Site Logo
An Aberdeen Police officer was injured arresting a suspected DUI driver in South Aberdeen early Tuesday morning. (Courtesy Aberdeen Police Department)

News

Aberdeen officer injured after being dragged by suspected DUI vehicle

An Aberdeen Police Department officer was injured after being dragged by the vehicle of a suspected DUI driver…

daily world File photo 
It’s cranberry harvest time in the bogs along the South Beach, and the annual Cranberry Harvest Festival celebrates the season Oct. 9-10.

News

Annual Cranberry Harvest Festival in Grayland this weekend

Cranberry farming has been a staple of the South Beach for more than a century, and the fall…

Courtesy of Elma Fire Department 
Elma EMS personnel are finding themselves spread thin as an influx of local COVID patients often require them to divert to hospitals outside the county.

News

Elma Fire Chief describes COVID fifth wave strain on EMS

A high volume of COVID-19 patients has created major challenges for emergency medical service providers statewide; Grays Harbor…

Stacie Vaughan, CFO of Vaughan Industries, accepts the 2021 AWB Manufacturer of the Year award from AWB President Kris Johnson on Oct. 1, 2021, during a visit by the AWB Manufacturing Week bus tour to Vaughan’s Montesano facility. (Photo: Brian Mittge/AWB).

News

AWB names Vaughan Co. 2021 Manufacturer of the Year

An innovative Montesano-based company with customers worldwide has been honored for its commitment to manufacturing excellence.

Courtesy of Grays Harbor County Public Health 
Pandemic case totals by ZIP code.

News

COVID fifth wave: county frequently seeing 100 cases or more daily

Harbor Regional Health Community Hospital posted some sobering numbers last month — nine COVID deaths were reported in…

TEASER

Sports

Aberdeen defense cages Black Hills Wolves

Bobcats hold Wolves offense scoreless in 20-7 win

Daily World File Photo 
The emergency cold weather shelter at the old Middle Swanson’s building in Aberdeen hosted 20-25 clients a night when open this past winter, for a total of about 180 individuals.

News

Cold weather shelter an issue for Aberdeen

There are plans in place to bring back an emergency cold weather shelter this winter in Westport. However,…

Courtesy of Port of Grays Harbor 
The Westport Fresh Catch campaign includes this colorful sign at the Westport Marina alerting visitors to which of the wide variety of seafood species will be coming across the docks, and when.

News

Port earns award for Westport’s Fresh Catch campaign

The Port of Grays Harbor was awarded the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) Lighthouse Award for overall…

A customer leaves with plastic bags of groceries. Tribune News Service

News

Washington’s plastic bag ban goes into effect Oct. 1

Plastic bags are about to be out. Now shoppers have to choose: bring your own or pay extra.

Courtesy of Department of Fish and Wildlife 
Diggers hit Twin Harbors Beach for a morning razor clam dig on Sept. 21, 2021. More than 1,300 diggers took just under 25,000 clams around the 7:20 a.m. minus tide.

News

More than 1 million razor clams dug during opening days of 2021-22 season

A couple of stormy periods and digging in the dark didn’t keep effort and harvest down during the…

Courtesy of Wild Olympics Campaign 
Kayakers paddle below a waterfall on the East Fork Humptulips, a proposed Wild and Scenic River in the Olympic National Forest.

News

Wild Olympics plan attached to defense bill, passes House

The Wild Olympics Wilderness and Scenic Rivers Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives for the second time…

Here’s what the bridge on the Willapa Hills Trail will look like when construction, which began Sept. 20 after a months-long, COVID-related delay, is complete next year. (Courtesy Washington State Parks)

News

Overpass construction begins on Willapa Hills Trail

A 1-mile section of the Willapa Hills Trail has closed for construction as contractors for Washington State Parks…

TEASER

Sports

Elma returns to field to bury King’s Way Christian

Eagles score 45 points in second quarter, rack up 460 yards of offense in 66-25 rout