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DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Standing in front of the Fry Creek pump station discussing the plans for the bigger and better one soon to be constructed, from left, are Grays Harbor County Commissioner Kevin Pine, Hoquiam City Administrator Brian Shay, Ty Johnson of HDR Engineering, and Congressman Derek Kilmer. Kilmer was in town Friday for a tour of the length of the proposed North Shore Levee and North Shore Levee West Segment.

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Congressman tours Hoquiam, Aberdeen levee project

As Aberdeen and Hoquiam continue to search out funding for its ambitious North Shore Levee and North Shore…

daily world File photo Three years after the armory fire displaced the Aberdeen Museum of History there are still no firm plans for the future of an Aberdeen museum.

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Aberdeen museum board, mayor clash over museum plans

The Aberdeen museum board and Mayor Pete Schave are not seeing eye-to-eye when it comes to the future…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Elma Mayor Jim Sorensen and Police Chief Susan Shultz stand in the auditorium of the just-purchased new police station.

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Elma Police get more room to protect and serve

New, larger, more modern building purchased this week

Ward B. Johnson of Rohnert Park, California, won the daily Westport Charterboat Association derby Aug. 3 with this 16.95-pound Chinook. Salmon fishing out of Westport goes to seven days a week starting Friday. (Courtesy Westport Weighmaster)

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Westport salmon fishing open seven days a week starting Friday

Starting Friday, salmon fishing out of Westport will be open seven days a week.

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Volunteers with the Mission Outdoors Washington Tuna Classic filet the day’s catch in the Westport boat basin. The year this photo was taken, 2019, the tournament donated close to 10,000 pounds of tuna for local food banks.

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Washington Tuna Classic in Westport a big draw for veterans, families

The 13th annual Mission Outdoors Washington Tuna Classic returns to Westport on Aug. 13-14, bringing veterans and their…

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Council races shaping up after first primary ballot count

City Council races across the county are shaping up after the first round of primary election ballots were…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Construction will begin Aug. 16 on this section of Highway 101 south of Cosmopolis on Cosi Hill. The roadway has been alternating one-way traffic since heavy rains caused it to collapse in January 2020, shortly before this picture was taken.

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Work begins Aug. 16 to stabilize 101 at Cosi Hill slide area

Relief is coming for traffic on Highway 101 at Cosi Hill.

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD The formation of the South Beach Regional Fire Authority in October 2017 included a major rebranding and public education effort.

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Nearly four years in, South Beach RFA shows benefits of consolidation

In October 2017, the South Beach Regional Fire Authority (SBRFA) combined the Westport Fire Department, four South Beach…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD The many volunteers who gave their time and energy to the county’s COVID-19 pandemic response were honored Saturday. Those attending the Emergency Preparedness Expo were asked to raise their hands to be recognized.

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County’s pandemic response volunteers honored

The hundreds of volunteers who drove Grays Harbor County’s COVID-19 pandemic response were honored at the Emergency Preparedness…

Daily World file photo McDermoth Elementary in Aberdeen, along with all other schools in the state, will require masks for all its students and staff when schools come back into session in September.

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Aberdeen, Hoquiam schools prepare for masks-required fall opener

In a move aimed at protecting school children and others, face masks will be required in certain settings…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD The North Shore Levee—West Segment would follow the west bank of the Hoquiam River from the north city limits south to the Simpson Avenue Bridge before winding west and then north to State Route 109.

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Planning work continues on Hoquiam flood protection levee

The Hoquiam City Council has approved a $4.4 million agreement with an engineering firm to keep the North…

Courtesy City of Hoquiam Grays Harbor Conservation District foresters David Houk, center, and Jim Getchman, right, presented Hoquiam Mayor Ben Winkelman a marker for the city’s recently-certified watershed tree farm.

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Hoquiam watershed forests are now certified tree farms

The city of Hoquiam’s watershed forests have received American Tree Farm System certification, the result of a thorough…

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Hoquiam Council unanimously backs RFA plan

The Hoquiam City Council unanimously approved on Monday a resolution to place a Hoquiam and Aberdeen fire department…