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Michael Wagar
The Daily World Editor

Opinion

The Harbor a welcome sight for new Daily editor

I rolled into the Harbor 13 days ago on a Sunday night and started my new gig the…

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Obituaries

Donald Wiseman

Donald was born 96 years ago on Jan. 16, 1926.

Opinion

Are blue light glasses really protecting you?

For many of us, phone screens are the first thing we look at when we wake up and…

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Opinion

We’ve got to lower costs for Washingtonians

Far too many people in our region are feeling squeezed by inflation. Folks are sitting at their kitchen…

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The city of Aberdeen last month finalized the purchase of the old Salavation Army building, which will be the new home of the Aberdeen Museum of History.

Opinion

Aberdeen museum’s path good for the community

More than three years after a fire gutted the Aberdeen Museum of History and many of the items…

Opinion

Fine dining returns to downtown Aberdeen

When COVID-19 punched Grays Harbor County in the mouth more than two years ago, and then kept on…

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Dennis Benn, fire chief at South Beach Regional Fire Authority, left, shakes hands with Dan Wirth, executive director of American Red Cross South Puget Sound and Olympics Chapter, after Wirth helped present Benn and his crew an award for saving the life of a family in Grayland through a joint campaign to ensure homes have working smoke alarms.

Opinion

Smoke alarm campaign a true partnership

An aggressive campaign to deliver smoke alarms to residents in Grays Harbor County has paid off in a…

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A proposal that would have merged the Aberdeen and Hoquiam fire departments came up short in the Special Election held on Feb. 8, 2022.

Opinion

City leaders face tough decisions on Regional Fire Authority

For the second time in as many elections, registered voters failed to support the proposed merger of the…

Opinion

Pandemic inspires students, adults to help out

Life during the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough for everyone. Many lives have been lost, while others have…

Opinion

Special Election focuses on key issues in Grays Harbor

The thing about elections is there always seems to be one right around the corner, so if a…

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Aberdeen Mayor Pete Schave, left, and Downtown Aberdeen Association Executive Director Wil Russoul, stand just inside a locked garage on Jan. 13, 2022, with the mileage sign Nirvana founding members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic once made famous with a photograph.

Opinion

Nirvana mileage sign at home in Aberdeen

There are not a whole lot of reminders of one of the most important and influential bands in…

Opinion

Flooding heightens need for North Shore Levee Project

A deluge of rain coupled with snowmelt and king tides this week served as a reminder of how…

Matthew N. Wells | The Daily World
A grocery cart full of cold-weather clothing sits outside The Salvation Army building in the 100 block of West Wishkah Street in Aberdeen. The building will be the new home for the Aberdeen Museum of History.

Opinion

Aberdeen Museum of History saga nears closure

About 43 months after the armory fire left the Aberdeen Museum of History without a place to show…