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Hoquiam Fire Department getting new equipment, consolidation report completed

The Hoquiam Fire Department is getting new equipment, and the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam are within days…

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Aberdeen seeks temporary use permit for Michigan Street homeless camping site

The City of Aberdeen will hold a public hearing Sept. 25 to consider a 1-year temporary-use permit.

Highlights from Loggers Playday

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Highlights from Loggers Playday

The hot saws roared, AJ Mackenzie clowned around, and a Volkswagen Beetle met the business end of a…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Multiple agencies investigate an officer-involved shooting on West State Street near the Chehalis River Bridge on-ramp early Monday afternoon.

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Deadly officer involved shooting in Aberdeen Monday

A 41-year-old Aberdeen man who reportedly pulled a gun on an Aberdeen Police officer late Monday morning was…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Tristan Van Beek, left, and Rob Waibel compete in the Open Double Buck competition.

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55th annual Hoquiam Loggers Playday competition held Saturday

Chainsaws roared and the sawdust flew at the 55th annual Loggers Playday competition at Olympic Stadium Saturday evening.

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New Ocosta Schools Superintendent has a “commitment to Ocosta”

The Ocosta School District decided it needed some stability at the superintendent position when Superintendent Kurt Hilyard announced…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Tables outside the Westport Maritime Museum were filling up shortly after the annual Westport Seafood Festival started serving at noon Saturday.

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Westport welcomes hundreds to seafood festival, Corvette show

Even the overflow lots in Westport were filling up by noon Saturday as hundreds descended on the busy…

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Hoquiam, Commerce team for pilot project to ID city’s top two needs

The City of Hoquiam has been selected by the State Department of Commerce to participate in a yearlong…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Nicholas Carr, Chehalis Basin Director for Forterra, after a presentation about the nonprofit organization’s plans for redeveloping the Morck Hotel in Aberdeen Tuesday.

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Nonprofit official talks future plans for Aberdeen’s historic Morck Hotel

Forterra plans to redevelop the Morck Hotel in Aberdeen to serve as a cornerstone for the revitalization of…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                The City of Aberdeen has approved the purchase of this 31,000-square-foot property at 421 S. Michigan St. to serve as a longer-term homeless camping site.

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Aberdeen council votes to sell old river camp site and buy adjacent property for a new one

The Aberdeen City Council on Wednesday approved the purchase of a vacant lot at 421 S. Michigan St.…

photo by DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Live anchovies are a hot item in Westport as the tuna season continues. Here a crew from Westport Seafood Inc.’s Tani Rae live swim anchovies into a net pen in Westport Marina.

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Tuna, coho, lingcod landed by Westport sport anglers

Marine Area 2 — Westport and Ocean Shores — is scheduled to remain open for salmon fishing through…

COURTESY PHOTO                                Congressman Derek Kilmer speaks to a group of about 60 at a town hall meeting in Westport Monday.

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Congressman talks health care, jobs, tsunami prep at Westport town hall

Congressman Derek Kilmer shared “a really good dialogue” with about 60 people at his town hall meeting in…

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Hoquiam council accepts two property donations

Two landowners offered to donate their property to the City of Hoquiam. At its Monday meeting, the City…