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Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The 1925 Rayonier Plymouth No. 23 locomotive is sitting at the corner of West State and South Park streets in Aberdeen. The historic piece was brought to Aberdeen by Josh Kaivo, president of Peninsular Railway and Lumbermen’s Museum, with help from Tim Quigg.

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99-year-old locomotive shines in the Aberdeen sunlight

A five-year pursuit to get a historic locomotive with Grays Harbor roots back to Grays Harbor has ended…

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Laying out complex, controversial step of North Shore Levee Project

Homeowners living in North Aberdeen near Wishkah River are angry about the city of Aberdeen’s lack of communication…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The city of Aberdeen hosted an open house Tuesday night at the Rotary Log Pavilion so residents could see for themselves the nine alternatives there are for the future of the bridge known for its connection to Kurt Cobain and Nirvana.

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City of Aberdeen hosts open house for North Aberdeen Bridge

The city of Aberdeen and David Evans & Associates wanted to hear from residents about what to do…

Matthew N. Wells Amy Mathews Smith closed operations at Nirvana Coffee Company — 205 S. I St., in Aberdeen — on Feb. 29. “I’m not making enough money,” Mathews Smith said Wednesday.

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Nirvana Coffee Company closes up shop

Amy Mathews Smith has closed operations at Nirvana Coffee Company, which is a loss for coffee lovers who…

An open house to discuss the North Aberdeen Bridge is set for March 19. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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North Aberdeen Bridge open house set for March 19

Discussions about the North Aberdeen Bridge continue, and soon the public will have another chance to voice their…

Rick Moyer / Moyer Multi Media LLC Ruth Hamilton, president of The Friends of the Aberdeen Museum and ardent supporter of the annual Aberdeen Rain Glow Festival, smiles during her cosplay of a penny candy salesperson during the festival in 2023.

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Aberdeen Rain Glow Festival fundraiser shows early success

More than a month after the Aberdeen City Council stopped the funding for Harbor Art Guild, which Aberdeen…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World The Aberdeen City Council approved a five-year contract for eight Big Belly trash cans to be installed throughout downtown Aberdeen. The trash cans are fully-enclosed, have technology that lets users know when they’re full, and look clean. This one shown is at the Aberdeen Transit Center and shows what sort of cans the city will soon receive.

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Aberdeen City Council approves five-year contract for “smart” garbage cans

The city of Aberdeen agreed to a contract where the service attached will help make its downtown a…

Provided photo Cristal Ramirez Garcia, a first-generation student originally from Tierra Blanca, Oaxaca, Mexico, has been selected by the city of Aberdeen to represent the city in a statewide scholarship hunt. If Garcia wins the $3,000 scholarship, she’d be one of three in the state.

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First-generation Aberdeen student nominated for $3,000 scholarship

Cristal Ramirez Garcia is a young, talented high school student who wants to be an elementary school teacher…

City of Aberdeen Fred Scott, one of Aberdeen’s park board commissioners, is seen speaking at Pioneer Park. Scott had a large hand in helping renovate the park. It’s one of the projects both he and Stacie Barnum, Aberdeen Parks director, spoke about to show the impact he had as commissioner.

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Aberdeen Park Board Commissioner Fred Scott retires

A lifetime Aberdonian has said goodbye to a civic position he held for 26 years, but in that…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World This isn’t a cave. This is a close-up view of the fountain in front of Aberdeen City Hall. The artistic piece is called “Heaven, Man and Earth,” and it’s by George Tsutakawa. The piece is dated 1997. However the icicles and what appears to be blue dye are new. They popped up sometime in the last couple days.

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Photographing the bitter cold

It’s been a cold few days in Aberdeen, but at least it’s given residents some wintry art to…

Traffic yields for a driver at the edge of the roundabout on Market Street in Aberdeen. The roundabout could get a facelift in 2024 after the city council approved Aberdeen's Parks and Recreation Director Stacie Barnum to apply for a $50,000 grant from Grays Harbor Community Foundation. While the overall council approved, not everyone was onboard as they cited concerns about safety for the drivers and the pedestrians who use the roundabout. (Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World)

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Aberdeen City Council discusses concerns about roundabout art

The Aberdeen City Council voted for the application for grant funding that would allow for art to be…

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City of Hoquiam’s night full of change

The city of Hoquiam went through a couple of roster changes between its city council and police force…

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City of Hoquiam doubling monthly ambulance fee on Jan. 1

The city of Hoquiam held a public hearing Monday night at the city council meeting that shed light…