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Photo by Marc Sterling Float 20 is both a private vessel moorage float and the Westport Marina’s public fishing dock. .

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Westport leaseholder airs safety concerns after gates removed from Float 20 slips

Miscommunication between leaseholders, Port meant gates were removed without warning

(Dan Hammock | The Daily World) Crossfit Grays Harbor continues to grow after recently moving to a new location, the old Peninsula Truck Lines building at 505 West State Street in Aberdeen.

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Crossfit Grays Harbor grows at new location

Wide range of workouts, yoga classes attracting fitness freaks from across the area

Dan Hammock | The Daily World The 24-foot-tall logger from the old Harbor Vue Drive In in Central Park saw the light of day for the first time in more than 25 years Thursday. Ralph and Danny Stangland rescued the iconic image from the blowtorch decades ago and it is just now getting refurbished.

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Iconic logger from old Harbor Vue Drive In getting a makeover

Group of locals saved sign from the scrap heap, hopes to get placement in Aberdeen

Aberdeen City Council challenger Robert Rodgers will face incumbent Tawni Andrews and Dick Murchy in the August 1 primary for the Ward 1 Position 2 seat.

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Aberdeen City Council challenger seeks long-term solutions to city’s problems

Robert J. Rodgers: I decided I wanted to be a part of the change that needs to happen

Tawni Andrews seeking second term in Aberdeen City Council

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Tawni Andrews seeking second term in Aberdeen City Council

Incumbent believes connecting city government and Aberdeen residents a key responsibility

(Photo by Marc Sterling) The Port of Grays Harbor applied for the necessary permits July 12 to perform much-needed dredging inside the Westport Marina. There is $2.5 million for the project in the latest draft of the state capital budget, but funds are awaiting passage of the budget by the legislature.

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Port applies for permits for much-needed Westport Marina dredging

Project hinges on Legislature passing a capital budget to release $2.5 million slated for dredging

(Photo courtesy John Kugen) These two mountain lions were caught on a trail camera the morning of June 23 near Chilton Road. The two cats were in a patch of woods between Chilton and Friedlander Drive.

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Cougar sightings have Aberdeen residents spooked

Residents feel trapped in their homes; WDFW says it’s best to let the cats leave on their own

(Dan Hammock | The Daily World) Electric General, a metal band from Olympia, performs during the Pay to Play festival — formerly known as Kurt Cobain Days — Saturday afternoon. Pictured from left are guitarist/vocalist Luke Krom, drummer Jay Einspahr and John Calvin Bell on bass. Ten bands were slated to play starting at 11 a.m. Saturday in the alley behind Boomtown Records on East Wishkah in Aberdeen.

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Pay to Play, formerly known as Kurt Cobain Days, features 10 bands Saturday

By Dan Hammock

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City of Aberdeen proposing tighter limits on garage sales

Public Works Committee recommends dropping from 10 per family per year to two

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North Shore Levee plan now under FEMA review

Levee designed to remove more than 2,700 properties from mandatory flood insurance requirement

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD A new mental health and addiction clinic has opened in Aberdeen. Lifeline Connections opened its doors Monday and can supply a wide range of services, from evaluations to custom treatment plans for those with drug and alcohol addictions and mental health problems.

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New option available for those seeking mental health, substance abuse treatment in Aberdeen

Lifeline Connections opened for business Monday at 311 South I Street

Dr. Carey Martens is one of just nine doctors to perform a hysterectomy using the new Contained Tissue Extraction device, which is far less invasive than a traditional hysterectomy and lessens risk and recovery time for patients.

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New procedure at GHCH decreases recovery time, risks for patients

CTE procedure is less invasive for women in need of hysterectomy

(Dan Hammock | The Daily World) Kirsten Alice O’Hara, 30, of Hoquiam is led out of her first court appearance Tuesday afternoon. She is accused of stabbing and beating her 95-year old neighbor to death Sunday and is being held in the Grays Harbor County Jail on $1 million bail.

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Suspect in murder of 95-year-old Hoquiam man Sunday makes first court appearance

Kirsten Alice O’Hara charged with first degree murder of neighbor Robert Harmon