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This is a rendering of a possible design for the proposed replacement for the Ocean Shores police station. Residents will vote on the bond on Nov. 8.

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Ocean Shores mulls police station replacement

There are arguments for and against the multi-million dollar bond.

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Aiden Brown plays Charlie Brown and Marisa Frank plays Lucy’s sister in the Grays Harbor College’s production of “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead.

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College theater reimagines Peanuts characters

The Bishop Center’s fall drama is returning for the first time since 2019

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Josh Martin, CEO of Summit Pacific Medical Center, left, presents to an audience of Grays Harbor business leaders and public officials at a luncheon hosted by Greater Grays Harbor at the Rotary Log Pavilion in Aberdeen Tuesday, Nov. 1.

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Hospital CEOs talk staffing shortages

Reality for swamped acute care units ‘hasn’t changed’ since last winter’s COVID spike

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Library hit with PDC complaint

Shores resident says library’s pamphlets about police bond amount to campaign law violation

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Coast Guard law enforcement teams from Sector Columbia River recently cited an 89-foot commercial fishing vessel for Jones Act violations.

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Coast Guard interdicting use of “paper captains”

The most recent violation occurred in October in Sector Columbia River.

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Small groups of children from six to nine years old took turns rummaging through a large pile of hay to find candy, stickers, and snacks as fast as they could in the Halloween Scramble game during the Elma Fall Festival. Children ranging from three to five years old also got to play their own version of Halloween Scramble.

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Elma Fall Festival draws massive crowd on Halloween

“Trick or Treat!” That was the phrase said countless times over the course of Halloween throughout the country.…

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Free childhood immunization events set to occur in Grays Harbor

With the COVID-19 pandemic occupying nearly everyone’s mind over the last two-plus years, it’s been hard for some…

Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Gig Harbor) (front center) met with Hoquiam City Administator Brian Shay (left of Kilmer) and other city officials to discuss the future funding needed to continue improvements for Olympic Stadium on Friday, Oct. 28, in Hoquiam. Legislative Representative Democrat Mike Chapman (District 24 Position 1) (behind Kilmer and Shay) was also in attendance. (Allen Leister / The Daily World)

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Hoquiam looks to continue Olympic Stadium Preservation Project

While the age of technology has allowed people to transition away from the tools and concepts of the…

A second-degree murder charge filed against a 58-year-old man following a death investigation in Westport last week was dropped. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Murder charge dropped in Westport death

The investigation is continuing and new charges may be issued.

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Grays Harbor Deputy Prosecutor Richard Fisher, (holding award) was presented with a Mothers Against Drunk Driving Leadership Award by David Maughan (left of Fisher), at the Grays Harbor Large Commissioners Meeting Room on Thursday, Oct. 27, in Montesano.

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Mothers Against Drunk Driving present Leadership Award to Richard Fisher

Alcohol is a leading cause of traffic fatalities. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), drinking…

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With the political backing of Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Gig Harbor) as well as Washington’s two Democratic Senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, the Port of Grays Harbor received a $25.5 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant on Friday, Oct. 28.

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Port of Grays Harbor recieves $25.5 million federal grant

For many industries and corporations across the country, supply chain issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic continue to…

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Police are seeking information on a missing girl last seen in Aberdeen on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

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Aberdeen police seeking information on missing girl

She was last seen Tuesday.

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Firefighters confer during the tail end of a response to a fire in Hoquiam on Thursday.

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Hoquiam, Aberdeen respond to residential structure fire

There were no casualties but damage was severe.