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Provided photo The streets from South K to Broadway will be plenty bright during Aberdeen Rain Glow Festival, which starts at 9 p.m. Saturday and runs until 1 a.m. on Sunday.

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Aberdeen Rain Glow provides ‘something unique’ on Saturday

Aberdeen Rain Glow Festival, seen as a “dazzling wonderland of light, art, and music,” will celebrate its fifth…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The Hoquiam City Council approved the Granich Engineer Products’ bid of $405,944 for stormwater pumps for the Queen Avenue Stormwater Pump Station.

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Hoquiam city council approves $405,944 stormwater pumps bid

Piece by piece, the North Shore Levee West Segment gets closer to reality. Its construction will help thousands…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Jim Marsik’s 1932 Ford 5-Window had plenty of people stopping to stare and then talk to him about his awesome ride during the Historic Montesano Car Show on Saturday. Marsik also added a bit of trivia. 1931 is the only year the Ford logo’s color was black, not blue. “Every year before and after it’s blue,” Marsik said.

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Quality and quantity reign at Historic Montesano Car Show

It felt a little bit like a Southern summer day on Saturday, with high heat, some definite humidity…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Shannon Browning, owner of the new Grocery Outlet store in Elma — 10 Eagle Dr., — welcomed hundreds, if not thousands of people to her store’s grand opening on Thursday morning. The parking lot, with a count of more than 190 spaces, hosted so many people that some customers chose to park at nearby Starbucks, Arby’s and Burger King.

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Grocery Outlet opens in Elma, draws a lot of fanfare

Shannon Browning made a lot of people who live in Elma happy Thursday morning.

Larry Kenemore, North America Chapter Leader of Rotary Action Group Addiction Prevention North America, discusses training and the need for training to Aberdeen Rotary Club members, nonprofit representatives, social service agencies, and other residents who signed up for his training on Tuesday at the Pearsall Building. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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Training the trainers to treat overdoses

An overdosing man lies unconscious on the edge of a traffic circle, his lower leg and foot extend…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Kobe Calama, who co-owns PNW Fresh with his wife Jessica Calama, stocks fresh limes for the farm stand. The Cosmopolis couple, with strong roots in Grays Harbor County, held their grand opening on July 11.

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Hyper-local couple sells fresh produce for Grays Harbor

The popular farm stand on Riverside Avenue in Hoquiam changed owners recently as Jeff Franko, the stand’s past…

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Changes to Aberdeen’s camping ordinances afoot

More changes are coming for the unhoused within Aberdeen city limits as the city council voted to approve…

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Mayor Doug Orr apologizes for Trump post

On Saturday, Aberdeen Mayor Doug Orr posted on his personal Facebook page something that has wound him up…

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7th Street Kids to act in “Finding Nemo” this weekend

“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming,” Dory the blue tang repeatedly said to Marlin the clownfish as they…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Even on a day when Aberdeen was celebrating Darrell Westmoreland — “Music Photographer to the Stars” — the photo legend was still working. And this time, like so many others, he got to do it with his daughters, Darnell Sue-Lindahl and Corrie Westmoreland-Vairo, by his side.

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Unveiling Aberdeen Walk of Fame’s newest star

Darrell Westmoreland was up early Saturday with a camera slung over his shoulder and sunglasses on. Even though…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World People from Friends of the Aberdeen Museum of History dress in period clothes to represent AJ and Jennie West, who built the first sawmill, to celebrate Aberdeen Founders Day.

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Aberdeen Founders Day succeeds on Saturday

Aberdeen Founders Day wasn’t just a day for Aberdonians, or Harborites, to celebrate.

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World On a scorcher of a day — the National Weather Service set a heat advisory Monday through Tuesday at 11 a.m., — people at the homeless encampment just off State Street were seen covering their heads from the hot sun.

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Aberdeen city council unanimously extends homeless notice to vacate to 30 days

The Aberdeen City Council agreed unanimously to give the homeless populations who reside on River and State streets…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Jeff Stevens, lead carpenter for the city of Aberdeen, busts up pavement on a small patch of sidewalk that will host Darrell Westmoreland’s star. The music photographer is the 92nd Aberdeen Walk of Fame star recipient.

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Making room for an Aberdeen star

A three-person crew from Aberdeen’s Public Works Department started busting up a small square of sidewalk pavement late…