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COURTESY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS                                Stafford Creek Corrections Center.

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Stafford Creek tops list for inmate complaints

A new, independent state office that investigates complaints by inmates and monitors state Department of Corrections compliance with…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Congressman Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, with microphone, talks about the recent passage of the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Act outside the Grays Harbor Lighthouse in Westport Saturday. With him, from left, are State Rep. Brian Blake, D-Aberdeen; Grays Harbor County Commissioner Randy Ross; Ocean Shores Mayor Crystal Dingler; and Aberdeen Mayor Erik Larson.

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Kilmer calls Maritime Heritage Act ‘a powerful tool’ for local economic development

The passage of the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Act has created “a powerful tool for promoting local…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                The dock and conveyer at Terminal 3 at the Port of Grays Harbor.

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BHP revising Hoquiam permit application for proposed potash facility

2nd round of public comment after revised application submitted

Cosi Mayor Frank Chestnut will not seek re-election

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Cosi Mayor Frank Chestnut will not seek re-election

Cosmopolis Mayor Frank Chestnut has announced he will not seek re-election this year.

Remains positively ID’d as Aberdeen woman missing nearly 50 years

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Remains positively ID’d as Aberdeen woman missing nearly 50 years

The remains of a young woman found in August of 1971 in a dump site near Cave Junction,…

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District Court employees have positions reclassified, get raises

Eight Grays Harbor District Court employees who had topped out their pay ranges will get raises as their…

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Updated flood maps add 442 properties to East County floodplain

Updated preliminary FEMA flood maps for the Chehalis River in east Grays Harbor County and other parts of…

COURTESY GRAYS HARBOR DRUG TASK FORCE                                Thousands of dollars in cash were seized during the Green Jade busts of late 2017. Stacks of bills were found in safe deposit boxes, home safes, designer handbags and, in at least one case, hidden inside a ceiling light fixture.

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Sales of seized Green Jade property can be used to fund future narcotics investigations

The sale of property seized in the Green Jade illegal marijuana grow busts of late 2017 will fund…

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Hoquiam teacher charged with writing threats against himself will be paid through April 25

Robert P. McElliott, the Hoquiam Middle School physical education teacher on paid administrative leave since Nov. 6 and…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                South Beach Regional Fire Authority volunteers and paid responders have to be prepared for a wide range of calls, including beach rescues.

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More than one year in, South Beach RFA benefits begin to show

A little more than a year in, the merger of four South Beach fire districts, the Westport Fire…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Greater Grays Harbor Inc. CEO Dru Garson talks economic development at the regional chamber of commerce’s annual business forum lunch at the Rotary Log Pavilion in Aberdeen on Tuesday.

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Groundwork aids business development says head of Greater Grays Harbor

Making sure workers have affordable child care, training students so they’re ready for the workforce and selling outsiders…

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Hoquiam council will not fund Greater Grays Harbor this year

The City of Hoquiam will not contribute financially to Greater Grays Harbor Inc. — the regional chamber of…

COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE PATROL                                The State Patrol has concluded its investigation into a fatal accident on Highway 12 in Montesano March 4.

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WSP: Both drivers contributed in some way to fatal US12 snowplow vs car crash

Both drivers contributed in some way to a fatal two-vehicle collision on Highway 12 near Montesano in March…