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Aberdeen School District’s Farm to School Purchasing grants provide schools, childcare and summer meal programs with funds to buy and serve Washington grown foods from local farmers and food producers.

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Grays Harbor schools receive Farm to School Purchasing grants

WA Dept. of Agriculture awards $107K to County school districts for school and childcare meals

Ocean Shores Library
Ocean Shores Public Library to hold 3rd Annual Local Authors Fair this Saturday.

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The Daily World’s Book Nook

Two author fairs set for Saturday, writers and book group meetings scheduled, and more …

Emily Fitzgerald / Washington State Standard
A 2.25-millimeter thick reusable plastic grocery bag. Each bag is intended to last up to 125 uses.

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Lawmakers revisit WA’s plastic bag restrictions

The fee for a plastic shopping bag is set to rise to 12 cents in January. Unsettled questions…

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Debris piles to be burned within Olympic National Park

The Olympic Interagency Fire Management Team has begun to burn debris piles within Olympic National Park.

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Grays Harbor County restaurant inspections conducted Sept. 16-26

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

Thomas Quinn / University of Washington
A spawning male sockeye salmon is seen in July 2010 in the Wood River, part of the Bristol Bay watershed. Bristol Bay is the site of the world’s largest sockeye salmon runs. This year’s Bristol Bay run was the 11th in a row with more than 50 million sockeye salmon, also known as red salmon.

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Alaska’s Bristol Bay sockeye run increased, with bigger fish sizes

The commercial salmon harvest in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, site of the world’s largest sockeye salmon runs, held a…

Tom Crestodina illustration / Oregon Sea Grant
The coastal commercial troll fishing fleet is experiencing a hot albacore tuna season

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Hot coastal albacore tuna fishing means fresh fish

The coastal commercial troll fishing fleet off the Washington coast is experiencing a great albacore tuna season, and…

Skip Radcliffe
The waves were starting to kick up on Tuesday morning on the coast.

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Rain showers, wind and maybe even thunderstorms ahead

Make a couple of cups of tea and welcome the rain back in, Western Washington. This week, it…

WDFW
Public-submitted video showing a black bear walking off an Ocean Shores porch with a package in its mouth.

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Bear doubles as porch pirate in Ocean Shores

How to prevent conflicts, ward off a bear attack

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A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist collects a dead snow goose on a Camano Island near Skagit Bay during an avian influenza outbreak in northern Puget Sound in December 2022.

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Bird flu is spreading to wild mammal populations

Researchers will keep a close watch on fall fatalities in hopes that overall decline continues

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Razor clamming on the coast is tentatively set to open next Monday.

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Ready, set, razor clam dig … if all goes well

Shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are expected to announce the start of the…

Quinault Rainforest Mushroom Festival photos
Jars of dried mushrooms.

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Quinault Rainforest Mushroom Festival blooms

Get Ready for the Quinault Rainforest Mushroom Festival this Saturday