Nation/World
U.S. Senate ready to start countdown to budget ‘vote-a-rama’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate will cast a procedural vote Tuesday afternoon to start debate on its shell…
Northwest News
Proposed $25.8 billion transportation plan hikes gas tax 18 cents
By Joseph Claypoole
News
How did local state lawmakers vote in Olympia last week?
WashingtonVotes.org provides a free, periodic roll call service to media outlets as long as the Legislature is in…
Business
Cosmo Specialty Fibers nearing full production after 8-month shutdown
Cosmo Specialty Fibers, a specialty pulp mill in Cosmopolis, celebrated a major step last Wednesday toward returning to…
News
Mass vaccination site to administer 975 doses Thursday
Coordinators at the county’s mass vaccination site at the Port of Grays Harbor are confident they can easily…
Northwest News
Lawmakers push competing COVID-19 packages
Both plans aid schools, businesses, vaccine distribution
News
Resolution to extend syringe exchange program past April 1 not heard at quarterly Board of Health meeting
A resolution to rescind the county Board of Health’s decision earlier this month to terminate the county’s syringe-exchange…
News
Two new COVID deaths in Pacific County; vaccinations underway
Two additional Pacific County residents have died from complications of COVID-19, the county announced Thursday.
Business
Jobless rate on Twin Harbors is highest in state
10.1 percent in Grays Harbor and 10.7 percent in Pacific
Business
Aberdeen grants target hospitality businesses
$100,000 in city-funded small business relief
Northwest News
Lawmakers want to ban openly carrying firearms at state Capitol, protests
OLYMPIA — Openly carrying firearms or other weapons at public demonstrations and the Capitol Campus could become prohibited…
Nation/World
Biden orders sweeping actions to pause drilling, fight climate change
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on public…