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Port Commission to consider Satsop Business Park lease with Overstock.com, LLC

Public meeting to be held at Port of Grays Harbor headquarters at 2 p.m. Wednesday

Young boy and tries out his bicycle from the Lions Club Bicycles from Heaven giveaway Saturday. DAN HAMMOCK THE DAILY WORLD

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Area kids get new wheels from Lions Club’s Bicycles from Heaven event

Annual program gives bikes, refurbished by inmates, to children who otherwise may never have one

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Attorney General files campaign finance complaint against 19th District House candidate

Teresa Purcell, staff allegedly ‘failed to timely report debts and obligations as they were incurred’

Grays Harbor Guide Association members recovered a drift boat a day after it overturned with two anglers aboard Dec. 11. The boat was recovered two miles downriver of the accident, missing only one oar. The two anglers were unhurt and able to reach shore on their own. (Grays Harbor Guide Association photo)

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Drift boat recovered after flipping on Humptulips River

Grays Harbor Guide Association members save boat and gear from area downriver from hatchery

Canyon Creek shelter, the only remaining Civilian Conservation Corps-constructed shelter in the Olympic backcountry, was among the structures threatened by a lawsuit filed by Wilderness Watch calling for the destruction of several structures in the Olympic Wilderness. Friday a federal court denied their suit, affirming the National Park Service’s authority to preserve buildings on park lands deemed to have historical significance.

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Court rules in favor of retaining historic structures in Olympic National Park

Historic preservation trust calls decision ‘a victory for historic structures in wilderness areas’

The 2,300-year old skull found in a crab pot off Ocean Shores in 2014 is one step closer to its final resting place. Researchers at the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation determined the skull is Native American in origin and have contacted several area tribes, including the Quinault Indian Nation, to determine the final disposition of the remains.

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State says 2,300-year-old crab pot skull is Native American

Quinault Nation among five tribes notified, final disposition to be determined

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Dispatches for Dec. 16

Calls to local emergency service agencies

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Aberdeen man arrested on suspicion of rape of a minor

32-year-old suspect arrested and booked into Grays Harbor County Jail Tuesday

Participants in the Port of Grays Harbor’s Deeper Draft Phase II celebration Wednesday pose for a picture. From left: Port Executive Director Gary Nelson; Port Commissioner Jack Thompson; Army Corps of Engineers Colonel John Buck; Brusco Tugs’ Kevin Campbell; 19th District Representative Brian Blake; and ILWU Local 24 President Mike Brown.

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Port dredging, decades in the making, celebrated

Deeper Draft Phase II event draws representatives from government, unions, Port workers

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State reports lowest unemployment rate since 2008

Department also reports growth in labor force, private sector employment

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Second Elma active shooter drill scheduled for Sunday

Several agencies team for exercise at elementary, high schools

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Hoquiam council cuts proposed utility hike in half

Biennial budget passed, flood relief ‘master plan’ approved at Monday meeting

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Dispatches for Dec. 13

Calls to local public safety agencies