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County Commissioners evening meeting sparsely attended

Three people attend the Monday evening County Commissioners meeting

Crews with American Construction Company began moving equipment into place Monday morning just west of the Hoquiam Wastewater Treatment Plant for the start of a $27 million project to deepen the Grays Harbor navigation channel. BOB KIRKPATRICK/DAILY WORLD

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Harbor dredging project underway

U.S. Army Corps of Engineer dredging project means bigger cargo loads at the Port of Grays Harbor.

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Aberdeen School District Superintendent announces retirement

Tom Opstad will leave at the end of this current school year.

Terri Harber/Daily World Both family-owned Swanson’s Foods have been sold. This is the back of the store which faces the Hoquiam River at 915 Simpson Ave., in Hoquiam, and is decorated with a mural.

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Swanson’s Foods changed ownership

The business has been around for more than a century and has always been family owned

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24th District hopefuls disagree on school funding, other issues at forum

Candidates said funding public schools is a priority, but disagreed on ways to provide the money.

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Seattle says it will clear The Jungle, tells residents to leave encampment

Earlier this year officials found more than 200 tents in the encampment, which stretched under and near Interstate…

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You’d think the Sierra Club would back carbon-cutting I-732 — but you’d be wrong

Initiative 732 would gradually ramp up the price of coal, oil and natural gas — while reducing other…

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Two former teachers vie for state schools chief job

Both Erin Jones and Chris Reykdal say they will be strong advocates for K-12 education in what could…

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State’s new vehicle license fees kick in

The increases were approved by the Legislature in 2015 as part of Connecting Washington, a package to fund…

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Hydropower isn’t carbon neutral after all, WSU researchers say

While much attention has been paid to the effects of dams on fisheries and the natural form and…

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Required permits, approvals and plans

Long list of permits and approvals required before projecy can begin

(File photo | The Daily World) Rail cars line up inside the entrance of Westway Terminals’ Port of Grays Harbor property last December. The company is interested in expanding its facility to handle crude oil shipments.

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FEIS for crude oil shipment terminal in Hoquiam released

Significant and unavoidable environmental impacts to health and safety likely if an accident occurs

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Shelton’s Taylor Shellfish faces racial discrimination lawsuit

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, on behalf of…