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Aberdeen EMS rate hike goes into effect Jan. 1

Utility charge pays for emergency medical response services

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Grays Harbor County restaurant health inspections

There are two types of violations recorded on the inspection report:

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Thanksgiving events in Grays Harbor

Looking for something to do on Thanksgiving before or after the big meal? There are plenty of activities…

Free Community Thanksgiving (Immanuel Baptist Church)
Free Community Thanksgiving (Immanuel Baptist Church)

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Free Thanksgiving meals for those in need

WGME CBS 13 in Portland reported recently that a nationally recognized food economist and professor at Tufts University…

Grays Harbor College
The Grays Harbor Symphony Orchestra and GHC String Ensemble Fall Concert plays the Bishop Center for Performing Arts on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m.

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Live music round-up

Find out who is performing where and when

Montesano Festival of Lights

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Plenty of events to get you in the (early) holiday spirit

From bazaars to festivals, you’ll find them here with our Christmas event round-up

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Registration open for Regional Economic Forecast Innovation Expo

The Thurston Economic Development Council — in partnership with Greater Grays Harbor Inc., the Economic Alliance of Lewis…

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The National Weather Service released a beach hazards statement until Monday 4 a.m. Waves were strong in Ocean Shores earlier this week.

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Beach hazards statement in place for South Washington coast

The NWS Portland OR released a beach hazards statement at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday valid from Thursday 4…

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Grays Harbor Transit Route 50 rolls into Quinault.

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Grays Harbor Transit buses free to ride in 2026

Transit provided more than 950,000 free fare rides last year

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A King County court halted the Wishbone Timber Sale in 2024. On Oct. 31, the state Department of Natural Resources argued its appeal on the decision.

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DNR appeals it must account for climate change in individual timber sales

The appeal calls into question the priorities of newly appointed Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove

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The Westport wildfloats beachcoming hunt is now underway featuring glass floats from recycled sake bottles as has been the tradition in Japan.

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Westport South Beach Historical Society brings you Wildfloats 2026

1,000 glass floats are being released from now through April 30

Hoquiam Fire Department
The Coast Guard and Hoquiam Fire Department came to the rescue of four people whose boat was foundering near the entrance to Grays Harbor.

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Coast Guard, HFD and Good Samaritans rescue boaters

Tuesday morning at 9:24 the Hoquiam Fire Department received a call that a Coast Guard helicopter was en…

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A mixed stand of Douglas-fir and western hemlock scorched near Seaside, Oregon following the 2021 heat dome.

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2021 heat dome left Rhode Island-sized damage in PNW

A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched…