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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World A motorcyclist was injured Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash near Montesano in an alleged drunk-driving incident.

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Motorcyclist injured in alleged drunk driving crash

The single-vehicle wreck occured on Tuesday

Courtesy photo / SBRFA An RV fire on Tuesday evening was started by a burning candle.

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Fire destroys RV in Westport

A rapid response contained the fire to the RV it started in

Fentanyl pills are disguised as prescription drugs. (DEA)

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Discussions to open dialogue on opioid use

Public can register for educational sessions aimed at reducing stigma

Photos by Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Local musician Wil Russoul, who’s also executive director of the Downtown Aberdeen Association, strums his almost completed song, “Love, Love, Love” on an acoustic guitar at Nirvana Coffee Company — 205 S. I St., in Aberdeen. Russoul, who always seems to be in the mood to play music, played a short setlist to Amy Mathews-Smith, Nirvana Coffee’s owner, and her customers.

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Wil Russoul details Aberdeen’s music scene

Local musician Wil Russoul treated a few local coffee and tea drinkers to a short setlist Wednesday morning…

The Copalis Ghost Forest remains from the last major earthquake and subsequent tsunami to hit the coast, back on January 26, 1700. (Kelly Calhoune / North Beach Museum)

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Plan the flight, fly the plan: tsunami specialists urge preparedness

A major tsunami could occur with mere minutes of notice

A semi-palamated plover alights on the mud at the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge during the Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival. (Courtesy photo / Jan Wieser)

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Shorebird Festival returns to Grays Harbor

Many birds, many feathers, all flocking together

Evan Brockhoff, a student in Ocosta High School’s maritime program, paints an old Coast Guard lifeboat. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Display ready: maritime class boat restoration nears completion

Students have worked through the school year to make it shipshape once more

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World An estimated 500 Hoquiam students took part in a walk to honor and spread awareness about Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and girls. During the 1.2-mile walk, the group sang songs important to Indigenous cultures.

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‘No More Stolen Sisters’

A few hundred students from Hoquiam High School (HHS) and Hoquiam Middle School (HMS) walked together for several…

Wade Eric Iseminger, left, appears in his arraignment for multiple charges of child molestation, represented by Luke Laughlin, right, on May 8 in Grays Harbor County Superior Court. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Westport man arraigned for multiple child molestation charges

He was arrested in late April

Courtesy photo / Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released a digitally aged photo of Oakley Carlson, a more accurate depiction of how Carlson might look today.

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Sheriff’s office releases digitally aged Oakley Carlson photo

The age-progressed photo is meant to be more accurate than old photos

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Corey Wright, on the lift, is part of a small team painting for EverGreene Architectural Arts to help restore the 7th Street Theatre. In addition to other projects that have been ongoing at the theater, and ones that will follow this “Phase two,” the theater is undergoing new exterior paint and resealing of cracks.

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Restoring 7th Street Theatre

7th Street Theatre is receiving a bit of a facelift throughout this week and through the two weeks…

The Daily World file photo Officials aim to open school-based health center, which will provide primary care for students and staff in the North Beach School District, at North Beach Middle/High School for the start of the 2023/2024 school year.

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School-based health center finalized for North Beach

After state inks funds, school district, county push toward opening clinic next school year

Elena Sotomish, front, and her second grade classmates at Central Elementary, venture inside a 14-foot inflatable brain Wednesday morning, May 3 in the Central Elementary gym in Hoquiam. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Bringing in the big brains

14-foot inflatable brain model teaches students about neural function, substance use