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Dozens of people attended the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Grays Harbor/Willapa Bay salmon forecast meeting Wednesday at the Montesano City Hall. Pictured fielding questions are Grays Harbor biologist Mike Scharpf and Annette Hoffmann, Fish and Wildlife Region 6 fish program manager.

Grays Harbor, Willapa salmon fisheries will see another...

By Dan Hammock • March 2, 2017 8:30 am

Willapa Bay salmon forecast released at Wednesday meeting, Grays Harbor numbers not ready

More than half of area schools K-3 grades qualify for state poverty class size funding

More than half of area schools K-3 grades...

By Dan Hammock • March 2, 2017 8:30 am

Designation based on percentage of school’s students qualifying for free or reduced price lunches

Ariana Barre’ was crowned Miss Grays Harbor 2017 Saturday evening. She is a student of biochemistry and psychology at Seattle University, performed a vocal rendition of “What I Did for Love” from the musical A Chorus Line and, during the formal wear competition, confessed she self-identified as a Harry Potter superfan.

Ariana Barre crowned Miss Grays Harbor 2017

By Dan Hammock • March 2, 2017 8:30 am

Outstanding teen award goes to Aberdeen High’s Paicyn Dragoo

The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife is accepting public comment this month on proposed hunting rule changes for the 2017-18 season. Increased goose bag and possession limits are part of the recommendations, in response to the growing number of geese in the state.

Proposed hunting rules include elimination of local elk...

By Dan Hammock • February 16, 2017 6:30 am

Public comment accepted through Feb. 22

Dungeness crab fisheries valued at about $220 million annually may face a strong downturn over the next 50 years, according to research recently published in the journal Global Change Biology. BARB AUE | SOUTH BEACH BULLETIN

Ocean acidification to hit Dungeness crab fishery, new...

By Dan Hammock • February 9, 2017 8:30 am

$220 million industry could face strong downturn in the next half-century

Players from the Port Angeles Threat basketball team took the top spot in the 2017 Larry Quinn Memorial Basketball Tournament, held at Bo Griffith Gymnasium in Montesano Saturday and Sunday. In the foreground handing out championship t-shirts is one of the tournament’s organizers, Roni Sue Toyra. In the back, second from the right, is Renee Quinn, Larry’s widow. Larry was a much-loved Montesano High School girls basketball team coach who died suddenly in the summer of 2013. This year’s tournament, the fourth, raised thousands of dollars for Montesano High School scholarships.

Larry Quinn Memorial basketball tournament draws 150 girls

By Dan Hammock • February 2, 2017 1:30 am

Beloved Montesano girls basketball coach honored, proceeds fund scholarships

Protest against Trump nominations at Grays Harbor County courthouse Friday

Protest against Trump nominations at Grays Harbor County...

By Dan Hammock • February 2, 2017 1:30 am

Organizers banded together recently to picket Ocean Shores Roanoke Republicans gathering

Elma Winter Wine Fest serves up regional wines, local seafood, homegrown entertainment

Elma Winter Wine Fest serves up regional wines,...

By Dan Hammock • January 24, 2017 1:30 am

Tenth annual event draws hundreds to taste the best the region has to offer

County commission’s plan to open collective bargaining contract negotiations likely to pass

County commission’s plan to open collective bargaining contract...

By Dan Hammock • January 24, 2017 1:30 am

Vote to increase transparency in process postponed due to commissioner’s absence

What was an empty dry storage warehouse just a month ago is rapidly taking shape as a state-of-the-art marijuana growing operation. The Enterprise warehouse at the Satsop Business Park will house a large marijuana grow facility as early as April, which will employ up to 70 people. The lower level is being separated into growing houses, which will nurture the marijuana plants at different points of the growing process; the upper level will be an electrical mezzanine to accommodate all the wiring and ductwork required for such a facility. DAN HAMMOCK THE DAILY WORLD

Construction at cannabis growing facility proceeding quickly

By Dan Hammock • January 19, 2017 8:30 am

Satsop Business Park grower expects operations to begin in early spring

Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Jim Unsworth has sent a proposal to Governor Jay Inslee that asks the 2017 Legislature to consider substantial increases in recreational fishing and hunting licenses. Unsworth said rising management costs have left no alternative to raising the cost of licenses if hunters, like those targeting blacktail deer, and anglers want to maintain and grow hunting and fishing opportunities in the coming years. Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Jim Unsworth has sent a proposal to Governor Jay Inslee that asks the 2017 Legislature to consider substantial increases in recreational fishing and hunting licenses. Unsworth said rising management costs have left no alternative to raising the cost of licenses if hunters, like those targeting blacktail deer, and anglers want to maintain and grow hunting and fishing opportunities in the coming years.

Fish & Wildlife proposes significant hikes to fishing,...

By Dan Hammock • January 19, 2017 8:30 am

Director: No getting around it, new funds required to maintain fishing, hunting opportunity

Oil case — Tribe and environmentalists win major victory in state Supreme Court

Oil case — Tribe and environmentalists win major...

By Dan Hammock • January 19, 2017 8:30 am

Foes claim victory, but Contanda plans to proceed ‘with building and operating this project’

Firefighters from District 5 and the Elma Fire Department responding to reports of a residential structure fire at the end of the 200 block of Newman Middle Branch Road in Satsop arrived to find the home fully engulfed. The resident of the home and her pets were able to escape. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (Grays Harbor Fire District #5 photo) Firefighters from District 5 and the Elma Fire Department responding to reports of a residential structure fire at the end of the 200 block of Newman Middle Branch Road in Satsop arrived to find the home fully engulfed. The resident of the home and her pets were able to escape. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (Grays Harbor Fire District #5 photo)

Satsop home destroyed by fire Monday night

By Dan Hammock • January 19, 2017 1:30 am

Resident, pets made it out safely, fire took more than an hour to knock down