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Aberdeen police are seeking information on the whereabouts of 14-year-old Saphira Orling, last seen in Aberdeen on Sunday. (Courtesy photo / Aberdeen Police Department)

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Aberdeen police seeking missing girl

She was last seen on Sunday, and may be headed towards Olympia

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
Hoquiam Fire Chief Matt Miller holds a lockbox in the style that will be available for installation free of charge for Hoquiam residents who are concerned about requiring emergency medical care and would prefer their house not be breached by first responders seeking to gain entry.

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Hoquiam adopts lockbox program for emergency responders

The program follows a similar one in Aberdeen that has enjoyed success

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
Memorial banners line the main street of Cosmopolis, the fruit of a years-long effort by a local veteran to collect the names of the war dead from the county.

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Lest we forget: Cosmopolis unveils banners remembering war dead

Grays Harbor County has given deeply of her children in service of the country

Police are seeking a woman after she allegedly crashed a vehicle and left the scene in Aberdeen on Monday morning. (Courtesy photo / Aberdeen Police Department)

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Police searching for woman following car crash

It’s unknown if the driver was injured

Courtesy photo / Hoquiam Fire Department
Firefighters from Aberdeen and Hoquiam responded to a fire at a residence in Hoquiam on May 20, rapidly knocking down the fire.

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Departments respond to Saturday structure fire in Hoquiam

A quick response saw the scene cleared in under two hours.

Raymond police are seeking information on a missing 14-year-old last seen on Sunday. (Courtesy photo / Raymond Police Department)

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Raymond police seeking missing teen

He was last seen on Sunday afternoon

Clayton Franke / The Daily World
Penny Jackowski, left, and Kimber Lawrence, right, wait in the parking lot at Oyhut Bay in their 1999 Jeep, named “Little Foot,” on Saturday, May 20.

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Rally of the rubber duck: 700 Jeeps flock to Ocean Shores for beach cleanup, three-day festival

As a sixth-grader, Leo Koch was assigned a science project: find a way to help the environment, and…

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An assessment from the University of Washington suggests the Ocean Shores peninsula needs 23 vertical evacuation structures to survive 95-99% of the population.

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Ocean Shores faces big decisions as tower talks continue

District exploring its own tower at elementary, city still searching for funds

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
Washington State Department of Transportation personnel open the Wishkah Street Bridge during a maintenance inspection on May 16.

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Never a boring day: bridge maintenance team talks central Grays Harbor

The five moveable bridges around Aberdeen and Hoquiam are all built different

Clayton Franke / The Daily World
The current Q-Mart 1 store serves drivers just west of state Route 115 on the way to Ocean Shores. The Quinault Indian Nation plans to expand businesses, adding a gas station and car wash, on the north side of state Route 109, just before the turn toward Ocean Shores.

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Quinault Indian Nation moving 500 acres to federal trust

QIN to gain sovereign control over tribe-owned land near Hogan’s Corner, plans to expand Q-Mart

Courtesy photo / Aberdeen Fire Department
Aberdeen firefighter Alex Bartlett carries a cat rescued from the apartment building fire during a call on May 16.

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Firefighters tackle apartment fire, rescue cat

No injuries were reported to any occupants, though two residents were displaced

Crews work to rerail train cars carrying soymeal on May 17 on a Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad train that had eight cars derail Sunday as a result of thermal misalignment, or heat expansion, of the tracks. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Eight train cars derailed due to heat expansion of tracks

No injuries occurred as a result of the derailment

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
A wrong-way driver landed in a construction company’s property after swerving off the Chehalis River Bridge on Friday, May 12.

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Minor injuries Friday after car crashes off Chehalis River Bridge

The driver was headed up an off-ramp and swerved to avoid incoming traffic