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Hoquiam Ward 6 City Councilor Dave Hinchen

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Hinchen resigns from Hoquiam City Council: ‘Hoquiam is broken’

Ward 6 councilor takes to Facebook to announce resignation

Grays Harbor College
Students who earned a GPA of 3.5 or above for fall quarter can expect to receive a congratulatory letter from Grays Harbor College President Dr. Carli Schiffner writes congratulatory letters to students who have earned a GPA of 3.5 or better.

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Grays Harbor College President’s Honor List announced for fall quarter

Grays Harbor College has named 530 students to the President’s Honor List for fall quarter. The President’s Honor…

Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office
Grays Harbor Drug Task Force detectives, with assistance from Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office deputies and officers from the Hoquiam and Aberdeen police departments, served a search and arrest warrant in the 200 block of U.S. Highway 101 in Hoquiam.

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Hoquiam man, McCleary woman busted in separate drug-related cases

The Grays Harbor Drug Task Force (GHDTF) has arrested two individuals on multiple drug delivery charges following separate…

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Sofia Da Silva, left, and Lucy Rose

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Lucy Rose crowned Miss Grays Harbor

Also crowned were Miss Grays Harbor and Pacific Coast teens and Miss Pacific Coast

Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard
Let’s Go Washington leader Brian Heywood, far end of table, testifies before the state Senate’s State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee on Jan. 20, 2026. Center is Secretary of State Steve Hobbs. Next to Hobbs is former Secretary of State Sam Reed. All three testified against Senate Bill 5973, which would impose new restrictions on the initiative process.

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Democrats’ plan to revamp initiative process stirs backlash

Supporters say the bill will rein in well-funded groups pushing measures to the Legislature and voters; critics say…

Darrin Raines

CEO

Greater Grays Harbor, Inc.

Opinion

Message from Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. CEO Darrin Raines

Happy New Year, we are off to a fast start in 2026, as this is always a busy…

Opinion

It’s time for calculated cuts to Washington state budget

Before reflexively rejecting Gov. Bob Ferguson’s proposals for a supplemental state budget, Democrats in Olympia should pull out…

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Obituaries

Emily Ann Sorenson

Our sweet, precious little girl, Emily Ann Sorenson, age 11, of Montesano passed away peacefully in the arms…

John C. Hughes / The Daily World
The reader board at Cornerstone Church on Sumner Avenue in Aberdeen offers a simple, but powerful message.

Opinion

BE KIND: A powerful prescription for what ails America

DEAR READER: I did something shameful the other day. It was as if a malevolent entity had suddenly…

Dave Gauger

For The Daily World

Opinion

President Donald J. Trump is a racist through and through

Under Trump’s guidance his administration is determined to “Whitewash” and dilute our country’s Black history. Why else would…

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Sports

Sports Briefs for Friday, Jan. 23, 2026

Burgess honored as Hoquiam Hometown Hero

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University news

ANGOLA, INDIANA — Cora Baker of Hoquiam earned a degree in accounting from Trine University at the end…

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World gone by

In 1991 after 5-month-long strike ITT workers return to the mill