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Participants take off on March 25 in the Elma PTA’s Fun Run.

Life

$43K raised: Elma PTA Fun Run exceeds fundraising goal

After 10 days of fundraising, Elma Elementary School students raised $42,939 during the Fun Run, an annual spring…

Opinion

Forest protections essential for healthy ecosystem

The Washington Forest Practices Board’s decision to expand forested buffers along headwater streams is a long-needed step toward…

Opinion

Pausing Washington’s state’s gas tax would be misguided

There is powerful motivation for pausing Washington’s state gas tax, but such a move would be misguided. And…

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Halibut fishing opened last week in Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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Halibut fishing underway in Puget Sound and the straits

The 2026 halibut fishing season got underway in several Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca marine…

WDFW
A WDFW coastal shellfish team member samples pink shrimp to determine size, sex and age.

News

Coastal commercial season ended with 22.2 million pounds

Pink shrimp’s impact is far from small: Washington’s 2025 coastal commercial season finished with a total catch of…

NICOLE SHANNON | MAIN FOCUS MEDIA Hoquiam pitcher Hailee Burgess throws a pitch during a win over Tenino on Friday in Hoquiam.

Sports

Twin Harbors Prep Scoreboard for Saturday, April 4, 2026

Hoquiam, Montesano, Elma earn softball wins

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Obituaries

Robert “Bob” Keith Andrews

Robert “Bob” Keith Andrews, former manager of Weyerhaeuser’s South Aberdeen Sawmill, died Thursday, March 12, 2026.

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Obituaries

Norman Lee Cole

Norman Lee Cole passed away Dec. 31, 2025, in Olympia.

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Obituaries

Keevan R. Howard passed away at his home in Olympia on Feb. 11, 2026.

Keevan R. Howard passed away at his home in Olympia on Feb. 11, 2026.

Friends of the Montesano Timberland Regional Library
All the books purchased with funds from the Charles T. Leigh Endowed Memorial Fund receive a sticker stating the book’s home branch is Montesano, and inside is another sticker that designates the book as a gift from Reuben Hollis Fleet in memory of his friend, Charles T. Leigh.

News

Friends of Montesano Library resumes distribution of memorial funds

Friends voted to distribute $10,000 from the Charles T. Leigh Endowed Memorial Fund for purchase of materials for…

Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
Dune Crest property owners are exploring a project that would extend the 800-foot Westport by the Sea dynamic revetment an additional 1,200 feet along the shoreline in Westport.

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Westport’s Dune Crest residents look to stave off erosion with berm

Process to design and construct a ‘dynamic revetment’ gets underway

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City Council meeting round-up

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“Willapa Willy” spotted miles up the Willapa River on Thursday.

News

Gray whale ‘Willapa Willy’ swims up Willapa River; two other whales found dead on Ocean Shores beach

A juvenile gray whale dubbed Willapa Willy strayed up the Willapa River in north Pacific County — on…