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Aberdeen mayoral candidates discuss why they should win

Editor’s note: With the majority of mail-in ballots hitting mailboxes today, The Daily World is profiling 15 General…

Sydney Renae Newbill

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Aberdeen’s Ward 6 Position 12 candidates explain why they want the job

In what was a razor-thin margin during the primaries, Aberdeen City Council’s Ward 6 could have the most…

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The Lady Washington lies moored alongside the pier at Port Orchard, where it will overwinter following this year’s successful sailing season.

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Good sales, good sails: Lady Wash wraps up 2023 season

Ticket sales for the iconic vessel are rebounding

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The Celtic Music Feis, hosted by the Galway Bay Irish Pub, begins its 20th iteration this week.

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20th Celtic Music Feis kicks off in Ocean Shores

The festival, spanning the broad range of Celtic music, runs until Sunday

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Flu shot clinic

Twin Harbor Drug and South Beach Regional Fire Authority will host a flu shot clinic from 2 to…

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Members of the Marine Resource Committee go out to see crews collecting European green crab near Westport on Oct. 13, 2023.

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Green crab, rising tides and the future of fishing: marine resource summit well attended

Westport has good opportunities to see the topics discussed in person

City officials and guests take the ceremonial shovel of dirt during the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Cosmopolis municipal building on Oct. 13. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Cosi breaks ground on new municipal building

The new building is expected to be finished in about a year to a year and a half

Police are seeking information on Dakarray “Daymian” Ayala-Garcia, 15, last seen in the West Aberdeen area on June 6, 2023. (Courtesy photo / APD)

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Aberdeen police seek information on missing teenager

He was last seen in early June

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Councilmember Jacob Simmons asks a questions during his first session on the McCleary City Council on Wednesday, Oct. 11.

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One up, one down: new member joins McCleary council as additional seat opens

Recent months have seen high turnover in the city council

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Candidates for districts 1 and 4 met at a forum hosted by Voice of the Shores at the Ocean Shores Lions Club on Wednesday, Oct. 11.

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North Beach School Board candidates discuss visions

Forum queried candidates on test scores, curriculum and discipline ahead of general election

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Jim George, who retired from Hoquiam City Council in July, died Oct. 3. He loved the Hoquiam community, which he and his wife Barb joined in 2011. George served as finance director for the Grays Harbor Community Foundation until the end of 2022. He served on Hoquiam City Council from 2017 to the end of July 2023.

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Jim George lived an ‘extraordinary life’

Jim G. George, former Hoquiam City Councilor, was a kind, caring and genuine man who was full of…

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Vacation rentals line the dunes just south of Westport Light State park in October.

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In vacation rental debate, Westport reckons with identity

Proposed moratoriums and caps on short term rentals failed as city works to find “fine balance”

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Schiméa Nguessa brings his “shoe box” story to Aberdeen Friday Night.

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A shoebox changed his life

As a young boy in a small village on Africa’s Ivory Coast, Schiméa Nguessan’s earthly father had passed…