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Personnel from the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office talk to local residents seeking more information following a shooting in Moclips on Nov. 6. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Man killed in Moclips shooting Monday evening

The sheriff’s office was still seeking a suspect on Tuesday

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Rory Gauthier, 3, and her mother, Kathryn, check out chum and coho salmon during a salmon education event hosted by the Chehalis Basin Lead Entity, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and others on Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Satsop Springs Hatchery and Schafer State Park.

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Returning to home gravel

Fish biologists provide insight into remarkable life cycles of salmon

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Members of the community check out the Salvation Army’s new client-choice food bank on the corner of G and 2nd streets in Aberdeen at an opening ceremony on Monday, a day before the pantry’s first day of service.

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Salvation Army opens new Aberdeen headquarters

Renovated church on G Street to provide client-choice food bank

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Avery Harland launches a Frisbee for her lab, Utka, at the Vance Creek Dog Park on Oct. 27.

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Dog park the newest addition to oldest county park

Landscaped play area situated near pond, walking trail at Vance Creek County Park

Clayton Franke / The Daily World A remnant jetty extends roughly 10,000 feet across the middle of Oyhut Bay in October 2023. It hugged the southern shoreline of Ocean Shores upon construction in 1916, but has since been battered by waves and wind.

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In search for stronger shoreline, Ocean Shores can look to coastal neighbors

A 100-year old jetty used to protect Ocean Shores. Can new technologies save its south end?

The Daily World file photo Ty and Pat Haskew pose with a 66.65-pound halibut slab during the Westport Charter Boat Association halibut derby in 2021.

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Small part of Washington sport halibut share on the table at fishery council meeting

California seeking up to 1% of Washington, 2% of Oregon allocations

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Six-year-old complaint receives city action; action has ‘interesting’ timing

More than six years after a complaint was sent to the city about now Aberdeen mayoral candidate Douglas…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Stephanie Smith and her husband Eric Smith enjoy a light-hearted moment while she spoke about their gratitude for all the support from Washington state Department of Commerce, state representatives, community support, along with many others, for helping them construct Learning to Grow, LLC.’s new childcare and early learning center in Elma — 535 E. Main St.

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Learning to Grow Inc., opens new childcare facility in Elma

Elma now has a new childcare and early learning center. Without support from many people, it wouldn’t have…

Provided photo Phil Slep, right, stands for a photo in Disneyland’s Pluto costume with Mickey Mouse and Emily Zinzer. Zinzer was a Disney Ambassador decades ago. Slep will talk about how he started working for Disneyland as a Disney character in his next “Phil Talk,” on Saturday at 5 p.m., from inside the alcove of the Aberdeen Art Center — 200 W. Market.

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Phil Slep talks about what put him in the Pluto costume

Phil Slep will talk this Saturday about what got him to do a job that has turned into…

Blue Zones will host a kickoff event at Summit Pacific Medical Center from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, when attendees will have a chance to walk on the hospital's walking path, which opened in 2022. (Courtesy of Summit Pacific)

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Blue Zones hopes for healthier harbor

Longevity initiative looks forward to helping with big projects: parks, trails, food access

Clayton Franke / The Daily World Houses south of Marine View Drive on the southern end of the Ocean Shores peninsula are on the front lines for erosion washing away roughly 60 feet of shoreline each year.

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Shoreline at full bore: Ocean Shores embarks on effort to save south end

Study shows erosion will lead to loss of homes, infrastructure without buffer

Clayton Franke / The Daily World A vacation rental home stands in a Westport neighborhood near the dunes. <em>Note: This caption has been corrected to state that only one of the home pictured was verified as a vacation rental. </em>

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Westport stews on short term rental regs

City council votes against proposed caps for second time in three months

Clayton Franke / The Daily World This western red cedar tree died more than 300 years ago and has since decayed into the shape of an arch.

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If these (ghost) trees could talk

A dead forest tells a story — and gives warning — of the Pacific Northwest’s mega-quakes