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Officers from several different departments respond to a standoff situation Tuesday at a home on Academy Street in Montesano. One man, who officers say charged at them with swords, was shot and taken to Grays Harbor Community Hospital with what were described in the police statement as life-threatening injuries. (Josh Jessen photo)
Officer-involved shooting in Montesano
By Dan Hammock • April 16, 2019 8:00 pm

One man taken to hospital after police say he charged them with swords.

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Ian Wagreich | U.S. Chamber of Commerce                                Congressman Derek Kilmer, left, accepts the Spirit of Enterprise Award April 4 from U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue.
Congressman presented with national award for business support
By Dan Hammock • April 8, 2019 6:00 pm

Congressman Derek Kilmer received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s annual Spirit of Enterprise Award on April 4, in recognition of…

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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                The Morck Hotel in Aberdeen is among the dozen buildings in downtown Aberdeen listed on a state database of structures that may be dangerous in the case of an earthquake.
Scores of buildings on Harbors may not be...
By Dan Hammock • March 29, 2019 6:00 pm

A interactive database launched in March identifies buildings across the state that could — emphasis on “could” — pose a…

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More than 100 local seats open for election this year
More than 100 local seats open for election...
By Dan Hammock • March 22, 2019 6:00 pm

A loaded 2019 election is stacked with seven mayors, two Port of Grays Harbor commissioners and a slew of city…

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COURTESY GRAYS HARBOR DRUG TASK FORCE Along with thousands of plants, bags and boxes of marijuana buds were seized from homes and even some storage units, including some in Hoquiam after police found a receipt for a storage unit in one of the illegal grow houses.
Sales of seized Green Jade property can be...
By Dan Hammock • March 11, 2019 6:00 pm

The sale of property seized in the Green Jade illegal marijuana grow busts of late 2017 will fund future narcotics…

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Ryan Michael Harless
McDermoth Elementary teacher accused of child rape
By Dan Hammock • February 15, 2019 6:00 pm

Incident with 11-year-old alleged to have happened in Marysville.

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(Louis Krauss | Grays Harbor News Group) From left, Lila Erickson, Kendlynn Garmin and Deacon McCracken sled down a hill at Sam Benn Park Monday morning.
Cold, sunny weather expected most of the week...
By Dan Hammock • February 4, 2019 7:00 pm

Next chance of snow arrives in GH County Friday

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DAN HAMMOCK | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Bria Jessie Danner, 35 of Aberdeen, made her first court appearance Thursday, charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 53-year-old Sung Sil Kim at the GuestHouse Inn on West Heron Street Wednesday.
Suspect in GuestHouse Inn murder sent for mental...
By Dan Hammock • February 3, 2019 11:40 am

Bail set at $500,000, mental health evaluation ordered

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Grays Harbor County Sheriff Rick Scott
Sheriff instructs deputies to take no enforcement action...
By Dan Hammock • February 1, 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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MARCY MERRILL PHOTO                                Pacific County Drainage District #1 commissioner David Cottrell, left, speaks with Paul Bayle, a researcher from the University of Bath in England in North Cove Wednesday. Bayle is researching dynamic revetment and is placing a lidar tower along the beach to track the work being done by locals to preserve the shoreline.
Agency to watch how rocks in ocean move
By Dan Hammock • January 18, 2019 4:00 pm

Department of Ecology will track movement of 140 rocks to gauge effectiveness of North Cove shoreline preservation efforts

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KAT BRYANT | GRAYS HARBOR NEWS GROUP                                Chainsaw artist Brandon Levesque, owner of BAD Yard Art near Hoquiam, created many of his signature bears out of wood from trees felled by the tornado.
Chain-saw artists gather in Port Orchard to create...
By Dan Hammock • January 14, 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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Aberdeen legislators draft bill to make the razor clam the official state clam
Aberdeen legislators draft bill to make the razor...
By Dan Hammock • December 19, 2018 7:00 pm

Call it bipartisan bivalve legislation.

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PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF GRAYS HARBOR                                From left, PUD commissioners Dave Timmons, Russ Skolrood and Arie Callaghan joined Port of Grays Harbor commissioners Stan Pinnick and Phil Papac for a joint special meeting Tuesday to learn about the potential benefits a transoceanic fiber optic cable landing could have on the region. Also discussed was a plan to increase the power capacity at the Satsop Business Park.
Study: Schafer Island Beach best spot to land...
By Dan Hammock • December 19, 2018 7:00 pm

Schafer Island Beach near Westport is the best location for receiving transoceanic fiber-optic cables destined for a landing station at…

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