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As the Coastal Interpretive Center’s museum research college intern for the winter and spring of 2026, Kelly Hewitt created a temporary exhibit on Human Wildlife Interactions in Grays Harbor and wrote articles on 16 items that explored the history of each item.

Life

What’s new to see at Ocean Shores Coastal Interpretive Center

Visitors can visit a temporary exhibit on human-wildlife interactions and explore the new dune ecosystem garden

City of Cosmopolis
A recent Soup Day at the Cosmopolis Council and Community Center.

Health & Wellness

Food bank and free meal directory

There are numerous organizations and agencies in and around Grays Harbor stepping into the breach feeding hungry people,…

Aiden Bevins

News

Calls to reform child welfare law after death of GHC boy, 4

The death of a 4-year-old boy whose body was located in a shallow grave this month in Aberdeen…

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The Ocean Shores–North Beach Elks Lodge Flag Day Parade is set for Saturday, June 13.

Life

Ocean Shores–North Beach Elks Lodge Flag Day Parade set for June 13

The Ocean Shores–North Beach Elks Lodge is proud to invite everyone in the community to the Annual Flag…

Andrea Watts / The Daily World
Earlier this month, members of the Cloquallum Work Group spent the day visiting sites within the Cloquallum Watershed to assess the suitability of future stream restoration projects in Grays Harbor and Mason counties. The first site visited was just outside of Elma, near where the Cloquallum enters the Chehalis River.

News

Assessing future sites in the Cloquallum Watershed for stream restoration

Earlier this month, members of the Cloquallum Work Group spent the day visiting sites in a portion of…

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Steven Shay Smith has been convicted of first degree murder in the August 2024 death of Bryce D. Bitar.

Crime & Justice

Steven Smith convicted of 2024 murder of Bryce Bitar

Smith’s sentencing is scheduled for June 12

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F. McNamara “Mac” Jardine of the Grays Harbor County Public Defense department gets the May 2026 community furm underway.

Crime & Justice

Grays Harbor County Public Defense holds community forum

On Wednesday, the Grays Harbor County Public Defense department held a community forum in the Commissioners meeting room…

Crime & Justice

Hoquiam jail inmate’s death under investigation

Recently, The Daily World received a tip regarding the death of an inmate who had been housed at…

Ridley Hudson / The Chronicle
Operations Director Brenda Lane speaks during the grand opening of the Timberland Regional Library in Randle on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

Arts & Entertainment

‘Gloves off baby!’: Messages between top TRL administrators stoke outrage

Messages show Brenda Lane and Paige Preston disparaging the board of trustees and critics of the library system…

Luke Whittaker / Chinook Observer file
The F/V Lucas heads toward Willapa Bay after offloading during the peak of chum fishing. in 2025. This non-tribal fishery in Willapa Bay — along with others in the Columbia-Pacific region on the south Washington coast — may be about to become the focus of a major legal battle.

News

Quinaults make major play for Willapa-Columbia fishing rights

In a move with massive implications for commercial and recreational fishermen — and for the Chinook Indian Nation…

Seabrook Pride Fair June 6

Arts & Entertainment

What to do in June: Start with Grays Harbor Festival of Colors, take in Swede Days and end with Sand and Sawdust Festival

June 4–7 — Grays Harbor Festival of Colors

Michael Cummings has been selected as the Hoquiam School District’s next superintendent.

News

Cummings selected as Hoquiam School District’s next superintendent

The Hoquiam School District Board of Directors has announced that Michael Cummings has been selected as the district’s…

On Tuesday morning, construction crews working along W Spruce Avenue, between N 1st Street and N Main Street, struck a natural gas line, resulting in a gas leak, which prompted evacuations of nearby residences and business. At 4:00 p.m., Cascade Natural Gas secured the line and residents could return home.

News

Gas leak along W Spruce Avenue in Montesano secured

The gas leak occurred while construction crews were working along W Spruce Street for the Main/Spruce pedestrian safety…