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Raymond police are seeking information on a missing 14-year-old last seen on Sunday. (Courtesy photo / Raymond Police Department)

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Raymond police seeking missing teen

He was last seen on Sunday afternoon

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
Washington State Department of Transportation personnel open the Wishkah Street Bridge during a maintenance inspection on May 16.

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Never a boring day: bridge maintenance team talks central Grays Harbor

The five moveable bridges around Aberdeen and Hoquiam are all built different

Courtesy photo / Aberdeen Fire Department
Aberdeen firefighter Alex Bartlett carries a cat rescued from the apartment building fire during a call on May 16.

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Firefighters tackle apartment fire, rescue cat

No injuries were reported to any occupants, though two residents were displaced

Crews work to rerail train cars carrying soymeal on May 17 on a Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad train that had eight cars derail Sunday as a result of thermal misalignment, or heat expansion, of the tracks. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Eight train cars derailed due to heat expansion of tracks

No injuries occurred as a result of the derailment

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
A wrong-way driver landed in a construction company’s property after swerving off the Chehalis River Bridge on Friday, May 12.

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Minor injuries Friday after car crashes off Chehalis River Bridge

The driver was headed up an off-ramp and swerved to avoid incoming traffic

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North Beach PAWS is seeking $2.5 million through grants and fundraising to purpose-build a new dog shelter, a rendering created by MD Architects shown here, up to modern best practices to replace its current canine accommodations.

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Modern problems, modern solutions: animal shelter seeks to update dog lodgings

The shelter is looking to purpose-build a new, much larger shelter for dogs

Cosmopolis Police Chief Heath Layman chases a suspect in a kidnapping case on Monday in South Aberdeen. The children were safely returned. (Courtesy photo / Hoquiam Police Department)

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One arrested after alleged attempted kidnapping Monday

Alert residents contacting police allowed for a quick arrest and safe return of the children

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
City Council members of McCleary sit during a meeting on May 10.

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Mayor absent again as McCleary residents ponder future

Many residents came out to fill the community center.

Aberdeen High School was locked down on Thursday after a phoned-in threat of a shooter. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World File)

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Aberdeen High School briefly locked down over shooting threat

The threat was later determined to be non-credible

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
A motorcyclist was injured Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash near Montesano in an alleged drunk-driving incident.

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Motorcyclist injured in alleged drunk driving crash

The single-vehicle wreck occured on Tuesday

Courtesy photo / SBRFA
An RV fire on Tuesday evening was started by a burning candle.

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Fire destroys RV in Westport

A rapid response contained the fire to the RV it started in

The Copalis Ghost Forest remains from the last major earthquake and subsequent tsunami to hit the coast, back on January 26, 1700. (Kelly Calhoune / North Beach Museum)

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Plan the flight, fly the plan: tsunami specialists urge preparedness

A major tsunami could occur with mere minutes of notice

A semi-palamated plover alights on the mud at the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge during the Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival. (Courtesy photo / Jan Wieser)

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Shorebird Festival returns to Grays Harbor

Many birds, many feathers, all flocking together