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LOUIS KRAUSS | THE DAILY WORLD Coast Guard Officer Jacob Hylkema (second from left) receives a medal for heroism in Westport Friday afternoon, as U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer watches. Hylkema volunteered to swim through 18 to 20-foot waves to rescue a drowning sailor one night in 2016.

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Heroism medal awarded to Westport Coast Guardsman

Rescue of man in danger of drowning

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High wind warning for Twin Harbors all day Saturday

Gusts could reach 60 mph on Grays Harbor and even higher farther south

(John and Karen Hollingsworth/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A recent study suggests that Olympic National Park could be a suitable place to relocate gray wolves. The species was extirpated (killed off) from the park in the early 1900s.

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Olympics provide suitable reintroduction site for gray wolves, study finds

Aside from werewolves in the fictional “Twilight” series set near Forks, actual gray wolves haven’t inhabited Olympic National…

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Facebook: 87 million users affected by Cambridge Analytica data collection

By Seung Lee

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Lawmakers to court: We did what you ordered on school reforms

By Jim Camden

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Habitat for Humanity of Grays Harbor is deep in its first rehab project in South Aberdeen. Huge hydraulic jacks were used to lift the home and a new foundation is about to be poured.

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Habitat for Humanity of Grays Harbor rehabbing South Aberdeen home

First rehab project for group

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Lynnette Reime to step in as the acting North Beach superintendent

District looking for a permanent replacement

Cherry growers worried Chinese tariffs could hurt their biggest foreign market

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Cherry growers worried Chinese tariffs could hurt their biggest foreign market

By Jim Camden

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Immigrant caravan, target of Trump’s ire, pauses trek

By Kate Linthicum

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Ocean Shores citizens sound off on short-term vacation rental issue

Lodging businesses say they want a level playing field

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Elma man arrested after attempting to drive over officer

Officers from the Elma Police Department and the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office arrested a 55-year-old Elma man after…

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Affordable housing project hinges on availability of tax credits

Funding available but unattainable without tax credits

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County software purchase will help with mountains of records

Eventually, citizens get improved access to records