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Live performances of all types on tap in Grays Harbor

Check out a show this weekend or plan ahead for an upcoming concert or festival

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The log-in page of Instagram’s website.

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Push for youth social media safeguards revived in Legislature

A proposal would prohibit addictive feeds and push notifications at certain times for minors. Opponents believe it’s unconstitutional

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Fewer people buy Obamacare coverage as insurance premiums spike

Nationwide, the number of people buying health plans on Obamacare insurance marketplaces is down by about 833,000 compared…

Chinook Observer
Jeffrey Archer made his initial court appearance last week and pleaded not guilty at his Jan. 15 arraignment.

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Archer faces dozens of charges; intense focus by sheriff’s office

Details continue to emerge following the arrest on child rape charges of Jeffrey S. Archer, 43, the Ilwaco…

Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office
A surveillance camera caught this image of burglary suspects outside a marijuana manufacturing business in Elma.

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Arrest made after $20K worth of pot stolen from Elma business

On the morning of Jan. 11, the Elma Police Department was dispatched to an alarm call at a…

Jeff Clemens / Chinook Observer
A lively discussion at a South Bend City Council meeting was an inspirational example of how to calmly talk about a hot-button issue.

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‘Pledge’ debate: A lesson in good manners; politeness wins

The country could learn a lesson in civil discourse from what transpired at the South Bend City Council…

Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
The proprietor of Kiki’s Kauldron shows off her dental work at the Freaks at the Beach market at the Ocean Shores Convention Center.

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Double bill kicks off festival season

The Ocean Shores Convention Center hosted Boutiques at the Beach Market and Urban Unglued Freaks at the Beach…

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DNR holding public listening session on Wildfire Hazard Mapping in Aberdeen

The public listening session is scheduled for Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. at the Rotary Log Pavilion

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Aberdeen repeals EMS utility rate increase for now

Public hearing expected in March, city council to consider previous rate increase recommendation

The city of Aberdeen recently abandoned plans to use this property at 118 W. Wishkah as a museum. (Jerry Knaak / The Day World)

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Aberdeen seeks volunteer museum collections manager

The city of Aberdeen is seeking a qualified volunteer or pro bono professional or organization to serve as…

Chase Gunnell / State Department of Fish and Wildlife
An angler casts for winter steelhead while fishing an undisclosed river on the Olympic Peninsula.

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Olympic Peninsula steelhead shake off potential federal ESA listing

The steelhead population includes all steelhead runs from the Lyre River near Joyce to the Moclips River

Rep. Jim Walsh
R-Aberdeen

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Energy subsidy bill ‘warps meaning of affordability’

Legislation that would provide large subsidies for power hookup to Washington industries focusing on alternative energy options cleared…

Luke Whittaker photos / Chinook Observer
South Bend Products crew Graesen Flemming, near, and Carlos Hernandez offload Dungeness at the Port of Peninsula.

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Willapa Bay blues

Dungeness landings lag for Willapa crabbers