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Melissa Habenicht / Ecostudies Institute 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

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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.

Washington Secretary of State 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…

File photo 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,…

Andrea Watts / The Daily World 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…

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The Washington Fishermen’s Conference is a month away

The first-ever Washington Fishermen’s Convention is coming to Westport this winter, aimed at unifying and celebrating the state’s…

Pacific County Emergency Management A tornado /funnell cloud was in the vicinity of Illwaco Nov. 5.

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Weather aficionados buzzing after potential tornado in Pacific County

Four and a half years ago, residents in Ilwaco woke up in the morning of March 20, 2021,…

Andrea Watts photos / The Daily World Presentation of Colors was by JBLM Unit 13 FAR (Field Artillery Regiment): 1st Sgt. Poe, Sgt. Pacheo, Spc. Mendoza, and Spc. Patton. Francheska Poe, a member of Summit Pacific’s HR team, asked her husband if they could do the Presentation of Colors and command approved it. They saw it as a great way to get into the community and represent, she said.

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Summit Pacific hosts Veterans Day luncheon

For five years, Summit Pacific Medical Center has hosted a Veterans Day luncheon for their employees, and this…

file photo USCG Station Cape Disappointment personnel rehearse a hoist-rescue exercise aboard a 47-foot motor lifeboat with a USCG Air Station Astoria MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. USCG personnel put these skills to use Wednesday, Nov. 5, while rescuing a father and son from a precarious situation on the river.

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Chinook father and boy airlifted from capsized boat

CHINOOK — A father and his son from Chinook were rescued Wednesday evening from the frigid waters of…