

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    Cosmopolis council race added to recount list
    By Clayton Franke • November 29, 2023 9:00 am

    Will join recounts of Aberdeen mayor and Ocean Shores council races next week

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    From left: Grays Harbor County Auditor Joe Maclean, Commissioner Kevin Pine and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jon Beltran examine and certify election results Tuesday afternoon. The three county officials were serving as up the Grays Harbor County Canvassing Board. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)
    Narrow Aberdeen mayor’s race triggers recount
    By Clayton Franke • November 28, 2023 5:56 pm

    Races across county certified; Ocean Shores council race will see manual recount

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The Aberdeen School District chose to place two property tax levees on the February 2024 special election ballot.
    Aberdeen School District sends pair of levees to...
    By Clayton Franke • November 27, 2023 8:45 am

    Building upgrades, school programs levees would total $33 million in revenues after four years

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    Natali Burgess 
Meal preparations stacked up during a community Thanksgiving meal event at Immanuel Baptist Church in 2022. The church served 1,200 people last year and expects that number could be even larger this year.
    Community groups, food banks make holiday meals happen
    By Clayton Franke • November 22, 2023 1:30 am

    Thousands of free Thanksgiving meals provided to community as food bank demand stays high

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    Olympic Area Agency on Aging
November is National Family Caregivers month, which honors people who care for family or friends of old age or with disabilities. There are more than 800,000 unpaid caregivers in Washington State.
    November is family caregiver’s month
    By Clayton Franke • November 17, 2023 3:40 pm

    Aging agency hopes to support unpaid caregivers as they become more essential to healthcare system

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