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A fire on the 5900 block of Olympic Highway burns as firefighters from Grays Harbor Fire District No. 2 arrived on site Monday.

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No injuries reported from house fire on Monday in Central Park

At approximately 4:15 p.m. Monday a house fire broke out on the 5900 block of the Olympic Highway…

Washington’s National Park Fund
The view looking south from Hurricane Ridge, where variable winter weather has limited snow coverage and contributed to pauses in snow sports operations in recent weeks.

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‘Our new normal’: WA confronts another year of drought

Washington’s Department of Ecology announced a statewide drought emergency Wednesday, marking the fourth consecutive year that part or…

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A view of the massive slide and washout on State Route 504, around the time it happened May 2023. The damage knocked out access to the Johnston Ridge Observatory, within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

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Road repairs to restore access to Mount St. Helens observatory

For three years, a key connection for visitors to Mount St. Helens has been closed due to a…

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Westport fire station renovation bond headed to Aug. 4 ballot

Proposal would fund modern emergency response facility

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Katie Moloney, a doctoral student in civil engineering at the University of British Columbia, shows crumb rubber particles collected for research examining the impact of tire chemicals on coho-rearing streams in Vancouver.

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Every tire produces a chemical that kills coho salmon

Can Northwest scientists pump the brakes?

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Community members from across the Timberland Regional Library’s five-county district fill the Centralia Timberland Library’s conference room on Saturday, April 11, for a Q&A with two members of the library district’s Board of Trustees. The district currently faces a budget crisis that has led to a large wave of layoffs.

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Timberland Regional Library trustees take public questions about ongoing budget crisis

Library district has reentered negotiations with the union over layoff plan; search for interim executive director continues

Westport Charterboat Association Derby photos
Catch a crab and win a prize at the WEfish Crab and Clam Derby.

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WEfish Crab and Clam Derby this Saturday in Westport

Get ready to catch some crabs and dig a big clam and win big money at the 2026…

Business

Relief available to WA businesses, tribes, nonprofits and residents

In response to a Presidential disaster declaration issued April 7, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the…

Cronin Tierney will perform three shows at the Galway Bay Irish Pub in Ocean Shores this weekend.

Life

Live music across Grays Harbor County

Shaun Beebe

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A woman searches for clams during a razor clam dig at Grayland Beach.

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State Parks co-hosts annual Washington Coast Cleanup on April 25

Washington residents are invited to celebrate Earth Day weekend by helping protect Washington’s beaches and marine life by…

Washington State Parks
The dam on Lake Sylvia in Montesano suffered from high water during the floods of December 2025.

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Trump approves disaster declaration for WA flooding

President Donald Trump has approved opening up federal funding to deal with the aftermath of historic flooding that…

Grays Harbor PUD
With the fiber construction now completed, the Grays Harbor PUD high-speed fiber internet expansion in south Elma, Porter and Cedarville is now in phase 3 with the fiber drops to residents and business underway. Electronics installation will begin later in April and testing will follow in May.

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High-speed fiber coming to south Elma, Porter and Cedarville

Phase 4 of the Grays Harbor PUD high-speed fiber internet expansion coming this spring

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The “19th Hole” at the D&R Events Center in Aberdeen following the Putt Putt Pub Crawl.

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Inaugural Grays Harbor Putt Putt Pub Crawl tees off for charity

If the first edition of the Grays Harbor Putt Putt Pub Crawl held Sunday in Hoquiam and Aberdeen…