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Car crashes into power poles represented a much larger portion of causes for power outages in 2022, according to the Grays Harbor Public Utility District.
    Car crashes and storms reign as 2022 outage...
    By Michael S. Lockett • May 3, 2023 2:30 am

    Tree-related outages numbers were much improved, however

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    Lt. Jim Davis of the Ocean Shores Police Department, team leader of the surf rescue team, died during a rescue on April 26, 1998. Photo: The Davis Family
    25 years later, family and teammates remember officer...
    By Michael S. Lockett • April 26, 2023 10:30 am

    He answered the call, giving his life attempting to save another

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    Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
Multiple cars were involved in a motor vehicle crash on state Route 105 near Westport that resulted from a car being driven too fast in the hail, according to the Washington State Patrol.
    Multiple vehicles, injuries involved in Westport car crash
    By Michael S. Lockett • April 20, 2023 2:30 am

    Unsafe driving speed and inclement weather contributed to the crash.

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    The Daily World file photo
A Grays Harbor PUD lineman inspects damaged lines on a pole in 2021. Multiple outages occurred over the weekend due to gusty weather.
    PUD handles outages caused by windy conditions
    By Michael S. Lockett • April 11, 2023 2:30 am

    Thousands of customers were briefly affected by downed lines or damaged equipment.

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    Grays Harbor County will weather cold temperatures beginning on Wednesday, including the chance of snow across the county. (Aaron Burden / Unsplash)
    Low temperatures coming for Grays Harbor County
    By Michael S. Lockett • February 21, 2023 8:30 pm

    Wednesday and Thursday could see inches of snow across the county

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    Stiff onshore breezes caused several outages countywide on Monday, Feb. 13. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)
    Gusty afternoon briefly knocks out power to coastal...
    By Michael S. Lockett • February 15, 2023 2:30 am

    A brisk winter wind clawed at powerlines and trees

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    Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World 
Ocean Shores Mayor Jon Martin speaks to the North Beach School District about a project to build a tsunami tower near Ocean Shores Elementary School on Jan. 17.
    School board votes against allowing state funding of...
    By Michael S. Lockett • January 19, 2023 2:30 am

    The tower would have been located near the elementary school in the vulnerable city.

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    Courtesy photo / Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
The reinforced storm barrier, the result of an emergency project overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers, will prevent winter storms from thrashing the coastal lowlands of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe’s lands near Tokeland.
    Corps of Engineers, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe finish...
    By Michael S. Lockett • January 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The project was an emergency restoration and reinforcement of a storm barrier

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    Lightning strikes, denoted by the purple marks, hit around the county on Monday, Jan. 10 as a storm system swept through. (Screenshot / Lightningmaps.org)
    Where there’s thunder: Grays Harbor sees lightning with...
    By Michael S. Lockett • January 10, 2023 6:30 pm

    It’s not unheard-of, but it’s hardly a regular event.

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    Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World 
Flotsam litters the beach in Ocean Shores during a winter storm on Dec. 27.
    Grays Harbor endures windy winter weather with elan
    By Michael S. Lockett • December 29, 2022 2:30 am

    The storm didn’t hit the county as hard as expected.

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    • Hoquiam’s Cady, Montesano’s Timmons win top all-league softball awards
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