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Hoquiam City Council approves $1.4M for bike sidewalks

The Hoquiam City Council approved an approximate $1.4 million bid, which will be used to help cyclists in…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Waugh’s Men’s and Women’s Apparel, which was supposed to end its 104-year-run in late June with a big closeout sale, received severe flooding that makes everything in the store “a total loss” according to Daniel Crocker, who owns the high-end store.

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Disastrous roof flooding prematurely ends Waugh’s run

A total loss.

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World File A wildfire near Moclips in 2023 spread to about 50 acres before local and state fire agencies managed to slow its spread.

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Fire departments, DNR crews prepare for wildfire season

Fire departments, DNR crews prepare for wildfire season

Hoquiam Mayor Ben Winkelman, left, congratulates Jane Roloff, a Hoquiam High School senior, for her exceptionally long list of athletic accolades through not only the 2023-24 school year, but her whole career as a Hoquiam Grizzly. Roloff will start attending the University of Portland this fall. "Jane Roloff's continued success and improvements also bring immense pride to the community, where it had been nearly 30 years since we last held an individual cross country state title," Winkelman read as part of his proclamation that thoroughly recognized Roloff's almost endless list of accolades. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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Hoquiam City Council, residents, celebrate Jane Roloff’s milestone athletic career

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Peninsula Wild Care An oiled bird was treated by Peninsula Wild Care following an environmental incident.

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Agencies wrap up response to coastal tar balls

Three weeks after oil coated and killed several birds on the south Washington and north Oregon coasts, officials…

Aberdeen Police Department Four firearms, thousands of dollars in cash, a large amount of marijuana and ammunition was siezed in a suspected DUI stop in Aberdeen last week.

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Guns, gold, drugs seized in Aberdeen DUI stop

A large amount of marijuana was seized in the stop

Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office Damage to a truck’s windows and tailgate, including the canopy cover being blown clear, from a black powder device detonated last week, is visible.

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One arrested following Westport bombing incident

A car was moderately damaged by the black powder device

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World The Grays Harbor County Coroner’s Office is working to find a final resting place for the dozens of sets of cremated remains left unclaimed and in their possession.

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A final rest: coroner’s office finding home for the unclaimed dead

Nearly a hundred sets of cremains are unclaimed

A plane crashed at Ocean Shores Municipal Airport on Saturday, June 8, from an unknown cause, injuring two. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Two seriously injured in Ocean Shores plane crash

The cause of the crash is unknown

Searchers located a missing elderly man over the weekend after he didn’t return from a walk. (Michael S. Lockett / Daily World File)

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Search and rescue effort locates missing man

The elderly man was missing for nearly a full day in an unfamiliar environment

North Beach PAWS is hosting a low cost microchip and vaccine clinic for dogs and cats in Westport on June 15. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World File)

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Shelter to hold low cost vaccine/microchip clinic in Westport

The clinic will go next weekend

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Young Street Bridge, known to many Harborites as “Kurt’s Bridge,” was supposed to host a well-known local musician, amongst others, but the music part has been canceled over views, opinions and social media posts that have been seen by a couple people as “threats of violence.”

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Music event underneath the Young Street Bridge canceled

On a day that will celebrate music in Aberdeen, one event that was supposed to take place at…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Lyla Wheeler, center, a fifth grader from North River School, won the VFW Red, White and Blue Scholarship Competition’s first place prize of $150 in cash and a wood plaque for her mastery of “The Star Spangled Banner.” Barbara Dyer, president of VFW Post 224, helped Anthony Magri, post commander, present the award to Lyla on Tuesday night at American Legion Hall Post 5, in Aberdeen.

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VFW: ‘Remember, this is for our kids’

In a small pool of young, talented Grays Harbor singers who wanted a shot at glory, three came…