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A sensei of smoke cuts up beautifully cooked meat during a past Summerfest, in downtown Aberdeen. This is the fifth year for the festival, which brings fun for the whole family. While carnivores might find it tough to resist the smoky scents wafting through the air, there are plenty of free activities for all ages to enjoy. (Provided by Rick Moyer)

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Bringing food, friends and fun together this Saturday

Bette Worth and Bobbi McCracken are full of fun ideas. On Saturday, those ideas will come to life…

Provided photo A creepy audio clip with this picture of Aberdeen’s infamous killer Billy Gohl to promote the Oct. 21 tour, “Billy’s Back: Walk of the Undead,” is on Wil Russoul’s Facebook account. “Yeah, I’m Billy Gohl … See ya soon,” the clip says.

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‘Billy’s Back: Walk of the Undead’

Phil “Fill” Slep is excited about a spooky tour happening in October in downtown Aberdeen. He and Downtown…

Alex Mabey, who played first on Friday night at the Grays Harbor County Fair in Elma, was quite expressive as strummed and sang her heart out in front of the large crowd. Her set was quite popular as all eyes were on her and the band with whom she played. “What a band!” Mabey said. “I’m the lucky one!” (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World) Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Alex Mabey, who played first on Friday night at the Grays Harbor County Fair in Elma, was quite expressive as she strummed and sang her heart out in front of the large crowd. Her set was quite popular as all eyes were on her and the band with whom she played. “What a band!” Mabey said. “I’m the lucky one!”

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Local talent shines bright at Grays Harbor County Fair

The Grays Harbor County Fair on Friday welcomed several talented musicians to its Pepsi stage. Alex Mabey, Ericka…

Cedar Martin, a sous chef who works at Rediviva, saved a man Wednesday afternoon who was dying from a reported drug overdose outside the sun sculpture that stands near the corner of South I and East Wishkah streets, in downtown Aberdeen. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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Sous chef’s heroism highlights drug problem in Aberdeen

Imagine heading out of work momentarily to check on your vehicle and then seeing someone writhing on the…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Miracle, the 18-year-old Pinzgauer cow from the Boyer Farm in Oakville, looks out from her pen at the Grays Harbor County Fair, in Elma. “She’s sweet,” Lexi Boyer said as she sat with her family across from their beloved Miracle. “She’s 18 and she’s spoiled rotten.” Donna Boyer, Miracle’s owner, said her 6-year-old grandson showed the cow. The fair made a separate competitive class just for Miracle called “The Oldest Cow in the Barn” class.

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Grays Harbor County Fair put smiles on faces

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Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Rullen Neifert, a guitarist and singer who lives in Ocean City, will play at 6 p.m. Saturday at Red Cedar in Hoquiam. Neifert, a lead guitarist at heart, will play a wide range of music for Hoquiam High School’s graduating class of 1998.

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Rullen Neifert will play Saturday at Red Cedar

Hoquiam High School’s class of 1998 is going to see what guitarist and singer Rullen Neifert is made…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The darkened alleys throughout downtown Aberdeen have been lit up in an effort to help with safety and security for people and for property. The lighting of the alleys was mentioned in part of the work the city has done to make the city safer. While the dumpsters pictured are for nearby businesses and most are locked throughout the day and night, there is still an abundance of garbage people have to pick up. The survey results showed trash is a serious concern residents have.

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Aberdeen city administrator discusses homelessness survey

Aberdeen City Administrator Ruth Clemens shared results last week from the city’s homelessness response survey to city council,…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The city recently passed fees for a vacant building program aimed at property owners who aren’t currently maintaining their buildings in the hopes that they will help improve downtown Aberdeen.

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City of Aberdeen passes fees for vacant building program

The city of Aberdeen agreed to a fee resolution aimed toward helping improve how the downtown vacant buildings…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World A small group who helped create a “diptych” — merging two panels into one seamless one — point to portions of their artistic contributions. From left, Maddie and Abbi Cihak, Gabby Schreck, Ellie Cihak, Chloe Long and Jackson Cihak, were all smiles Tuesday evening after the hanging of the two panels. The panels show prominent buildings from parts of Cosmopolis’ early history.

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Unveiling Cosmopolis’ young artistic talent

A large assembly of parents, children and interested folks showed up Tuesday evening to see the hanging of…

Grand plans are in place for the 113-year old La Vogue building. The building, one of Hoquiam's oldest, will feature a boutique hotel and spa, a catering venue, a couple banquet halls, a small department store, restaurant and the new location for the popular Jitter House cafe. The property, which Harbor Strong LLC., owns, will also be able to host live music. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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A tour of the historic La Vogue building

Sam Nazario is full of ideas, which means the current project of switching where the Jitter House is…

Abigail Thorn Pictured is a view from behind the film monitor on set of Mia Moore Marchant’s feature film “Again Again.” Marchant is in the frame.

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Grays Harbor a huge hit for feature film crew

Mia Moore Marchant wrapped up filming her directorial, feature film “Again Again” on Grays Harbor recently and as…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Clinton “Dogger” Mullins plays under the Young Street Bridge in early June. Mullins is pre-releasing his new album “Atta Bomb” on Saturday via the major streaming services. He’ll also sell a CD version of the pre-release at his live shows. People who buy the pre-released CD will be able to exchange it for the album with the finished details.

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Review of Clinton “Dogger” Mullins’ “Atta Bomb” album

The born and raised Aberdonian Clinton “Dogger” Mullins has written, recorded and mastered an air-drum quality album that…

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Chasing Light

James Hetfield’s opening lyric in the Metallica song “Chasing Light” is “There’s no light.” That sums up last…