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Scenes from the Ocean Shores Veterans Pocket Park.

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Where heroes still serve — and occasionally lose a golf ball

Veteran celebrates Ocean Shores Veterans Pocket Park

South Beach Historical Society
Medal of Honor recipients Bob Bush (left) and Jimmy Doolittle aboard the Neddie Rose fishing vessel.

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Uncommon valor, uncommon bond

Friends Bob Bush and James Doolittle both earned the Medal of Honor

The Major General Eldon A. Bargewell bronze statue.

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Major General Eldon A. Bargewell honored in Hoquiam

This past summer, the Major General Eldon A. Bargewell Foundation held the first biennial Maj. Gen. Eldon A.…

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Veterans organizations on the Harbor

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Holly Pierce
Serving in the military runs through Holly Pierce’s family. Her sister, Julia Arnold, is a Naval Academy graduate, and her sister, Amy Norton, served in the Marines.

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Helping the greater good through the VFW

Holly Pierce, a member of McCleary VFW Post 5564, is the Jr Vice Commander with the Department of…

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When Aberdeen-resident Jason Wintersteen joined the Veterans Conservation Corps earlier this year, he was placed with Olympia-based nonprofit Ecostudies Institute.

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Continuing to serve through conservation and restoration

The Veterans Conservation Corps connects veterans to careers in environmental conservation

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Pacific County prosecutor Rothman, county sued over hostility

A lawsuit filed against Pacific County and its prosecutor alleges serious misbehavior and seeks unspecified damages.

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Grays Harbor County 2025 general election status.

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Grays Harbor County general election vote count updated

A pair of Aberdeen city council races remain too close to call

North Beach School District
The North Beach School District All-District Veterans Day Assembly concluded with a solemn and respectful Flag Folding Ceremony.

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North Beach School District hosts All-district Veterans Day Assembly

The North Beach School District came together on Monday morning for its first-ever All-District Veterans Day Assembly, a…

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Forest landowners and the wood-products are mounting a last-ditch effort to persuade the Washington Forest Practices Board to not adopt what they say would be a massive taking of private property.

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Washington forestland owners in ‘most contentious’ battle in quarter century

Pacific and Wahkiakum counties will lose the highest percentages of production followed by Lewis, Cowlitz and Grays Harbor…

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Nature-based approaches — known as dynamic revetment — by the Pacific Conservation District and other stakeholders to control erosion on Willapa Bay’s north shore received a shot in the arm last year when it won a $12.7 million NOAA grant to install a large-scale and long-term erosion reduction and beach restoration project. An experimental prototype installed earlier this decade has helped combat erosion across 1.5 miles of shore.

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Washaway Beach shore restoration moves forward

The project aims to rebuild the sandy beach by utilizing dynamic revetment, a nature-based approach that uses materials…

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Powerball ticket sold in Monte just misses jackpot

A Powerball ticket sold in Montesano missed the jackpot but still won big, according to state lottery officials.

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Happy Veterans Day from the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Day is more than a date on the calendar, it’s a moment to reflect on the courage,…