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Articles by Dan Hammock
After a decade, knowing didn’t bring relief
After a decade, knowing didn’t bring relief
By Dan Hammock • June 27, 2019 5:30 pm

Melissa Baum wears a silver necklace holding a small silver pendant with a ruby. Contained within the pendant are half…

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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Dozens of community members attended the dedication of the Lindsey Baum remembrance garden Wednesday at Beerbower Park in McCleary. Wednesday was the 10-year mark of Lindsey’s disappearance.
East County remembers Lindsey Baum with a memorial...
By Dan Hammock • June 27, 2019 1:30 pm

As lighting flashed and thunder roared Wednesday evening in the skies over McCleary, Melissa Baum spoke to dozens of candle-holding…

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COURTESY MICHELLE AMES                                Landscape architect Gerald Mertl of Cosmopolis created the plans for the Lindsey Baum memorial garden and managed the landscaping. Mertl has gone above and beyond for this project, according to project lead Michelle Ames.
Memorial garden for Lindsey Baum to be dedicated...
By Dan Hammock • June 24, 2019 5:30 am

The Lindsey Baum memorial garden at Beerbower Park in McCleary will be dedicated at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 10…

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COURTESY LANE YOUMANS                                Lindsey Baum and her brother, Josh, speak with then McCleary Police officer John Graham at the Shop with a Cop event in December 2008. A little more than 6 months later she disappeared blocks from her home in McCleary.
10 years later, still no arrest in the...
By Dan Hammock • June 21, 2019 5:30 pm

It was hot in McCleary June 26, 2009. Lindsey Baum, just weeks shy of her 11th birthday, had spent part…

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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                State Department of Transportation Multimodal Development Manager Theresa Turpin talks to attendees of a June 12 open house about the preferred option for the replacement of the Heron Street Bridge in Aberdeen.
Pre-design work on Heron St. Bridge pushed back...
By Dan Hammock • June 20, 2019 5:30 pm

Pre-design work on a replacement for the Heron Street Bridge in Aberdeen won’t begin until 2024, five years later than…

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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Westport Marina Business Manager Molly Bold stands on the freshly-paved surface of the Westport boat launch parking area.
Westport boat launch parking area paved, other marina...
By Dan Hammock • June 20, 2019 9:30 am

The much-improved asphalt parking lot at the Westport Marina boat launch is nearly ready to welcome boaters this summer, and…

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Latest ‘hold harmless’ one-time school funding estimates released
Latest ‘hold harmless’ one-time school funding estimates released
By Dan Hammock • May 28, 2019 1:30 am

The Aberdeen School District will get about half of the “hold harmless” funds previously estimated, while Hoquiam will receive over…

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Dave Pimentel
Undersheriff Pimentel retires after 37 years with the...
By Dan Hammock • May 21, 2019 5:30 pm

With little fanfare, Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Dave Pimentel retired Friday after 37 years of service to the county.

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Pete Papac
Pete Papac, founder of Papac Logging, dies
By Dan Hammock • May 13, 2019 3:30 pm

Longtime Monte resident remembered as “hard worker and he expected everybody to work hard for him.”

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Candidates list grows, especially in Ocean Shores
Candidates list grows, especially in Ocean Shores
By Dan Hammock • May 13, 2019 3:30 pm

Still few contested races in county

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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                State Historian John Hughes, right, talks with Channel Point Village Executive Director Maggie Birmingham, foreground, Thursday. Also pictured is Grays Harbor County Commissioner Randy Ross, far left, and Port of Grays Harbor Commissioner Tom Quigg.
Secretary of state, state historian talk living history...
By Dan Hammock • May 9, 2019 4:30 pm

State Historian: ‘There are a lot of stories here that need to be recorded’

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$10 million for North Shore Levee in 2019-21 state capital budget
$10 million for North Shore Levee in 2019-21...
By Dan Hammock • April 29, 2019 5:30 pm

Hoquiam fared well in the recently passed 2019 state capital budget, with $1,152,403 going directly to the city and a…

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(Josh Jessen photo)Officers from several different departments responded to standoff situation at a Montesano home Tuesday afternoon.
Officer-involved shooting in Montesano
By Dan Hammock • April 16, 2019 8:00 pm

Story updated April 17 at 10 a.m.

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