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F. McNamara “Mac” Jardine of the Grays Harbor County Public Defense department gets the May 2026 community furm underway.

Crime & Justice

Grays Harbor County Public Defense holds community forum

On Wednesday, the Grays Harbor County Public Defense department held a community forum in the Commissioners meeting room…

Crime & Justice

Hoquiam jail inmate’s death under investigation

Recently, The Daily World received a tip regarding the death of an inmate who had been housed at…

Luke Whittaker / Chinook Observer file
The F/V Lucas heads toward Willapa Bay after offloading during the peak of chum fishing. in 2025. This non-tribal fishery in Willapa Bay — along with others in the Columbia-Pacific region on the south Washington coast — may be about to become the focus of a major legal battle.

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Quinaults make major play for Willapa-Columbia fishing rights

In a move with massive implications for commercial and recreational fishermen — and for the Chinook Indian Nation…

Seabrook Pride Fair June 6

Arts & Entertainment

What to do in June: Start with Grays Harbor Festival of Colors, take in Swede Days and end with Sand and Sawdust Festival

June 4–7 — Grays Harbor Festival of Colors

Michael Cummings has been selected as the Hoquiam School District’s next superintendent.

News

Cummings selected as Hoquiam School District’s next superintendent

The Hoquiam School District Board of Directors has announced that Michael Cummings has been selected as the district’s…

Life

Harbor Happenings

Find out what’s happening in and around Grays Harbor …

Life

World gone by

85 YEARS AGO

On Tuesday morning, construction crews working along W Spruce Avenue, between N 1st Street and N Main Street, struck a natural gas line, resulting in a gas leak, which prompted evacuations of nearby residences and business. At 4:00 p.m., Cascade Natural Gas secured the line and residents could return home.

News

Gas leak along W Spruce Avenue in Montesano secured

The gas leak occurred while construction crews were working along W Spruce Street for the Main/Spruce pedestrian safety…

Hoquiam Fire Department photos
Multiple fire departments responded to a house fire Tuesday evening.

News

Father and son lose everything in Tuesday house fire in Hoquiam

A house fire in the 2200 block of Cherry Street in Hoquiam displaced a father and teen son…

Mystery writer Leslie J. Hall will be at the Ocean Shores Public Library on June 11.

Arts & Entertainment

Book Nook: Plenty of author events in the coming weeks

World Dracula Day

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Attendees settle in for a Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. Business Forum Lunch on destination marketing.

Business

Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. Business Forum Lunch focuses on tourism

The latest Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. [GGHI] Business Forum Lunch, held at the Rotary Log Pavilion in Aberdeen,…

Ragged in the Rain by Ocean Shores-based mystery writer Brian Anderson.

Arts & Entertainment

Mystery writer Brian Anderson to hold book launch at Harbor Books

Mystery writer Brian Anderson, lately of Ocean Shores, is set to launch the fifth novel in the Lyle…

Izzie Taylor

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Grays Harbor Community Foundation awards memorial scholarships

Twins Izzie and Margie Taylor, both student-athletes and involved in several activities throughout their time at Montesano High…