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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Westport nonprofit WeFish is collecting donations to support Coast Guard families at Station Grays Harbor who arent receiving paychecks during the government shutdown.

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“Fill Our Xtratuffs” Saturday to benefit Westport Coast Guard families

Nonprofit WeFish distributing donations to local families during government shutdown

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Small raises proposed for Hoquiam council members

Ben Winkelman was elected Hoquiam City Council president at the council’s first meeting of 2019 on Monday.

MARCY MERRILL PHOTO                                Pacific County Drainage District #1 commissioner David Cottrell, left, speaks with Paul Bayle, a researcher from the University of Bath in England in North Cove Wednesday. Bayle is researching dynamic revetment and is placing a lidar tower along the beach to track the work being done by locals to preserve the shoreline.

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Rocking and roiling

Department of Ecology will track movement of 140 rocks to gauge effectiveness of North Cove shoreline preservation efforts

COURTESY LEGISLATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY                                Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, donned a yellow safety vest ahead of Gov. Jay Inslee’s State of the State Address Tuesday to protest the Governor’s proposed carbon tax.

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Aberdeen legislator dons yellow vest to protest governor’s proposed tax increases

Taking a page from a European protest movement that began in France, Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, donned a…

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$500,000 approved for purchase of properties in right-of-way of North Shore Levee

Grays Harbor County Commissioners approved $500,000 in funding to the City of Aberdeen Tuesday to purchase four properties…

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IDs made in two deaths at Wynoochee Wildwood Saturday

Grays Harbor County Coroner Robert Kegel has identified the two people found dead at Wynoochee Wildwood Saturday as…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Sasquatch giving the peace sign, created by Thor, was one of the custom chainsaw carvings produced last weekend from trees blown down by the Port Orchard tornado in December.

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Chainsaw artists gather in Port Orchard to create joy from tornado’s devastation

On Dec. 18, a rare tornado struck Port Orchard, a community of about 14,000 that sits roughly 80…

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County commissioners approve hi-tech cameras for juvenile detention facility

State-of-the-art surveillance cameras are coming soon to the Grays Harbor Juvenile Detention Facility in East Aberdeen.

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Strong winds knocked the sign off the Harbor Praise Center at the corner of West Wishkah and South Park streets in Aberdeen Sunday morning. Monday morning the traffic light at the intersection was still blinking and the crosswalk signals were disabled.

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Willapa Hills recorded 84 mph gust Sunday morning

Short-lived storm knocked out power to more than 22,000, but most were restored within hours

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                The kitchen at the Blue Beacon restaurant in South Aberdeen suffered significant damage after a fire early Monday morning. Damages could approach $150,000 or more.

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Kitchen fire strikes Blue Beacon restaurant

A rough year for the Blue Beacon restaurant in South Aberdeen ended poorly with a kitchen fire Monday…

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No major issues reported after loss of 911 service Thursday

Twin Harbors emergency service providers reported no issues resulting from the loss of 911 service when CenturyLink’s network…

PHOTO COURTESY OF CONNIE ALLEN                                The North Cove shoreline at the end of Seamobile Drive was pounded by surf during the Dec. 20 storm, but the cobble piled up by locals to protect the rapidly eroding shoreline appeared to do its job, keeping the loss of land to a minimum.

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Rock cobble beach at North Cove working as planned, so far

The North Cove shoreline in Pacific County took a beating from high tides and 60 mph wind gusts…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Caleb Small is a young family man from Cosmopolis who wondered, how could he, as a postal carrier in Aberdeen, brighten everyone’s day? His solution was to grow out his beard and festoon it with twinkling lights and glitter. The father of five said he just wanted to find a way to spread joy on a daily basis.

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Aberdeen postman delivers holiday cheer

Anyone else remember back in the day when you could recognize your postal carrier on sight and probably…