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Aberdeen set to decommission select traffic signals

Traffic lights at five intersections will be transitioned to stop signs

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Heavy rain eroded part of Upper Hoh Road, closing it in December.

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State to pay for road repairs so Hoh Rain Forest can reopen

A washout has closed the only access road to the Olympic National Park’s popular Hoh Rain Forest since…

Jerry Knaak photos / The Daily World
Gov. Bob Ferguson chats with Grays Harbor County community and business leaders during a Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. roundtable discussion.

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Gov. Bob Ferguson visits Grays Harbor County

The state budget, the lack of affordable housing in Washington, and local infrastructure projects were some of the…

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State of Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks to students in the Little Theater at Hoquiam High School on Friday.

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Gov. Ferguson speaks to Hoquiam High School students

Free Application for Federal Student Aid was the focus of the governor’s school visit

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Round up of city council meetings throughout Grays Harbor

Many items of concern were discussed and/or voted on at city council meetings throughout Grays Harbor County in…

Harbor Regional Health’s new Chief Nursing Officer Shannon Johnson. (Harbor Regional Health)

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Johnson named chief nursing officer at HRH

Grays Harbor College grad ascends to top nursing post

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The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary extends from the Olympic Peninsula shore to the edge of the continental shelf.

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More cuts coming to NOAA and its Olympic Coast sanctuary

More federal jobs and buildings are on the chopping block in the Pacific Northwest.

Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-19th District, one of several members of the Legislature who drives an electric vehicle, juices up his Chevy Bolt in a legislative parking lot. (Washington State Senate)

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Senate OK’s Wilson bill to combat EV charger vandalism, theft

Preventing theft and vandalism at electric vehicle charging stations would become a priority for the state under a…

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Travelers headed to Washington’s Pacific Ocean beaches or around the Olympic Peninsula will need to add extra travel time. This year, construction and maintenance crews will make improvements to sections of U.S. Highway 101, U.S. Highway 12 and state Routes 8, 104, 112 and116 and in Grays Harbor, Mason, Jefferson and Clallam counties. People will travel through multiple work zones that may have reduced speeds and shifted lanes with temporary traffic signals.

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Major milestone for fish passage project along coast

A project to remove barriers to fish under U.S. Highway 101 and state Route 109 on the Olympic…

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Aberdeen and Hoquiam fire departments attack house fires on Thursday morning.

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Hoquiam fire hits two homes Thursday morning

On Thursday morning both the Hoquiam and Aberdeen fire departments were called to a structure fire of two…

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Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe photos
A gathering at Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe discusses grant and fundraising opportunities.

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Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe hosts Uphill Developments seminar

Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribes’ Planning and Uphill Development Team recently hosted a large three-day event that gathered nearly…

Jeff Clemens photos / Chinook Observer
A workman assembles parts of a temporary cell tower along U.S. Highway 101, part of an effort to restore service lost during a recent severe windstorm.

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Cell service might be down for 9 months in Raymond area

It will take up to nine months to completely restore cell phone service in the north Pacific County…