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Damaged fishing vessel brought to Port
Local Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 10:30amThe 314-foot fishing vessel that caught fire off the coast of Westport Monday has been towed to the Port of Grays Harbor’s Terminal 3 near Bowerman Field in Hoquiam, where it will be inspected by...
Roads tax increase begins on July 1
Local Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 10:30amA voter-approved sales tax increase of .13 percent goes into effect July 1, which will go toward the Aberdeen Transportation Benefit District. The increase takes the tax on retail sales and...
New human resources manager hired in Aberdeen
Local Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 10:30amTumwater Human Resources Program Manager Debbie Lund has been selected by Mayor Bill Simpson and the Personnel Committee of the Aberdeen City Council to replace Linda Hein, who holds the same...
Aberdeen passes emergency pot moratorium
Local Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 10:35amIn a highly unusual move not employed since the early 1990s, the Aberdeen City Council voted last night to suspend its usual rules for adopting ordinances and fast-track an emergency declaration...
City removes red tags from Morck
Local Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 10:36amThe red tags came off the Morck Hotel yesterday, after minority owner Don Sloan acting on behalf of Morck LLC manager Chester Trabucco, paid $148 to the City of Aberdeen for a belated permit to...
The Westport Lighthouse
Local Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:03pmThe sun sets behind the Grays Harbor Light in Westport on Friday. It was recently named the Best Lighthouse on Evening Magazine’s Best of the Northwest. If you have a photo that helps show what...
Man arrested after mischief outside police station
Local Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 11:56amA Grayland man was arrested for a DUI and malicious mischief Wednesday morning in Aberdeen.
The 21-year-old was seen walking to the front of the Aberdeen Police Department with an unsteady...
Medical school plan will work, Inslee says
Local Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 10:39amOLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee downplayed any conflict between the state’s two research universities over operations at the new joint medical school facility in Spokane, saying he wouldn’t even call it...
Monte alum killed in logging accident
Local Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 10:39amA 28-year-old Montesano High grad was killed Monday in a tragic logging accident just west of Cougar.
Kyle Schlesser of Rochester was apparently killed instantly when he was struck by a tree...
City drops funding for Rain or Shine festival
Local Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 10:38amReacting to budget limitations and declining attendance, City Council voted Wednesday night not to fund the decades old Rain or Shine Jazz Festival in favor of adding money to the Independence Day...
