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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Former Hoquiam Mayor Jasmine Dickhoff has taken on the job of manager at Shoppes at Riverside.

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Former Hoquiam Mayor takes managerial role at Shoppes at Riverside

Former Hoquiam Mayor Jasmine Dickhoff has been named the property and marketing manager for the Shoppes at Riverside.

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Lady Grace still in the Hoquiam River

Still qualifies for 100% state-funded removal; contractor expected to be hired soon

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Ben Winkelman was sworn in as Mayor of Hoquiam prior to the City Council meeting Monday. Finance Director Corri Schmid performed the swearing in.

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HPD gets 7 percent hike and new longevity incentive

Monday’s Hoquiam City Council meeting saw the approval of a three-year contract for the police department that includes…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Brayton Jay Pascoe was sentenced Friday to 7 1/2 years for the June 16 shooting death of David Alan Rhodes on Hagara Street in Junction City. At left is Prosecutor Katie Svoboda, at right is Pascoe’s attorney Christopher Baum.

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Aberdeen man sentenced to 7 1/2 years for June 16 shooting death

An Aberdeen man was sentenced Friday morning to 7 ½ years in prison for the June 16 shooting…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Ocean Shores City Councilman Jon Martin speaks at the Greater Grays Harbor legislative send-off in Aberdeen Friday. Seated from left: 19th District Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim; 19th District Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen; 19th District Rep. Mike Chapman, D-Port Angeles; 24th District Rep. Steve Tharinger, D-Sequim; 24th District Rep. Brian Blake, D-Aberdeen; and 24th District Sen. Dean Takko, D-Longview.

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Coastal Caucus talks transportation, schools at 2020 legislative send-off

The 2020 Legislative session kicks off Monday, and a topic that will rise to the top during the…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Daniel Stephen Heyting speaks before Grays Harbor Superior Court Judge David L. Edwards at Heyting’s sentencing hearing Wednesday. Heyting had pleaded guilty to the August 2018 second-degree murder of Andrew Detwiler, and was sentenced to 20 years.

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Aberdeen man given 20-year sentence for August 2018 Humptulips boat launch murder

A 31-year-old Aberdeen man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of a…

THORIN SPRANDEL | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Aberdeen City Council chambers.

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Aberdeen City Council will have five new members

When the Aberdeen City Council meets Wednesday night for the first time in 2020, there will be five…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Hoquiam Mayor Ben Winkelman stands by a photo of his dad, Mario Winkelman, and his youngest brother Bryce taken at Camp Grisdale the year it closed, which hangs in the Jitter House in Hoquiam. The Winkelman family had its roots in the logging camp.

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Ben Winkelman: From Grisdale roots to Mayor of Hometown Hoquiam

The closure of Camp Grisdale in 1985 had far-reaching effects on the timber industry, the economy of Grays…

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Local legislators to speak at Greater Grays Harbor legislative send-off Jan. 10

Local legislators to speak at Greater Grays Harbor legislative send-off Jan. 10

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Multiple agencies investigated an officer-involved shooting on West State Street near the Chehalis River Bridge onramp in early September.

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What’s next for some of 2019’s top stories?

A mayoral election decided by three votes, a teachers strike, and a city’s handling of a divisive homeless…

KAT BRYANT | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                The Lady Grace, an 80-foot commercial fishing vessel that sank in the Hoquiam River in March 2018, has disappeared as contractors were bidding for its removal.

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Where is the Lady Grace?

Sunken vessel in Hoquiam River slated for removal nowhere to be found

COURTESY GRAYS HARBOR PUD                                This map shows the area between Malone and the Chehalis Indian Reservation, denoted by a green line, where a $50,000 state grant will allow Grays Harbor PUD to conduct a fiber extension feasibility study.

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Grant allows PUD to study fiber expansion to Oakville, Chehalis Indian Reservation

Grays Harbor PUD is exploring an extension of its fiber network to allow high-speed, open-access broadband service south…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                A car plows through water crossing the roadway a few miles up the Wishkah north of Aberdeen Thursday. Heavy rains and high tides caused some localized flooding in the region, and a flood watch remains in effect in Grays Harbor County through 10 p.m. Sunday.

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Flood watch in effect through 10 p.m. Sunday

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