01/02/09 The global economic downturn had cooled off the retail sales in Hong Kong, a free port known for its convenience for shopping. The value of total retail sales in the cosmopolis moved up only1.1 percent over a year earlier to provisionally estimated 20.5 billion HK dollars (2.65 billion U.S. dollars) in November, revealed the Census and Statistics Department's latest readings here Friday. After ...
 01/02/09 Going to See the Elephant By Rodes Fishburne Delacorte Press; 293 pages; $22 People often underestimate what it takes to be a writer. If only they had the free time to put pen to paper, they could dash off the Great American Novel in a matter of weeks. Why...
 12/30/08 I tried a little experiment in 2008: living smaller. I caught public transport only. I got rid of extra lightbulbs. I baked my own bread. I froze my own dumplings. I didn't buy any gadget. I didn't buy any CD. I didn't get a flatscreen TV. No home phone; no home internet; no cable TV; no new art; no gin.
 12/18/08 Tyee's holiday guide to pleasing even the toughest booklovers.
 12/16/08 MACLEOD PAPPIDAS | THE DAILY WORLD Siblings Alexis, left, and Connor Fargo of Hoquiam take a turn down the biggest hill at Sam Benn Park Sunday as snow blanketed Grays Harbor.
12/10/08 A jury awarded more than $900,000 in damages Monday in a civil case stemming from the 2001 death of a 13-year-old Cosmopolis boy.
12/09/08 MACLEOD PAPPIDAS | THE DAILY WORLD Students of the Grays Harbor College woodworking class pose in front of a fleet of handmade wooden toys that will be distributed to local kids for Christmas.
11/25/08 KATHY QUIGG | THE DAILY WORLD Steady with the eyes, 6-year-old Kaitlyn Gibby and dozens of Cosmopolis School kids have fun learning how to juggle during an arts program at the school on Thursday.
11/23/08 Dan Jackson | The Daily World An Aberdeen firefighter douses a flare-up at the front of an RV that caught fire Saturday night in South Aberdeen. A motor home was destroyed in a spectacular blaze Saturday night, leaving an Aberdeen couple with no home and virtually no possessions.
 11/14/08 Heavy rain swelled rivers across Western Washington, causing numerous road closures and prompting authorities to recommend evacuations in some areas. No injuries or serious property damage were rep
 11/13/08 Majors rivers are cresting, floodwaters surround some homes and flood warnings remain in effect for many local rivers.
 11/13/08 The Puget Sound region will get a break today and, most likely, the rest of the week from the relentless rain that pushed rivers over their banks Wednesday and prompted some areas to declare emergency status.
 11/13/08 The National Weather Service says the flooding rivers in Western Washington have crested.
 11/13/08 The National Weather Service says the flooding rivers in Western Washington have crested. The Weather Service continued flood warnings Thursday for high water on the way down the Snohomish,...
11/13/08 SEATTLE - The National Weather Service says the flooding rivers in Western Washington have crested. The Weather Service continued flood warnings Thursday for high water on the way down on the Snohomish, Snoqualmie and Skykomish rivers....
11/13/08 KATHY QUIGG | THE DAILY WORLD The Mill Creek dam burst Wednesday morning, breaking the pedestrian bridge at the north end of the Mill Creek Pond, and flooding nearby residential areas.
11/13/08 The cleanup begins as some of the flood waters recede -- revealing flooded basements, damaged homes and log jams.
10/29/08 Grays Harbor Fire District 2 has pulled out of the Regional Fire Authority Planning Committee, dealing a devastating blow to the plan to bring together several fire districts and cities under one fire department.
 10/29/08 For 20 years, the Finnish band Laika and the Cosmonauts have been taking the American surf-music traditions and adding bits of psychedelia, classicalism and Euro-weirdness to become one of the leading lights of instrumental rock.
 10/29/08 The following strategies are working to get homes sold across the nation! Not every one of these str...
10/28/08 Former Cosmopolis Mill top bidder Richard Bassett of Charlestown Investments was rebuffed in his efforts to secure the same deal the Grays Harbor PUD had with Evergreen Pulp. | 
