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courtesy of Quinault Indian Nation Taholah on the Quinault Indian Reservation.

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Enzler takes new COO position with Quinault Indian Nation

Tony Enzler, who has spent the last six-plus years as vice president of commercial banking for Bank of…

Courtesy of Quinault Indian Nation The old WorkSource building at 511 W. Heron St. in Aberdeen is getting made over into a $20 million Quinault Indian Nation wellness clinic.

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Quinault Nation’s Aberdeen wellness clinic will serve entire community

Construction expected to be completed in the spring or summer 2022

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD One of the Aberdeen Fire Department’s new rigs (pictured) stood nose to nose with a Hoquiam engine at the 2021 Emergency Preparedness Expo at the Shoppes at Riverside in July 2021.

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Aberdeen-Hoquiam RFA plan not dead

Both cities moving foward to bring the plan back to February special election ballot

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD As promised, six new birch trees have been planted at Old Cannery Park off the end of Fifth Street in Hoquiam. The original trees in the park were removed due to trunk rot, bringing some complaints from longtime users of the park.

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New trees planted at Old Cannery Waterfront Park

After a slight uproar over the removal of the alder trees at Hoquiam’s newest waterfront park in June,…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD An eastbound train heads into East Aberdeen. A massive project to separate the rail and vehicle traffic in the often-congested area got a shot in the arm in the form of a $2 million federal grant to complete project planning.

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East Aberdeen rail separation project awarded $2 million federal grant

Will allow for completion of project planning phase

Courtesy of Aberdeen Police Department A jackknifed log truck snarled traffic on East Heron Street in Aberdeen Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 16, 2021. A mechanical failure at the reach appears to have caused the incident.

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Jackknifed logging truck snarls Aberdeen traffic

A jackknifed loaded log truck on East Heron Street snarled traffic through Aberdeen on Tuesday afternoon.

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD The Heron Street Bridge in Aberdeen in the foreground, with the Wishkah Street Bridge behind. The Heron Street Bridge is scheduled for predesign work on replacement in 2024. The recently passed federal infrastructure bill includes about $605 million for bridge replacement and repairs statewide over five years.

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Local leaders react to passage of federal infrastructure bill

Updated Nov. 17

The 1902 Metropolitan steam pumper was one of the first modern pieces of firefighting equipment purchased in Aberdeen prior to the city’s major fire on Oct. 16, 1903. This was its condition shortly after it was recovered from the old armory building after the fire. (File photo)

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Aberdeen approves $250,000 for museum fire apparatus rehab

Aberdeen will spend close to $250,000 to rehabilitate two historic pieces of fire apparatus damaged in the June…

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Aberdeen/Hoquiam RFA measure defeated

With just 10 or so “cured” ballots — those missing a signature or otherwise need to be corrected…

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Aberdeen Council narrowly passes camping ordinance

Adds misdemeanor charge for refusing to move camp from non-designated areas

Courtesy of Chehalis Basin Strategy Log jacks protect the Montesano wastewater treatment plant from erosion along the bank of the Wynoochee River.

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Interactive local flood control project map unveiled

The Chehalis Basin Strategy has unveiled a new interactive map that provides an up-close look of the flood…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD A shortage of school bus drivers had Aberdeen and Hoquiam schools Transportation Supervisor Ernie Lott driving this route himself on Monday morning.

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Aberdeen, Hoquiam school bus drivers desperately needed

Route cancellations possible as school bus driver shortage reaches critical levels

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD, file Ocean Shores Mayor Crystal Dingler speaks at the 2020 Greater Grays Harbor Lunch with the Mayors event at the Rotary Log Pavilion in Aberdeen.

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Ocean Shores Mayor Crystal Dingler dies

Ocean Shores Mayor Crystal Dingler, who helped guide the city through the unprecedented challenges of a global pandemic,…