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The Major General Eldon A. Bargewell bronze statue.

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Major General Eldon A. Bargewell honored in Hoquiam

This past summer, the Major General Eldon A. Bargewell Foundation held the first biennial Maj. Gen. Eldon A.…

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Veterans organizations on the Harbor

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Holly Pierce
Serving in the military runs through Holly Pierce’s family. Her sister, Julia Arnold, is a Naval Academy graduate, and her sister, Amy Norton, served in the Marines.

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Helping the greater good through the VFW

Holly Pierce, a member of McCleary VFW Post 5564, is the Jr Vice Commander with the Department of…

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When Aberdeen-resident Jason Wintersteen joined the Veterans Conservation Corps earlier this year, he was placed with Olympia-based nonprofit Ecostudies Institute.

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Continuing to serve through conservation and restoration

The Veterans Conservation Corps connects veterans to careers in environmental conservation

Letters to the Editor

Father had storied military service

My father, Lt. Colonel Rhys Corbett Wood, was one of only 138 Alamo Scouts in the U.S. Army…

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Pacific County prosecutor Rothman, county sued over hostility

A lawsuit filed against Pacific County and its prosecutor alleges serious misbehavior and seeks unspecified damages.

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Grays Harbor County 2025 general election status.

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Grays Harbor County general election vote count updated

A pair of Aberdeen city council races remain too close to call

North Beach School District
The North Beach School District All-District Veterans Day Assembly concluded with a solemn and respectful Flag Folding Ceremony.

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North Beach School District hosts All-district Veterans Day Assembly

The North Beach School District came together on Monday morning for its first-ever All-District Veterans Day Assembly, a…

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Forest landowners and the wood-products are mounting a last-ditch effort to persuade the Washington Forest Practices Board to not adopt what they say would be a massive taking of private property.

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Washington forestland owners in ‘most contentious’ battle in quarter century

Pacific and Wahkiakum counties will lose the highest percentages of production followed by Lewis, Cowlitz and Grays Harbor…

Jackson Blalock
Nature-based approaches — known as dynamic revetment — by the Pacific Conservation District and other stakeholders to control erosion on Willapa Bay’s north shore received a shot in the arm last year when it won a $12.7 million NOAA grant to install a large-scale and long-term erosion reduction and beach restoration project. An experimental prototype installed earlier this decade has helped combat erosion across 1.5 miles of shore.

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Washaway Beach shore restoration moves forward

The project aims to rebuild the sandy beach by utilizing dynamic revetment, a nature-based approach that uses materials…

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Powerball ticket sold in Monte just misses jackpot

A Powerball ticket sold in Montesano missed the jackpot but still won big, according to state lottery officials.

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Happy Veterans Day from the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Day is more than a date on the calendar, it’s a moment to reflect on the courage,…

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Before Lorena Maurer did the honors of cutting the ribbon, Matthew Maurer addressed the attendees. “We’d like to say thank you to the community because we have heard nothing but signs of statements of relief and appreciation that we came in and took it up in the spirit of Penny and Everett to keep the restoration going. And we would also like to thank everybody that has helped out. Our friends and family, everybody that showed up today. Thank you so much for being here.”

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The McCleary Hotel restoration celebrated

On Nov. 8, Matthew and Lorena Maurer could finally welcome the community inside the McCleary Hotel, and residents…