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Facebook screenshot Aberdeen City Councilor Kacey Ann Morrison posted on Facebook several accusations toward city council candidates, current city councilors and organizations on June 19. When reached for comment twice, between Monday and Tuesday, Morrison did not respond. She did however delete the Facebook post at some point Monday afternoon after the first comment request was made.

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Aberdeen City Councilor’s Facebook post seen as ‘defamation and slander’

A couple weeks ahead of the Aug. 1 primary, it appears the races are getting heated.

Douglas Orr

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Aberdeen mayoral candidates explain why they want the top spot

The primary mail-in ballot period has started and so here’s what the three Aberdeen mayoral candidates had to…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The former Thunderbird Motel — 410 W. Wishkah St. — will fall under the city’s new vacant building maintenance program. The program will be able to issue fees to owners who do not keep their vacant buildings maintained. This includes graffiti, as well as natural elements such as algae, moss, dirt, grime, breaks in the exterior and holes. Lisa Scott, community development director, said the city is hoping the program, or code, will start by Sept. 1, or Oct. 1.

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Aberdeen city council passes vacant buildings, shopping cart codes

The Aberdeen City Council passed a code Wednesday night that will require downtown Aberdeen business owners to maintain…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Christina Jones, center, looks at her three-year-old son Liam as they and her four-year-old son Sebastian, right, await the start of the Aberdeen Founder’s Day Parade. In its 10th year, the festival, which includes a parade down Market Street, countless vendors — food and merchandise — an Aberdeen Walk of Stars dedication and other activities, seemed to delight everyone.

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Aberdeen Founder’s Day a huge hit

Hundreds of people gathered through a few blocks on Market Street Saturday for a day full of Americana.…

A woman stands near a used Safeway cart out on the south side of Heron Street in downtown Aberdeen. While a Safeway cart is photographed here, there are wayward carts from a variety of stores. The city of Aberdeen has been proposing an ordinance to put the onus on the stores to wrangle their carts. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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City of Aberdeen wants to clean up downtown; addresses ACLU letter

The Aberdeen City Council has its sights on cleaning up the city, meanwhile an outside agency has its…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Phil “Fill” Slep, holding a yellow horn, leads a small tour through Aberdeen that provided information about one of the city’s most famous sons, Kurt Cobain. The tour wound down as Slep showed his guests the Side One Building, which will soon be home to The Tribute Gallery and The Green Room. If you look close, you can see a Charles Peterson archival photo of Cobain crowdsurfing.

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Nirvana Talk Walk Ride entertains all

A small faction of Grays Harbor residents took in a free tour to learn about Aberdeen’s most famous…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World A recent cheeseburger at Rediviva — 118 E. Wishkah St., in Aberdeen. But it’s not just any cheeseburger. It’s got seven ounces of 100% Wagyu beef. It’s topped with carmelized onions, a dijon aioli and baby lettuce. The burger was served Wednesday night with mixed greens and was enjoyed immensely.

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Rediviva opens after lengthy kitchen rehaul

The melted brie cheese drips onto the plate from Andy Bickar’s hand-formed cheeseburger — a delicious, carnivorous dream…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World On Tuesday, Aria Taylor, left, stands with Mia Moore Marchant at the corner of South I and East Market streets in downtown Aberdeen. Taylor will play “Tessa” in Marchant’s film “Again Again.” Laffrey Witbrod, cinematographer for the sci-fi romance indie flick, uses an iPhone to see the shot composition. Co-director Heather Ballish looks at the shot composition. Witbrod said in film you don’t just measure twice and cut once, you probably measure seven or eight times and cut once.

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‘Again Again’ film shoot starts in Aberdeen

Mia Moore Marchant and her small, yet dedicated crew started shooting the sci-fi romance film “Again Again” on…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Jill and Scrawny Dew, a six-month-old puppy who was dropped off months ago with three other puppies and an offer of $20 to take them, stand near Jill’s home. Jill, who lives on three lots underneath Chehalis River Bridge, speaks about the trash people leave as donations. The city is trying to curb the issue with a proposed ordinance — still in discussion — from its Homelessness Response Committee.

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Homeless Response Committee hoping to curb trash issue

The Aberdeen Homelessness Response Committee is working on a proposal to help curb the waste issue that food…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Adam Carter, a guitarist who’s lived in Aberdeen since 1987 and who fell in love with his wife in 1990, enjoyed playing curbside along West Wishkah Street. While Carter was playing covers on Wednesday during “World Music Day,” he spoke about lyrics from a song he wrote. “One of the songs I wrote was, ‘Found my way here long years ago. Drowned in my tears cause I didn’t know. God had a plan and soon his grace was applied.’”

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Musicians celebrate “World Music Day” in downtown Aberdeen

John Prentice, dressed in a yellow hat and the classic Johnny Cash shirt with the word “CASH” emblazoned…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World While one man sleeps on the bronze sculpture titled “Illumination” by Gerard Tsutakawa — which sits on the corner of East Wishkah and South I streets in downtown Aberdeen — another person looks at the belongings inside a Safeway shopping cart. The city of Aberdeen is in discussions about what to do with the wayward shopping carts seen across Aberdeen.

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Aberdeen City Council discusses vacant building ordinance and shopping carts

Aberdeen City Council approved the first reading of a vacant building program, but before doing so, they entertained…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Aberdeen Police Detective Sgt. Gary Sexton, left, receives a commendation during Aberdeen City Council’s meeting on Wednesday night from Hoquiam Police Chief Joe Strong for his actions that helped save two little girls who were kidnapped from the 2700 block of Pacific Avenue, in Hoquiam. A combined effort of social media awareness and quick multi-agency response from Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis, plus Sexton’s foot pursuit of the suspect, lead to a quick conclusion to the urgent situation, which ended in South Aberdeen.

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Hoquiam Police Chief commends Aberdeen detective sergeant

Wednesday night was one that called for dress shoes topped with a mirror shine.

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World James Joesten plays an electric guitar with serious flare late Wednesday morning at Guitar Galactica. The 20-year-old guitarist, who played some serious licks, from Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” to Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” and Metallica’s “Blackened,” made his first music purchase — Nirvana’s “In Utero,” album. Joesten bought his first instrument, a clarinet, at the former Rosevear’s Music Center in downtown Aberdeen.

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Local musicians talk upcoming ‘World Music Day’

Over pints of Huckleberry Seltzer and Aberdeen Gold from Mount Olympus Brewing, Wil Russoul spoke for a couple…