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DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Presenters at Monday’s tsunami planning forum in Ocosta included (from left): University of Washington professor Daniel Abramson, urban planning researcher Ichiko Taro from Tokyo Metropolitan University, and UW-educated planner and current faculty at Tohoku University Liz Maly. Also presenting was Kanako Iuichi, associate professor at Tohoku University.

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Planners from Japan talk tsunami prep, recovery in Westport

Urban planning researchers from the University of Washington and two universities in Japan are taking lessons learned from…

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Green Jade defendant’s guilty plea will stand

Green Jade defendant Fen Shou Chen had his request to withdraw his guilty plea — to charges stemming…

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Hoquiam library closure set for Oct. 11

The Hoquiam Timberland Regional Library will close for renovations in a few weeks, said Hoquiam city administrator Brian…

Lessons learned from 2011 Japan tsunami could benefit Westport

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Lessons learned from 2011 Japan tsunami could benefit Westport

The research and experiences of three Japanese disaster recovery experts from Japan will be the topic at a…

PHOTO COURTESY OF WESTPORTMIKE                                Four competitors walk into the surf during last year’s event.

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Surfers to hit the waves in Westport for annual Clean Water Classic surf competition

The 17th annual Clean Water Classic surf competition will once again attract some of the region’s best surfers…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Crews were tearing down the western section of the old Lamb Grays Harbor Co. manufacturing facility along South Adams Street Monday morning.

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Demolition under way at Lamb Grays Harbor facility

A little more than a century after the Lamb Machine Company started construction at its Hoquiam location, demolition…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                 The K Street entrance to the Hoquiam Timberland Regional Library is getting a facelift, including new windows and ADA compliant doors.

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Construction closure likely coming to Hoquiam library in October

As renovations at the Hoquiam Timberland Regional Library ramp up, the City of Hoquiam and the library are…

COURTESY PHOTO                                The old cedar shake roof at Hoquiam High School is in need of replacement, and the school district is proposing a $6.8 million bond to pay for it, as well as improvements to Lincoln Elementary School.

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Hoquiam School District proposing $6.8 million bond

The Hoquiam School District is seeking a $6.8 million bond to modernize and renovate Lincoln Elementary School and…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Remnants of a beaver dam, according to locals, continue to back up the irrigation ditch under the Cranberry Road Bridge. The county has said the bridge will be repaired and the ditch cleared by Sept. 17.

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Cranberry Road bridge in Grayland should be reopened by Sept. 17

Repairs are underway on the bridge at Cranberry and Schmid roads in Grayland.

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Cosmopolis mayor Frank Chestnut (left) and city administrator Darrin Raines stand atop the walkway along the new Mill Creek Dam. Behind them is the fish ladder constructed to allow the return of steelhead and chum and coho salmon.

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Mill Creek Dam construction nearly complete

Ten years after the dam at Mill Creek Park in Cosmopolis breached, causing flooding that ruined much of…

Roaring saws, sawdust clouds highlight annual Loggers Playday

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Roaring saws, sawdust clouds highlight annual Loggers Playday

Roaring chainsaws and showers of sawdust, not to mention log-rolling mayors, highlighted the 54th annual Hoquiam Loggers Playday…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Connie Allen, Washaway No More chairwoman (second from left) updates locals about the continued efforts to prevent shoreline erosion in the North Cove area at the end of old State Route 105 Monday afternoon. At left is David Cottrell, irrigation district board chairman.

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Shoreline protection efforts ramp up ahead of storm season in North Cove

Rock and timbers are being stockpiled along State Route 105 in the North Cove area of Pacific County…

Mitzi Schindele, president of the Olympic Public Access Coalition.

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Coalition seeks to preserve, increase access to public lands

Mitzi Schindele lives in Montesano and considers the upper Wynoochee Valley her “back yard.” She spends as much…