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COURTESY GRAYS HARBOR PUBLIC HEALTH 
COVID cases by zip code in Grays Harbor County, updated Jan. 8.

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Second inmate at Stafford Creek dies from COVID

A second inmate at Stafford Creek Corrections Center has died from COVID-19 and more than half the inmates…

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Quinaults recalled live and whole-cooked crab

For crabs caught Dec. 23-28

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Grays Harbor COVID numbers continue to rise, free testing continues

Local COVID-19 news this week included several more dates of free testing at Olympic Stadium, new COVID-related deaths…

COURTESY HOQUIAM POLICE DEPARTMENT 
Just shy of a year after a slide closed State Route 109 just west of Hoquiam, the same hillside came down again early Friday morning, closing the road in both directions. Hoquiam and state Department of Transportation crews were clearing trees and mud from the slide Friday morning.

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Landslide closes State Route 109 Friday morning

Same spot as last winter

Needle exchange resolution to the county board of health.

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New County Commissioners poised to end needle exchange program

The end of Grays Harbor County’s syringe exchange program appears to be one vote away.

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State audit finds misuse of funds by former Grays Harbor Fire District 5 chief

The State Auditor’s Office in December published its findings into the investigation of possible misuse of public funds…

COURTESY HOQUIAM POLICE DEPARTMENT 
A 40-year-old Aberdeen man was reportedly “huffing” while driving when he crashed into a house on Sumner Avenue before colliding with a railroad crossing on Port Industrial Road Saturday morning. The driver later turned himself in to police.

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Police say ‘huffing’ leads to several wrecks Monday morning

“Huffing” — the breathing in of vapors to produce a high — reportedly led to several collisions, including…

COURTESY GRAYS HARBOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 
Grays Harbor Community Hospital has installed its ultra-cold freezer to accommodate the necessary -75 degrees celsius needed for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Here pharmacy technician Katie Francis unboxes and stores the first Pfizer vaccine.

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Stafford Creek corrections officer dies from complications of COVID-19

GHCH: Despite surge, hospital has staff to isolate COVID cases, serve other community needs

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The proposed location of Aberdeen’s first dog park in Garley Park. It will be split into two parts, one for smaller dogs, one for larger dogs.

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Plans for Aberdeen’s first dog park proceeding

Improvements coming to Garley Park in South Aberdeen

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An Aberdeen first responder receives a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Grays Harbor Community Hospital.

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First reponders get COVID-19 vaccinations at Grays Harbor Community Hospital

Grays Harbor Community Hospital began administration of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday to area first responders who fall under…

High levels of domoic acid have extended the recreational Dungeness crab closure north to the Queets River.

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Recreational crab fishing halted in Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay

And areas north of Point Chehalis to Queets River

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Grays Harbor College awarded nearly $200,000 in federal COVID relief money

Grays Harbor College was awarded just shy of $200,000 in federal CARES Act coronavirus relief funding through the…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD 
Congressman Derek Kilmer at the Grays Harbor Lighthouse in March 2019, discussing the recently-passed Maritime Washington National Heritage Act. Public forums to discuss a plan for the National Heritage Area created by the Act, which includes the Grays Harbor County coast, begin in January.

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Public input sought on Maritime Washington National Heritage Area

In March 2019, Congressman Derek Kilmer stood alongside the Grays Harbor Lighthouse in Westport to tout the passage…