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Renderings of the Westport tsunami tower were on display during a project open house at Ocosta Elementary School on Thursday, May 28.

News

Westport gets birdseye view of tsunami tower plans

Last Thursday evening, Westport Mayor Ed Welter and the engineering and design team behind the city’s proposed tsunami…

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Back to the Future featuring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.

Arts & Entertainment

7th Street Theatre to screen Back to the Future on Friday and Saturday

The 7th Street Theatre will screen the 1985 blockbuster movie Back to the Future on Friday and Saturday,…

Keith Krueger
The 7th Street Kids performs Mary Poppins last summer.

Arts & Entertainment

7th Street Theatre awarded GGHI’s Member of the Quarter

Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. is proud to recognize the 7th Street Theatre as the Q1 2026 Member of…

Quinault Public Works Division
Motorists are facing 45-minute delays on state Route 109 on the way and back to Tahola.

News

Plan for weekday 45-minute closures on SR 109 near Taholah

Travelers who use state Route 109 near Taholah will see several closures during the first two weeks of…

Ann Duan / The Olympian
Aberdeen native Krist Novoselic is best known as Nirvana’s superstar bassist, but in his post-Nirvana career, Novoselic is now launching a centrist political party in Washington state with hopes of addressing issues like public safety, housing and cost of living.

Elections

WA centrists are ‘politically homeless.’ Nirvana co-founder wants to change that

Krist Novoselic may have made a name for himself playing bass for legendary grunge outfit Nirvana, but today…

Luke Whittaker / Chinook Observer
Dungeness crab — Washington’s most valuable fishery — are at the heart of Quinault tribal efforts to claim treaty fishing rights from Willapa Bay to 60 miles up the Columbia River.

News

Quinault launch Shoalwater and Willapa bays takeover bid

Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe and the still federally unrecognized Chinook vow to oppose the move

Andrea Watts / The Daily World
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…

Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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.

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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…

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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

Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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…