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Floodwater is present in a room at the Echoes of the Sea Motel in Copalis Beach in January of 2021. All eight rooms, including the businesses RV and tent spaces, were flooded.

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Proposed Ocean City drainage district headed for ballot

BOCC passes resolution calling for special election on Feb. 10

Sen. Jeff Wilson’s office
Sea lions on the Cowlitz River.

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Wilson bill would permit contributions for sea lion control

Measure would expand efforts to Cowlitz River and other Lower Columbia tributaries

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At the Lake Sylvia Dam Town Hall, residents had the opportunity to view the inundation map that Grays Harbor County Emergency Management created of the worst-case scenario if the Lake Sylvia Dam failed.

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Town hall provides update on Lake Sylvia Dam

Four to five inches of rain that fell on Monday caused a lot of large woody debris to…

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A car T-boned a police cruiser in Raymond on Wednesday.

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Cosmopolis police chief involved in Raymond wreck

The Cosmopolis Police Department confirms a serious two-vehicle collision involving Cosmopolis Chief of Police Heath Layman that occurred…

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Judge rules BRIC program cut unlawfully

Ruling directly affects the Grays Harbor region as nearly $100 million was to be allocated to Aberdeen and…

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The officers of the Dragoon Guards Major Murgatroyd, Colonel Calverley, and Lieutenant The Duke of Dunstable (Jerrod Phelps, Toby Patterson, and Todd Stark) are perplexed as to why the women are infatuated with the poets.

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Capturing pop culture for over a century: Patience or, Bunthorne’s Bride

This weekend, the Grays Harbor Opera Workshop is staging ‘Patience or, Bunthorne’s Bride’ on Saturday Dec. 13 and…

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World gone by

In 1940 Gabriel Carlson provides recipe for preparing lutefisk

Montesano Festival of Lights

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Montesano Festival of Lights set to brighten holiday season

As a sophomore, Stephanie Swan walked in the Grand Parade during the inaugural Festival of Lights. This year,…

Rep. Jim Walsh
R-Aberdeen

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Rep. Walsh pre-files bill to repeal sales and use taxes for schools, nonprofits

Rep. Jim Walsh has introduced House Bill 2121, a measure to reverse the state sales-tax expansion that is…

Chehalis Tribal Emergency Operations Center
The intersection of Howanut Road and Elma Gate Road E. near the Chehalis Reservation is starting to flood on Wednesday.

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Harbor County Commissioners declare emergency

Flood Warning issued for Satsop, Chehalis rivers, high tidal levels at Aberdeen will worsen flooding along the lower…

Cade Barker
A sea lion swimming in the Columbia River

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Congress tackles growing sea lion population in Columbia River

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez said her office estimates it costs about $38,000 for every sea lion removed from the…

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Bill to place Quinault Indian Nation lands into trust passes house

The Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act would return 72 acres of old growth forest to Tribe

Washington Department of Ecology
An undated aerial view of TransAlta’s coal-fired power plant in Centralia.

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Washington’s last coal power plant will transition to natural gas

The facility was set to close this year. A deal announced Tuesday will keep it producing electricity.