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Dr. Martens places blame for lack of area pediatricians squarely on hospital

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Dr. Martens places blame for lack of area pediatricians squarely on hospital

Said lack of primary care providers contributed to climate leading to his move to Shelton

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Hospital hires consulting firm to help find a way out of financial crisis

Team leader said they should be ready to implement changes within two months

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Police still looking into threatening message at middle school

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Hoquiam Council passes resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling

Council passed resolution unanimously Monday

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Hoquiam Council tables ordinance reducing or eliminating water, sewer meter fees

Developer argues city’s fees discourage new development

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Pacific Co PUD commissioner accused of campaign finance infractions

Willapa Harbor Herald published free ads, cost not recorded under contributions

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Jeffrey L. Butterfield Sr. is flanked by Grays Harbor County Prosecutor Katie Svoboda and his attorney David Mistachkin during his sentencing Friday morning. Superior Court Judge Mark McCauley handed down an exceptional sentence for Butterfield’s decade of abusing and raping his twin daughters, Amber and Alicia.

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Butterfield gets more than 126 years for a decade of rape and incest

Maintains his innocence to the end

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Kirsten Alice O’Hara speaks before her sentencing Friday for the murder of her neighbor, 95-year-old WWII veteran Robert Harmon of Hoquiam last July. Superior Court Judge David Edwards sentenced her to the maximum allowed by law, more than 28 years in prison.

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Hoquiam woman gets maximum penalty for murder of WWII vet neighbor

Judge Edwards: ‘If I could sentence you to life I would.’

Westport woman using her experience to try to ‘put some teeth’ in laws regarding uninsured motorists

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Westport woman using her experience to try to ‘put some teeth’ in laws regarding uninsured motorists

Deborah Carter-Bowhay slowly mending after July 2 head-on collision near Westport

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Pacific County Drainage District #1 boar chairman David Cottrell (right) speaks with property owners along the north Willapa Harbor shoreline after a meeting discussing the timeline of shoreline protection efforts to fight erosion over the next year.

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Homeowners have hope for North Willapa Bay property

Property owners, cranberry growers, tribe, state and local agencies team together to fight erosion

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Beyond Survival executive director Maddie Graves-Wilson sits in the building behind the existing headquarters at 120 W. Wishkah, recently purchased by the group to provide more space for care of women, children and men who have been victimized by sexual abuse.

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Beyond Survival obtains new Aberdeen property

Director: An ‘inviting place’ to deal with the trauma of sexual abuse

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Hoquiam mayor threatens veto if council moves to lower fees for condo developer

Council approves drafting the resolution 6-4, could be considered at next meeting

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Construction crews are working to remove the facade from the old Grays Harbor Beauty College building at 204 E. Wishkah St. The facade had deteriorated and pieces of it had been falling to the sidewalk below.

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Crumbling facade being removed from old beauty college building

Falling pieces were a hazard for pedestrians