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Aberdeen considers prohibiting sitting, lying down on sidewalks

In a move to discourage loitering by homeless people in downtown Aberdeen, the City of Aberdeen is considering…

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“If you can do something to … make it better, that’s what you do.”

When Margaret Carthum moved from the suburbs of Chicago to Westport in 1970, it was a difficult transition…

(Courtesy Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office) The county has called off searches for Brandon Brown, who went missing last Wednesday while cutting wood near Wright Canyon Road by Lake Quinault.

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Searches called off for missing man near Lake Quinault

Despite multiple search groups and a helicopter with a heat-sensing camera, the searches have been unsuccessful.

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Drinking faucets still off at Aberdeen schools waiting for final results

It remains unclear when the Aberdeen School District will turn drinking faucets back on at four schools the…

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Four Aberdeen schools shut off water due to elevated lead levels

The Aberdeen School District has shut off tap water at four schools after finding slightly high levels of…

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Unstable section of Basich Boulevard closed off indefinitely

The City of Aberdeen has closed off a sizable section of Basich Boulevard, after determining the road has…

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South Bend proposes bond for new elementary school

Replacement for Chauncey Davis Elementary School

(Courtesy Aberdeen Public Works) A plan shows how the North Shore Levee would follow along the north side of East Market Street in North Aberdeen. Houses south of this levee in this section would remain in the flood hazard zone.

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Meetings for North Shore Levee set to reassure concerned residents

With meetings lined up this week to resume public discussion of the North Shore Levee Project, some are…

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Class reduction options up for debate during tonight’s Aberdeen School Board meeting

The Aberdeen School Board will discuss two remaining options to reduce K-3 class sizes at its meeting Tuesday…

(Courtesy Marcy Merrill) Max poses with one of his inmate handlers during a graduation ceremony last Thursday at Stafford Creek Corrections Center.

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Inmate-trained dogs graduate from adoption program at Stafford Creek

Following 10 weeks of training with their inmate masters, 10 dogs graduated from Stafford Creek Corrections Center’s “Freedom…

LOUIS KRAUSS | THE DAILY WORLD Sam Hutchinson (backwards black hat) shows Aberdeen Police Officer Monte Glaser the power of attorney form signed by property owner Mike Lang, allowing him to manage the property. Hutchinson decided to not tow the vehicles there after Glaser said he would have to first get a notice for eviction from the county.

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Group looking to tow vehicles from riverfront camps told by police to get eviction notice

People living in some of the cars that were to be towed

LOUIS KRAUSS | THE DAILY WORLD Charles Feick (left), who President of Green Harvest Cannabis and is working with Sam Hutchinson to assist in finding homes and cleaning out the riverfront homeless camps in Aberdeen, speaks with Revival of Grays Harbor President Emily Reed.

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Group looking to clear out riverfront camps clashes with others during visit

Things quickly turned confrontational Monday afternoon at the large homeless camp along the Chehalis River in Aberdeen when…

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Oyster growers banned from using pesticide

Growers association says decision may be political