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This is one of the heartfelt messages addressed to the late grunge music icon Kurt Cobain and his band Nirvana. There are countless messages like this one underneath the North Aberdeen Bridge, but the clarity of the message “surviving” hits home to many who live in Aberdeen.

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Kurt Cobain book author wants to save North Aberdeen Bridge

The bridge synonymous with Kurt Cobain in North Aberdeen is reaching a point where there may not be…

Jeffrey Thake Superintendent Aberdeen School District

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Aberdeen superintendent placed on paid leave pending investigation

School board met Saturday to evaluate ‘complaint involving a matter that occurred at a school’

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Connie Parson, who is hosting Historic Hoquiam Memories, wants to help show people the history of Hoquiam on Saturday at noon inside the Emerson Manor — 703 Simpson Ave., in Hoquiam.

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Learn about Hoquiam history this Saturday

A casual, open request between two friends has led to a large, collaborative, history event in downtown Hoquiam.

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Invenergy’s natural gas power plant near Elma is Grays Harbor County’s largest taxpayer.

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Elma gas plant property value drops by $52M

Agreement says costs of climate bill pushed down the value of largest taxpayer in Grays Harbor

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Andrea Plummer, who’s worked at Clarks Restaurant for about 15 years, first experienced Clarks as a young customer. She said she was about “knee-high.” Plummer, seen serving up a homemade ice cream cone, is one of the friendly people who work at the restaurant with roots in the 1920s.

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Dedication to the craft

Clarks Restaurant has flourished because of hard work, familial ties, and a dedication to keeping the food quality…

Jim Shank

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North Beach superintendent, board members resign

Board president says small group of constituents created “unspeakably hostile climate”

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Sue Marrs, who’s helped organize the Victorian Tea event at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church — 400 E. 1st St., in Aberdeen, speaks about what started it.

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‘Come and enjoy the moment’

The clouds may not part this weekend so here’s an option that will engage the whole family in…

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A fire department plate carrier sits atop a Hoquiam fire truck as the department readies for the active shooter exercise scheduled for Saturday, April 20.

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County to hold major active shooter drill in Hoquiam

Dozens of agencies will participate in the Saturday exercise

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The 1925 Rayonier Plymouth No. 23 locomotive is sitting at the corner of West State and South Park streets in Aberdeen. The historic piece was brought to Aberdeen by Josh Kaivo, president of Peninsular Railway and Lumbermen’s Museum, with help from Tim Quigg.

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99-year-old locomotive shines in the Aberdeen sunlight

A five-year pursuit to get a historic locomotive with Grays Harbor roots back to Grays Harbor has ended…

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Olivia Britain, right, a green crab crew member with the Grays Harbor Conservation District, offloads a trap carrying invasive green crab at the Quinault Marina in Ocean Shores on April 11. The conservation district, along with two state agencies, combined to pull more than 2,100 of the harmful crab from the marina last week.

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Trapping for harmful green crab continues in Grays Harbor, elsewhere

More than 2K crab removed from Quinault Marina during three-day, multi-agency effort

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Laying out complex, controversial step of North Shore Levee Project

Homeowners living in North Aberdeen near Wishkah River are angry about the city of Aberdeen’s lack of communication…

Bosun Kate Miller-Vickers helps ready the yards of the Lady Washington for the 2024 sailing season. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Sailors aloft: Lady Washington readies for sailing season

There’s more to it than casting off the lines and going

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A steady stream of people inspected a dead gray whale beached on the Pacific Ocean Wednesday afternoon, as a dog sniffs away. You can see the Quinault casino at the top far right.

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Dead gray whale beached near Ocean City

First of 2024; feds recently declared end to four-year mortality event after strandings dropped