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North Beach PAWS is seeking $2.5 million through grants and fundraising to purpose-build a new dog shelter, a rendering created by MD Architects shown here, up to modern best practices to replace its current canine accommodations.

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Modern problems, modern solutions: animal shelter seeks to update dog lodgings

The shelter is looking to purpose-build a new, much larger shelter for dogs

Cosmopolis Police Chief Heath Layman chases a suspect in a kidnapping case on Monday in South Aberdeen. The children were safely returned. (Courtesy photo / Hoquiam Police Department)

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One arrested after alleged attempted kidnapping Monday

Alert residents contacting police allowed for a quick arrest and safe return of the children

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Dr. Carli Schiffner, the next president of Grays Harbor College, poses outside of the Student Services and Instructional Building, which is scheduled to open in winter 2024.

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GHC president looks forward to taking helm

Schiffner brings experience in Olympia, passion for rural communities to the Harbor

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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.

The Blue Zones Power 9 — nine common lifestyle attributes of the world's healthiest communities, as identified by Blue Zones. (Courtesy of Blue Zones, LLC)

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Blue Zones meeting to focus on urban design projects

Healthy built environment is pillar of new recent health initiative for Grays Harbor

The Aberdeen School District recently laid off 21 certified employees last week, the first round of a plan to cut spending by $3.5 million by next school year. (The Daily World file photo)

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21 teachers impacted in Aberdeen School District cuts

Cuts to non-certified positions still needed to reach $3.5M spending reduction goal

Aberdeen High School was locked down on Thursday after a phoned-in threat of a shooter. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World File)

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Aberdeen High School briefly locked down over shooting threat

The threat was later determined to be non-credible

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
A motorcyclist was injured Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash near Montesano in an alleged drunk-driving incident.

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Motorcyclist injured in alleged drunk driving crash

The single-vehicle wreck occured on Tuesday

Courtesy photo / SBRFA
An RV fire on Tuesday evening was started by a burning candle.

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Fire destroys RV in Westport

A rapid response contained the fire to the RV it started in

Fentanyl pills are disguised as prescription drugs. (DEA)

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Discussions to open dialogue on opioid use

Public can register for educational sessions aimed at reducing stigma

The Copalis Ghost Forest remains from the last major earthquake and subsequent tsunami to hit the coast, back on January 26, 1700. (Kelly Calhoune / North Beach Museum)

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Plan the flight, fly the plan: tsunami specialists urge preparedness

A major tsunami could occur with mere minutes of notice

A semi-palamated plover alights on the mud at the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge during the Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival. (Courtesy photo / Jan Wieser)

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Shorebird Festival returns to Grays Harbor

Many birds, many feathers, all flocking together

Evan Brockhoff, a student in Ocosta High School’s maritime program, paints an old Coast Guard lifeboat. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Display ready: maritime class boat restoration nears completion

Students have worked through the school year to make it shipshape once more