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Governor announces two-week pause in state’s phased reopening plan

All counties will remain in current phase for two weeks

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Despite its name, the European green crabs distinguishing feature is not its color, but the five spines to the outside of the eye on the shell.

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State, volunteers, tribes, shellfish growers work together to combat invasive European green crab

European green crab are growing in numbers in Grays Harbor, and volunteers, state agencies, tribes and shellfish growers…

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Lake Quinault Fishing Derby slated for May 29

Lake Quinault Fishing Derby slated for May 29

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The City of Aberdeen is moving ahead with plans to demolish the old Pioneer Paper Building at 419 E. Heron St.

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Old Pioneer Paper Building in Aberdeen set for demolition

The City of Aberdeen is moving forward with plans to demolish the old Pioneer Paper Building on Heron…

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Joyce Thomasson, left, and Bette Jean “BJ” Fisher stand alongside the newly-restored Fort Chehalis monument, which will be re-dedicated Saturday, May 8 at Westport City Park.

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Fort Chehalis Monument in Westport will be re-dedicated May 8

After a major cleaning by the Robert Gray Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Fort…

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Aberdeen will not consider an ordinance for grocery worker hazard pay

An attempt by some Aberdeen City Council members to force larger grocery stores in the city limits to…

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County ends first-dose clinics at the COVID-19 mass vaccination site

Will hold regular clinics at the public health building, seeking to expand vaccine distribution

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Lakewood man sentenced for 2019 sexual assault of 12-year-old Hoquiam girl

A Lakewood man arrested in 2019 for sexual assault of a 12-year-old Hoquiam girl pleaded guilty to a…

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The current Hillier Union Building on the Grays Harbor College Campus as seen from the Gene Schermer Instructional Building. The new union building will be built north of the current building (to the right in the photo) overlooking Lake Swano.

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GHC student union building and Y child care in state budget

$47.7 million to replace HUB

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The 2021 State Legislature’s compromise capital budget included just shy of $9 million for the construction of a new pump station on Fry Creek, an integral part of Aberdeen and Hoquiam’s flood protection plan.

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Legislature approves nearly $9 million for new Fry Creek pump station

A critical component of Aberdeen and Hoquiam’s large-scale flood reduction project

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Architectural drawings of the new Cosmopolis municipal building done by Harbor Architects were released late last year. Construction has been delayed due to skyrocketing lumber prices.

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Skyrocketing lumber prices delay construction of Cosi municipal building

Skyrocketing lumber prices have forced the City of Cosmopolis to delay construction of its new municipal building.

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Christine Peck has been cleaning the Illumination statue at the corner of East Wishkah and I Street in Aberdeen twice a year since 2014. Friday, she passed the torch to Downtown Aberdeen Association Director Wil Russoul. The installation was placed in 2005, the work of Gerard Tsutakawa, funded by the Kathryn N. Sherk bequest.

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Aberdeen Council approves 5-year contract for Main Street program

Downtown Aberdeen

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Grays Harbor County surpassed 25% of the population vaccinated this week, and the staff and volunteers took a moment to celebrate.

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Health officials work toward mass vaccination clinics on the coast, east county

Shortage of arms, not vaccine