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HPD gets city approval for a narcotics detecting canine

The Hoquiam Police Department wants to add a narcotics-detecting dog to the force and got the approval of…

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Summer paving project through Hoquiam and Aberdeen delayed

A state paving project that would have gone from downtown Hoquiam into Aberdeen almost to the Wishkah River…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Melissa Baum wears a pendant containing half of the cremated remains of her daughter, Lindsey Baum. The rest are in a locket given to Lindsey’s brother, Josh.

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After a decade, knowing didn’t bring relief

Melissa Baum wears a silver necklace holding a small silver pendant with a ruby. Contained within the pendant…

photos by DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Grays Harbor College Outstanding Student of 2019 Mary Valentine approaches the stage to claim her award at the college’s 89th commencement ceremony Friday at Stewart Field in Aberdeen. Valentine studied marine biology and received her Associate in Arts degree.

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Graduates honored at Grays Harbor College commencement ceremony

The Grays Harbor College Class of 2019 and the outstanding student and faculty award recipients were honored during…

COURTESY LANE YOUMANS                                Lindsey Baum and her brother, Josh, speak with then McCleary Police officer John Graham at the Shop with a Cop event in December 2008. A little more than 6 months later she disappeared blocks from her home in McCleary.

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10 years later, still no arrest in the abduction, murder of Lindsey Baum

It was hot in McCleary June 26, 2009. Lindsey Baum, just weeks shy of her 11th birthday, had…

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Investigators: Altercation over heroin led to Junction City murder

Brayton Jay Pascoe, 25, of Aberdeen, is being held in the Grays Harbor County Jail on $500,000 bail…

COURTESY MICHELLE AMES                                A plaque was installed Wednesday at the Lindsey Baum memorial garden in McCleary. The garden will be dedicated at 7 p.m. June 26, the 10-year mark of her disappearance.

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Memorial garden for Lindsey Baum to be dedicated in McCleary June 26

The Lindsey Baum memorial garden at Beerbower Park in McCleary will be dedicated at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Students walk onto Stewart Field in Aberdeen at the 2019 Grays Harbor College commencement ceremony Friday evening.

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Grays Harbor College honors record number of graduates at 89th commencement ceremony

Nearly 200 Grays Harbor College students were at Stewart Field in Aberdeen Friday to accept their diplomas at…

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County funds homeless rent aid and low-barrier shelter study

The Grays Harbor County Board of Commissioners has approved two agreements for the dispersal of grant money to…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Kim Roberts stands on the grounds of the Westport Winery. Behind her is the building that will hold the craft distillery she and her family are hoping to have up and running this fall.

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Pirates and scalawags welcome: Westport Winery working to add craft distillery

Ocean’s Daughter Distillery and Mermaid Room tasting lounge set to open in the fall

FILE PHOTO                                 Construction at Lincoln Elementary School in Hoquiam has been pushed back a year, meaning preschool and first- and second-grade students will attend classes there in the 2019-20 school year.

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Lincoln Elementary overhaul pushed back a year

Students will attend Lincoln Elementary during the 2019-20 school year

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                State Department of Transportation Multimodal Development Manager Theresa Turpin talks to attendees of a June 12 open house about the preferred option for the replacement of the Heron Street Bridge in Aberdeen.

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Pre-design work on Heron St. Bridge pushed back at least 5 years

Pre-design work on a replacement for the Heron Street Bridge in Aberdeen won’t begin until 2024, five years…

DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Westport Marina Business Manager Molly Bold stands on the freshly-paved surface of the Westport boat launch parking area. Behind her construction continues on new restrooms and a fish cleaning station.

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Westport boat launch parking area paved, other marina improvements near completion

The much-improved asphalt parking lot at the Westport Marina boat launch is nearly ready to welcome boaters this…