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Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Thomas Hedlund, one of the owners of Game Freaks Aberdeen, sits at one of the gamer tables inside his shop at 121 W. Wishkah St. The shop will move up the street to 108 E. Wishkah St. The move will allow much more space for gaming, a dedicated Dungeons & Dragons room, and other improvements gamers will notice.

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Game Freaks Aberdeen will soon move from Side One building

Game Freaks Aberdeen is moving on up to the center of downtown with a deluxe-sized space about a…

A girl was struck and seriously injured in Hoquiam in a hit-and-run on Thursday morning. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Teenager seriously injured in Hoquiam hit-and-run

The girl was hit and thrown by the vehicle

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Greg Rekus, a long-time musician from Winnipeg, Canada, danced, stomped and jumped on the stage at The Loading Dock so much to the point he needed Gorilla tape applied to the tambourines so they’d not fall off while he performed. One of the ways Rekus described his energetic music was “trashy acoustic,” and the audience loved his style.

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Live music warms up The Loading Dock

“It’s the start of a brand new year, I feel the changes coming in the air,” are lyrics…

A carbon monoxide leak caused an Aberdeen apartment to be evacuated on Sunday evening/Monday morning after levels were found to be dangerously high. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Aberdeen apartment evacuated for carbon monoxide leak

No one was injured, but it could have been much worse

Courtesy photo / SBRFA The South Beach Regional Fire Authority is having an open house Wednesday afternoon at their training center.

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SBRFA opening training center to public in open house

Food, raffles, tours and information

Police are investigating a report of a gunshot in Aberdeen on Monday afternoon. (MIchael S. Lockett / The Daily World File)

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Police investigating shot fired in Aberdeen yesterday

No one was injured and there’s no evidence of damage to anything

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World A Life Flight Network medevac helicopter takes off after a call to transport a patient from the Hoquiam Fire Department interrupted a grand opening ceremony for the organization at Bowerman Airport on July 26.

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Life Flight to land at fairgrounds as Summit Pacific readies for expansion

The hospital is preparing a temporary helipad at another location as well

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Tim Holehouse, an English musician who the late Kurt Cobain inspired to pick up the guitar, performed in front of a small audience underneath the Young Street Bridge. In front and to his right is the message “RIP Kurdt,” in reference to Cobain’s death. Behind Holehouse’s head, is a painting of Cobain’s face.

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Englishman rocks underneath the bridge

People have said for years the Young Street Bridge is an international tourist destination. They’ve talked about how…

The Grays Harbor County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday passed a new ordinance creating a county administrator position. (The Daily World file photo)

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Grays Harbor County creates administrator position

Consultant to begin recruitment process, but commissioners aren’t required to make hire

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World Volunteers plant Sitka willows in the banks of the Wishkah River.

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Volunteers plant more than 1,000 trees near Wishkah River

It’s the first big volunteer planting event for the program

Firefighters responding to an Aberdeen structure fire Saturday managed to rescue all human residents- and two guinea pigs- without incident, according to an AFD social media post. (Courtesy photo / AFD)

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Central county firefighters fight Aberdeen structure fire Saturday

All humans, two guinea pigs rescued without incident

Firefighters from East Grays Harbor Fire Rescue, Oakville and McCleary tackled an RV fire on U.S. Highway 12 on Sunday afternoon. The fire, which occurred at around 4 p.m., completely destroyed the motorhome. No injuries were reported, according to the post. Firefighters cleared the scene at around 6:30 p.m. (East Grays Harbor Fire Rescue)

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East county fire departments tackle RV fire

The vehicle was completely destroyed

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World This isn’t a cave. This is a close-up view of the fountain in front of Aberdeen City Hall. The artistic piece is called “Heaven, Man and Earth,” and it’s by George Tsutakawa. The piece is dated 1997. However the icicles and what appears to be blue dye are new. They popped up sometime in the last couple days.

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Photographing the bitter cold

It’s been a cold few days in Aberdeen, but at least it’s given residents some wintry art to…