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Candidates for Ocean Shores City Council Position 4, from left: Jennifer Herboldsheimer, Alison Cline, Caroline Emmert.

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OS council candidates discuss platforms

Ocean Shores City Council position 4 only city office on Aug. 1 primary ballot

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Derek Jensen of the Hoquiam Fire Department, in blue T-shirt, teaches a group of high schoolers taking part in a fire science program about using a firehose on July 13.

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Sample platter: high schoolers get taste of hands-on firefighting

The seven students from central-ish county are the first to go through the two-week course

A derelict property was the site a of a trailer fire earlier in the week that completely destroyed a truck camper. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Fire destroys trailer north of Hoquiam

The site has had a number of issues with illegal burns, said the responding fire chief

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Phil Woltz, who runs the Aft Galley hot dog stand in Ocean Shores, places dogs on the grill on July 7.

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Food trucks set up shop in Shores

Reunited by coincidence, Navy veterans forge food truck frontier

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Guitarist Don Stone, from left, Tiffany Maki, Chloe Pickney on bass, Brad McNeill and Duke Harner play as part of last Saturday’s lineup for Ms. Maki and Co. McNeill, on tenor saxophone, adds another element to the band. It’s something Maki — on keyboard and vocals — just loves. “Throwing a sax player into the mix kind of makes every song a little bit different,” Maki said.

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Aberdeen Founder’s Day Street Dance ‘an absolute blast’

Tiffany Maki loves singing and tickling the ivories. Her performance this past Saturday shows what she can do,…

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John Becker, engineer with the Grays Harbor County road department, examines designs for the Garrard Creek Road Realignment project. The new road will cut through this brush to provide a straighter course.

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Rural road to gain straighter course

Logs trucks will gain smoother ride on southeast county artery through fuel tax-funded project

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Work on Grays Harbor County’s main highway is coming as crews replace barriers to fish passage.

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Years of construction ahead for main county highway

You will go slower. You will be constrained to one lane.

An Aberdeen man headbutted through this police car window as he was being taken to the hospital to evaluate his stupendous blood alcohol content following his arrest for assault on Saturday, July 8. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Aberdeen man arrested after randomly assaulting bicyclist

No reason for the assault was offered

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Charred trees and cars give mute testimony to a fire that threatened to grow out of control near Elma on Saturday.

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East Grays Harbor deals with substantial brushfire over weekend

Dry conditions saw a structure fire blossom into an all-out wildfire

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Christina Jones, center, looks at her three-year-old son Liam as they and her four-year-old son Sebastian, right, await the start of the Aberdeen Founder’s Day Parade. In its 10th year, the festival, which includes a parade down Market Street, countless vendors — food and merchandise — an Aberdeen Walk of Stars dedication and other activities, seemed to delight everyone.

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Aberdeen Founder’s Day a huge hit

Hundreds of people gathered through a few blocks on Market Street Saturday for a day full of Americana.…

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Sami McElravy hands a slice of watermelon to a young festival-goer on Saturday, July 8 at the McCleary Bear Festival.

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McCleary Bear Festival stays close to tradition

‘It’s like a family reunion”: Thousands gather for parade, (non-bear) stew, music, cars and softball

Police are seeking information on a pair of missing teenagers: Saphira Orling, 14, left, and Leticia Encarnacion-Dimas, 15, right. (Composite image)

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APD seeking information on separate missing teenagers

They’ve been missing for one and three days respectively

Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean McKechnie and working dog Titus tracked a suspect through nearly 500 yards of brush following a road rage incident involving a gun on Thursday. (Courtesy photo / GHCSO)

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Man arrested after threatening driver with gun in road rage incident

The incident occurred past South Aberdeen