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    Articles by Dan Hammock
    Courtesy of Department of Fish and Wildlife 
Diggers hit Twin Harbors Beach for a morning razor clam dig on Sept. 21, 2021. More than 1,300 diggers took just under 25,000 clams around the 7:20 a.m. minus tide.
    More than 1 million razor clams dug during...
    By Dan Hammock • September 29, 2021 1:30 am

    A couple of stormy periods and digging in the dark didn’t keep effort and harvest down during the opening days…

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    Grays Harbor bumping up efforts to fight COVID
    Grays Harbor bumping up efforts to fight COVID
    By Dan Hammock • September 28, 2021 1:30 am

    Local public health workers are doing their best to keep up with the spike in COVID-19 cases and reaching out…

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    Courtesy of Wild Olympics Campaign 
Kayakers paddle below a waterfall on the East Fork Humptulips, a proposed Wild and Scenic River in the Olympic National Forest.
    Wild Olympics plan attached to defense bill, passes...
    By Dan Hammock • September 28, 2021 1:30 am

    The Wild Olympics Wilderness and Scenic Rivers Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives for the second time this year…

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    Here’s what the bridge on the Willapa Hills Trail will look like when construction, which began Sept. 20 after a months-long, COVID-related delay, is complete next year. (Courtesy Washington State Parks)
    Overpass construction begins on Willapa Hills Trail
    By Dan Hammock • September 27, 2021 1:30 am

    A 1-mile section of the Willapa Hills Trail has closed for construction as contractors for Washington State Parks began work…

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    Courtesy of Summit Pacific Medical Center
Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma, pictured, and Harbor Regional Health Community Hospital in Aberdeen are feeling the strain of the fifth wave of the COVID pandemic, having to divert patients at times to out of county facilities, which adds strain to the county’s EMS services.
    ‘The system is overwhelmed:’ fifth wave stretches hospitals,...
    By Dan Hammock • September 25, 2021 1:30 am

    The emotional toll on Grays Harbor County’s EMS and hospital workers during the fifth wave of the COVID pandemic bubbled…

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    DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD The officially-closed TASL homeless tent camp in a parking lot at Aberdeen City Hall has grown to hold about 20 people in the last month, and the city has little legal authority to clear it.
    Frustration shows during homeless discussion at Aberdeen council...
    By Dan Hammock • September 24, 2021 1:30 am

    What began as a first reading of an ordinance regarding state-mandated requirements for zoning for homeless shelters turned into a…

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    RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD 
Young fairgoers pet a goat at the 2021 Grays Harbor County Fair. Fairgrounds managers are currently seeking grants to make improvements, including one for a feasibility study on a new livestock barn.
    Fairgrounds seek grants for improvements
    By Dan Hammock • September 23, 2021 1:30 am

    A number of infrastructure and renovation projects could be in store for Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds in Elma provided funding…

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    Heart by Heart will play a free concert Saturday at Olympic Stadium. (Courtesy photo)
    Free concert at Olympic Stadium Saturday
    By Dan Hammock • September 22, 2021 1:30 am

    Heart by Heart will be performing classic Heart songs at a free concert at Olympic Stadium on Saturday.

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Grays Harbor County Emergency Management has been recognized by the National Weather Service for its work in making sure Grays Harbor County is prepared for severe weather events, like heavy rains that created flooding near Satsop in January 2020.
    Grays Harbor Emergency Management recognized
    By Dan Hammock • September 22, 2021 1:30 am

    Grays Harbor County Emergency Management has been selected as a Weather Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador of Excellence by the National…

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    Ocean Shores firefighters union endorses City Council candidates
    Ocean Shores firefighters union endorses City Council candidates
    By Dan Hammock • September 22, 2021 1:30 am

    The Ocean Shores firefighters union has made its endorsements for Ocean Shores City Council.

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Two classrooms at McDermoth Elementary School in Aberdeen have been quarantined after positive COVID-19 cases.
    Aberdeen, Hoquiam schools adjust to rising COVID cases
    By Dan Hammock • September 21, 2021 1:30 am

    Hoquiam High School and middle school students returned to online learning on Monday after 35 positive COVID-19 cases were identified…

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    Grays Harbor Transit said weekend service could return in January 2022. (File photo)
    Grays Harbor weekend transit service unlikely until 2022
    By Dan Hammock • September 20, 2021 1:30 am

    The lack of qualified drivers has led Grays Harbor Transit to announce weekend service will not resume until Jan. 3,…

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    Matt Talavera, a pharmacist for CVS, fills a syringe with COVID-19 vaccine outside the Life Care Center in Kirkland, where some employees were vaccinated on Dec. 28, 2020. Steve Ringman | The Seattle Times
    Pandemic’s fifth wave roars on
    By Dan Hammock • September 18, 2021 1:30 am

    COVID-19 case counts in Grays Harbor County shot up again this week, with 429 new cases reported the week of…

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    • Roland “Rob” Ferdinand Strote Jr.
    • Hate should have no home on Grays Harbor
    • ‘Citizen activism and volunteerism at its best’
    • Get ‘happy’ with GHC’s civic choir and concert band
    • Neo-Nazi flyers appear in central Grays Harbor

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