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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Greater Grays Harbor Inc. CEO Dru Garson talks economic development at the regional chamber of commerce’s annual business forum lunch at the Rotary Log Pavilion in Aberdeen Feb. 26.
GGHI outlines focus on training, child care, quality...
By Dan Hammock • March 12, 2019 6:00 pm

Making sure workers have affordable child care, training students so they’re ready for the workforce and selling outsiders on the…

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Grays Harbor County Sheriff Rick Scott
Sheriff instructs deputies to take no enforcement action...
By Dan Hammock • February 4, 2019 6:00 pm

Grays Harbor County Sheriff Rick Scott has instructed his deputies to “take no enforcement action as it pertains to I-1639,”…

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KAT BRYANT | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Tony Robinson, who operates Native Beach Accessories in Copalis Crossing, helped organize the charitable event in Port Orchard. He created this eagle for Ron Pierce, one of the homeowners affected by the tornado.
Chainsaw artists gather in Port Orchard to create...
By Dan Hammock • January 23, 2019 4:30 pm

On Dec. 18, a rare tornado struck Port Orchard, a community of about 14,000 that sits roughly 80 miles northeast…

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PHOTO COURTESY OF CONNIE ALLEN                                The North Cove shoreline at the end of Seamobile Drive was pounded by surf during the Dec. 20 storm, but the cobble piled up by locals to protect the rapidly eroding shoreline appeared to do its job, keeping the loss of land to a minimum.
Rock cobble beach at North Cove working as...
By Dan Hammock • January 8, 2019 7:00 pm

The North Cove shoreline in Pacific County took a beating from high tides and 60 mph wind gusts during the…

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Port could become fiber-optic hub as transatlantic cable landing is considered
Port could become fiber-optic hub as transatlantic cable...
By Dan Hammock • December 19, 2018 1:30 am

The Port of Grays Harbor and the Grays Harbor PUD have joined forces to study building a coastal “landing station” for transoceanic fiber optic cable.

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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Tom Quigg, commercial real estate broker for Windermere Real Estate in Aberdeen, was selected Tuesday to represent District 2 on the Port of Grays Harbor Commission.
UPDATED: Tom Quigg appointed to Port of Grays...
By Dan Hammock • December 5, 2018 4:00 pm

Port of Grays Harbor Commissioners Stan Pinnick and Phil Papac selected Tom Quigg to fill the District 2 Commission seat…

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Proposed BHP potash facility at the Port clears hurdle
Proposed BHP potash facility at the Port clears...
By Dan Hammock • November 14, 2018 7:00 pm

The proposed BHP potash facility at the Port of Grays Harbor has cleared another hurdle as the city of Hoquiam…

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(Courtesy of Polson Museum) The aftermath of the May 1918 fire at the North Western Lumber Co.
Grays Harbor’s contributions to WWI to be showcased
By Dan Hammock • November 6, 2018 1:30 am

Feature-length slide show Nov. 11, the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI

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Dems contributing heavily to Frasier in bid to unseat Walsh in the 19th
Dems contributing heavily to Frasier in bid to...
By Dan Hammock • November 5, 2018 7:00 pm

(Editor’s note: Tuesday’s general election was occurring as the North Coast News was going to press. Results will be published…

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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Sen. Maria Cantwell, at right, talks to Grays Harbor County Sheriff Rick Scott at a panel discussion about opioid addiction in Aberdeen Monday morning. Scott explained his jail is filled to capacity and 90 percent of the inmates suffer from some kind of addiction.
Voices: Sen. Cantwell views Harbor’s opioid epidemic
By Dan Hammock • October 31, 2018 7:00 pm

Law enforcement, social services, medical providers offer local perspective

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Three candidates face off for County Auditor’s primary election
Three candidates face off for County Auditor’s primary...
By Dan Hammock • August 3, 2018 7:00 pm

Two top will move on to the general election in November

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DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                James Donald Walker was sentenced to the maximum of just over 7 1/2 years for second degree manslaughter for the death of James “Jimmy” Smith-Kramer on a gravel bar off Donkey Creek Road just under a year ago. Walker had pled guilty to the charge and four others associated with Smith-Kramer’s death and injuries caused to Henry Phillip Anderson during the same incident.
Quinault Nation president, victim’s uncle speak at Walker...
By Dan Hammock • May 17, 2018 1:30 am

Walker pleaded guilty of manslaughter for the death of Jimmy Smith-Kramer

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DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD                                Students and guests at the Ocosta School take part in a tsunami drill Wednesday afternoon. The fortified gym building, the flat-roofed building over the buses, is designed to safely hold hundreds of people and to withstand a worst-case tsunami scenario.
Tsunami Road Show: ‘big one’ due any time,...
By Dan Hammock • April 17, 2018 8:00 pm

Presentation at Ocosta gives locals possible scenarios, tips for getting through them

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