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Shilo Inns Ocean Shores is closed, as evidenced by an empty parking lot.

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Shilo Inns Ocean Shores shut for code violations

Hotel closed due to violations and lack of utility bill payments

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The levee project to protect Aberdeen and Hoquiam might still receive its money from the FEMA.

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Hoquiam, Aberdeen levee projects not dead yet

Federal judge grants preliminary injunction regarding BRIC grant funding

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Grays Harbor County Public Health seeks focus group participants

As part of its recently launched three-pronged county-wide health assessment, Grays Harbor County Public Health is inviting interested…

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Primary Election vote counting continues

Slots in General Election up for grabs with 1,000 votes left to count

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Turn and burn: The start of the hotly contested IMCA Modifieds Race on Saturday at the Grays Harbor Raceway.

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2025 fair nears attendance record; Saturday’s turnout topped 30K

The 2025 Grays Harbor County Fair set high expectations for entertainment while highlighting all the trappings of a…

Olympic National Forest
A helicopter conducts bucket drops over the Bear Gulch Fire.

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Washington state braces for ‘inevitable’ megafire

Famously rainy state is facing longer, hotter and drier fire seasons, raising the risk of a mammoth fire…

North Beach PAWS
A 2024 North Beach PAWS vaccination clinic at Buck Electric Ace Hardware. North Beach PAWS will host a low-cost vaccination clinic for dogs and cats Saturday, Aug. 16 at La Vogue Cyclery located at 523 Levee Street in Hoquiam from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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North Beach PAWS to hold low-cost vax clinic Aug. 16

Core vaccinations and microchips for dogs and cats $20 each

Washington State Patrol
A photo from Washington State Patrol Trooper Katherine Weatherwax’s X account shows about a dozen bison on the roadway on eastbound U.S. Highway 12 near the intersection with state Route 8.

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Bison close highways in East County

Washington State Patrol Troopers had an interesting morning on Tuesday when callers reported bison on U.S. Highway 12…

Thomas O’Connor COO Grays Harbor County

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Grays Harbor names O’Connor first-ever COO

Consultant who led county strategic planning retreats joins staff

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Aberdeen looking to fill Museum Collections Committee seat

The city of Aberdeen is looking to fill a seat on its Museum Collections Committee.

Grays Harbor College
Grays Harbor College welding instructor Chris Jez shows the certifications he recently earned through rigorous testing, industry expertise and a lot of hard work.

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GHC welding instructor gains certification and title

Instructor Chris Jez earn recently earned certification from the American Welding Society (AWS) to be a Certified Welding…

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Since June 12, 2023, Elma Hicklin Road’s Wildcat Creek bridges 1 and 2 have been narrowed to one lane so legal loads could continue using the bridges. This is due to decay found in the timber pile caps on both bridges during an inspection on March 15, 2023.

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One-lane Wildcat Creek bridges considered for repair

On June 12, 2023, delineators appeared on Elma Hicklin Road’s Wildcat Creek Bridges 1 and 2, narrowing the…

National Park Service
The Bear Gulch Fire in the Olympic Peninsula continues to burn. A bridge is wrapped for protection in the area.

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August heat brings likelihood of more wildfires

As August begins, fire weather forecasters predict higher than average temperatures will continue to dry fuels in the…