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Sailors aboard the Lady Washington bring in sails as the ship heads in to port in Olympia on September 2.

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Sunny sailing: Lady Washington takes part in Olympia Harbor Days

She’ll be present there for another weekend

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Jessica and Daniel Crocker, who also own Waugh’s Men’s and Women’s Apparel, are the new owners of the downtown Tinderbox Coffee Roasters — 113 E. Wishkah St., in Aberdeen. The Crockers, who officially took over on Friday, want to expand the menu and aim for more consistent days and hours of operation. As of now and for the foreseeable future, they’ll keep the cafe open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., every day.

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Tinderbox Coffee Roasters has new owners

A local Aberdeen business has bought another one in town and it sounds like that might be the…

An anonymous caller threatened to shoot a student at Miller Junior High School Monday night, prompting an increased police presence. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Aberdeen school, police respond to shooting threat

An anonymous caller threatened a student

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Mindy Morgan, of Ocean Shores, hulas with her hoop outside the Ocean Shores Convention Center. Morgan, who was demonstrating her skills during the 54th annual Associated Arts Ocean Shores Arts & Crafts Festival, had plenty of hoops for people interested in joining her. Morgan danced with hoop and had a lot of fun doing so. “I always love this festival,” she said.

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Ocean Shores Arts & Crafts Festival a huge hit

Sandy McCulloch was just happy to be able to share a part of her world with the attentive…

Peggy Jo Faria, left, and Richard Wills, right, candidates for Ocean Shores City Council Position 6, spoke at a forum on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at the Ocean Shores Lions Club. The forum was moderated by Gina Rawlings, center, an organizer with community group Voice of the Shores. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Shores council candidates talk waterways, economics and more at forum

Peggy Jo Faria is challenging Richard Wills for Position 6 in the general election

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Ed Schroll of Ocean Shores delighted patrons with his “bubble art” during a past year’s Associated Arts of Ocean Shores Arts & Crafts Festival.

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Ocean Shores Arts & Crafts Festival starts Friday

A long list of bands and artists hits indoor stages, outdoor stages and various bars around the Harbor…

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Zoé Roux, an international exchange student through Aberdeen Rotary Club, recently visited Grays Harbor. She lived here during the 2015-16 academic year. Roux — seen at the Rotary Log Pavilion with Josh Steele, right, who oversees the program —was not only a student, but she was on the swim team and immersed herself into the culture. Roux called her school year here as the best time of her life.

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‘It was the best year of my life’

French student Zoé Roux, who just left Grays Harbor at the end of last week, visited the Harbor…

Overdose deaths in Grays Harbor County are substantially higher than the past. (Randy Laybourne / Unsplash)

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Awareness event comes amid rampant county opioid deaths

There’s never been a better time to learn the risks

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The Lady Washington sits tied alongside the pier in Port Orchard on July 2.

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Close-ish to home: Lady Washington visits Olympia

This may be the closest she’ll come to Aberdeen for a long while

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A new wooden pavilion 15-20 feet high on the east side of a concessions, restroom and locker room building will provide shelter for fans during games, and compliment the larger fan area in left field created by a new fence.

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Construction sprucing up Olympic Stadium

Dugout redo, new pavilion and fan area in the works as city continues preservation project

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A man experiencing a mental health crisis shot at a sheriff’s office patrol vehicle, hitting it once.

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Second standoff of Monday ends in death

A man experiencing a mental health crisis shot at police, and then himself

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An apartment building in northeast Aberdeen sustained severe damage from a fire on Aug. 26.

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Major Aberdeen apartment fire displaces 21 residents

The fire broke out early Saturday and severly damaged the complex

A sheriff’s deputy pulls an equipment case out of a vehicle during a standoff in Hoquiam on Aug. 28. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Police peacefully resolve standoff in Hoquiam

The man was transported for mental health care