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(Courtesy Erin Mathis) Sequoyah Lorton climbs a tree near Raymond. He suffered serious injuries in a logging accident Wednesday morning in Pacific County.

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Logger seriously injured by falling branch in Pacific County

A logger suffered serious injuries when he was struck by the branch of a falling tree Wednesday morning…

LOUIS KRAUSS | THE DAILY WORLD A diagram shows one option at Miller to accommodate the added sixth graders with four additional portable units. Sixth grade students in Aberdeen will be switched from elementary schools to Miller beginning in fall 2019.

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Aberdeen sixth-graders will go to Miller

Move will reduce class size, take advantage of state funds

LOUIS KRAUSS | THE DAILY WORLD Someone writes names of those lost to cancer on a board at the Relay For Life in Hoquiam on Friday.

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Relay For Life nears fundraising goal after weekend walk

With a decent turnout and 42 teams walking, fundraising and participating this past Friday and Saturday, the Grays…

LOUIS KRAUSS | THE DAILY WORLD Cancer survivors begin walking the first lap at the Relay for Life event at Hoquiam High School on Friday.

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More teams, smaller crowd turns out for Relay for Life walk this weekend

Hundreds of people came out to the 32nd annual Relay for Life event in Hoquiam on Friday, an…

LOUIS KRAUSS | THE DAILY WORLD JR Lakey, right, director of The Garage: Music & Arts Center, gives advice to guitar student Chris Rondon at a jam session two weeks ago.

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“The Garage” brings communal music space to Riverside mall

For 16-year-old Chris Rondon, performing in the bi-weekly jam session at The Garage: Music &Arts Center is a…

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Brothers arrested in Aberdeen drive-by shooting

This story was updated May 31.

(Blind Justice Facebook page) Aberdeen resident Mike Nelson protests a new ordinance that criminalizes sitting and lying down on the sidewalk during the daytime in downtown Aberdeen. He was sitting there for most of Friday and Saturday.

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Aberdeen man sits in front of city hall to protest new ordinance

A new ordinance in Aberdeen prohibits sitting and lying down on sidewalks during certain hours, but that hasn’t…

Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office Deputy Steve Shumate.

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Shumate to serve as Aberdeen’s new police chief

Chief Criminal Deputy Steve Shumate from the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office will be the next chief for the…

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Council authorizes mayor to make deal for riverfront homeless camp land

The City of Aberdeen is nearing the purchase of a controversial property along the Chehalis River where many…

LOUIS KRAUSS | THE DAILY WORLD Rev. Sarah Monroe from Chaplains on the Harbor speaks out against Aberdeen’s new ordinances to prohibit sitting on downtown sidewalks and restrict panhandling.

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Aberdeen finalizes ordinance to make sitting or lying down on sidewalk illegal

The ordinance to restrict panhandling was also passed

(Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office) Grays Harbor Undersheriff David Pimentel said Isaac J. Gusman, the man suspected of attempting to kidnap a woman in Montesano, had been living in this makeshift shelter for the past several weeks.

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Suspect in Montesano kidnapping attempt found and arrested at remote campsite

Deputies from the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man suspected in the attempted kidnapping of a…

(Courtesy Jessie Huggins, Cascadia Research) The remains of a juvenile female gray whale were discovered near the western shore of Bowerman Airport on Monday. It’s approximately 24-feet-long. There was no indication of entanglement, said Jessie Huggins from Cascadia Research. She said it had probably been dead for a couple weeks, and that it was likely one or two years old. You can view it from the furthest viewing point on the Sandpiper Trail with a good camera or binoculars.

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Remains of gray whale wash up near Bowerman Airport

The remains of a juvenile female gray whale were discovered near the western shore of Bowerman Airport on…

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Council to make final decision on “lying down ordinance”

This will be the third and final reading for the ordinance to prohibit sitting in downtown Aberdeen