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Tom Taylor, left, and Bob Peterson are candidates for position 2 on the Ocean Shores city council. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Ocean Shores council hopefuls face off at forum

Bob Peterson and Tom Taylor are hoping to fill position 2

Peggy Jo Faria, left, and Richard Wills, right, candidates for Ocean Shores City Council Position 6, spoke at a forum on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at the Ocean Shores Lions Club. The forum was moderated by Gina Rawlings, center, an organizer with community group Voice of the Shores. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Shores council candidates talk waterways, economics and more at forum

Peggy Jo Faria is challenging Richard Wills for Position 6 in the general election

Candidates for Ocean Shores City Council Position 4, from left: Jennifer Herboldsheimer, Alison Cline, Caroline Emmert.

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OS council candidates discuss platforms

Ocean Shores City Council position 4 only city office on Aug. 1 primary ballot

The Leisure Manor mobile home park in south Aberdeen contains 191 spaces, the most of any Grays Harbor County mobile home park. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Aberdeen adopts mobile home rent rule

Ordinance expands notification period for rent increases greater than 3% in mobile home parks

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City Council members of McCleary sit during a meeting on May 10.

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Mayor absent again as McCleary residents ponder future

Many residents came out to fill the community center.

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Members of the public line the walls during a McCleary city council meeting, drawn by recent controversy.

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Angry voices ring through McCleary city council meeting

Residents of the city have grown heated over the city’s personnel issues lately

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Ocean Shore Fire Chief Mike Thurier speaks during a city council meeting in February. Thurier recently retired from the position after four years as chief.

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Ocean Shores fire chief looks back on decades-long career

After 33 years in the fire service, 25 at Ocean Shores, Mike Thurier is hanging it up.

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Members of the Ocean Shores Fire Department carry out a training exercise. The department is currently experiencing an issue getting funding for more staffing, even as call volume appears to be headed in one direction.

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Ocean Shores weighs firefighter staffing issues

An aging and expanding population will keep driving call numbers — and seriousness — up.

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Shores council to vote on mayor’s salary

Martin deciding between restaurant industry job and duties to city

A new ordinance in Ocean Shores bans pedestrians from standing in the “sight distance triangle” — the wedge of space between two intersecting roadways — except when waiting to cross the street. (The Daily World file photo)

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Shores passes ordinance aimed at panhandling

Rule imposes fines for pedestrians who verbally engage or interfere with traffic

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A homeless encampment sits south of Aberdeen’s downtown core Thursday, with tented roofs, old bicycles and a few shopping carts that homeless residents have compiled for shelter.

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Aberdeen rejects cold weather shelter within city

County and contractors searching for alternative location as tempertures plunge

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Dave Golding has been announced as the new fire chief for the Aberdeen Fire Department.

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No more rungs to climb: Aberdeen interim fire chief promoted to top spot

He’s been with the department since before the turn of the century.

Jon Martin

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Martin responds to PDC complaint

Mayor denies he allowed campaigning for police bond