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Photo provided by Polson Museum A glass plate negative, donated by Ralph Umbarger, shows three men standing in front of the “45” locomotive from Polson Logging Company, in Hoquiam. Polson Museum staff is currently restoring the locomotive. The photo gives a glimpse at the finely detailed photos John Larson, Polson’s director, will show Saturday at Hoquiam Timberland Library.

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Larson to showcase Polson Museum’s ‘greatest hits’ on Saturday

John Larson is working hard to bring the area’s amateur historians Polson Museum’s “greatest hits,” and he can’t…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The city of Aberdeen is taking another step at replacing the Young Street Bridge, officially the North Aberdeen Bridge. According to Dee Anne Shaw, councilor for Aberdeen City Council, the public will be involved through the next few months as to how to commemorate the bridge and the area around it. The bridge is known for graffiti in remembrance of the late Kurt Cobain, who founded Nirvana and who is from Aberdeen. The photograph was taken from Kurt Cobain Memorial Park in early February, 2023.

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City of Aberdeen takes another step toward Young Street Bridge removal

The city of Aberdeen moved one step closer to what looks to be the destruction and replacement of…

Aberdeen Mayor Pete Schave and Aberdeen City Administrator Ruth Clemens joined to make a declaration that March 2023 would be Red Cross Month in Aberdeen. In Feb. 2022, the Aberdeen Fire Department received an award— in joint partnership with other area fire departments — worked on what the American Red Cross called an “aggressive campaign,” to deliver smoke alarms to residents without a working one. AFD saved a man’s life in August 2021 when the alarm alerted the resident to an appliance that caught fire. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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Aberdeen city officials declare March “Red Cross Month”

Aberdeen’s city leadership took time out of Wednesday night’s city council meeting to declare this March Red Cross…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World A homeless encampment sits south of Aberdeen’s downtown core Thursday, with tented roofs, old bicycles and a few shopping carts that homeless residents have compiled for shelter. It’s one of the homeless encampments that city officials say cause a lot of the problems in Aberdeen. On Feb. 15, the city’s Homelessness Response Committee launched a survey intended for the local business owners to fill out so the city can have the data needed to solve the issues the businesses have with the local homeless population.

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City of Aberdeen launches homelessness survey

The city of Aberdeen launched a survey on Feb. 15 intended for businesses in Aberdeen, in order to…

Al Dick, Hoquiam City Councilor, Ward 4

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City of Hoquiam looking to fill city council vacancy

The city of Hoquiam is looking for someone to fill a vacancy in the city council’s Ward 4.

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The Side One Building, illuminated with white lights on Monday night, ushers in what Lee and Dani Bacon hope will lead to more fanfare, easier exposure and tourists in search of all things Kurt Cobain and Nirvana in downtown Aberdeen. The Side One Building sits at the intersection of South K and West Wishkah Streets.

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Downtown Aberdeen starting to ‘smell like teen spirit’

Lee Bacon and his wife, Dani, turned the lights off just to turn them on much brighter in…

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Hoquiam gets needed funding for levee project

The city of Hoquiam just got another step closer to the Aberdeen-Hoquiam Flood Protection Project, which would protect…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World As the sun sets and the toys are put away on Saturday evening, the sun looks ready to figuratively dunk itself underneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean and west of Ocean City Beach Access Area.

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Ocean Shores sunset waves goodbye

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Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Lee and Dani Bacon, a couple who lives in Ocean Shores, has a plan to bring more for Nirvana fans who thirst for more Kurt Cobain history. Cobain, from Aberdeen, founded Nirvana. The Bacons want to bring more of his history to the forefront with a project that includes this urban moss building at the intersection of South K and West Wishkah Streets.

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Bringing music history to Aberdeen

Lee and his wife Dani Bacon stood behind the lectern opposite Aberdeen City Council on Wednesday night, and…

John Larson, Polson Museum's director, holds a Splash Festival poster from 1938. The poster is one of many items of Grays Harbor history that people might find interesting. While the museum is not open for tours until April, Larson and his staff are working hard to make sure it's in the best shape for a public open house April 1. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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Polson Museum closed for tours; will reopen soon

Polson Museum is closed for tours until April, but it’s for an exciting reason and the museum director…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World “Kurt Rocks Forever” is one of hundreds of messages that has been written underneath the Young Street Bridge. The messages like this one are heartfelt and full of love for the late-Kurt Cobain and the band he founded, Nirvana.

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Locals respond to Young Street Bridge plan

There’s a message scribed on the bottom of the Young Street Bridge that encapsulates its importance to some…

An electronic version of the sign posted on the front window of Aberdeen City Hall shows the revision to the start time, plus other changes, for future Aberdeen City Council meetings. “The changes are in an effort to be more efficient during our council meetings, and allow for an earlier start time so people who attend in-person can attend the meeting earlier in the evening,” said Kati Kachman, Aberdeen City Council president. (Provided by city of Aberdeen.)

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Aberdeen City Council meetings to start at 6:30 p.m.

As the Bob Dylan song goes, “The times, they are a changin.’” The same is true for Aberdeen…

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New security system to help city of Hoquiam

The Hoquiam City Council passed a recommendation Monday night to beef up its security throughout five city properties.