02/25/11 The Daily World OLYMPIA -- Rep. Dean Takko, D-Longview, tried to convince state representatives on the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee this week to overhaul the way industrial stormwater permits are issued, which he says are currently too burdensome and expensive for businesses....
02/25/11 The Daily World A 22-year-old Tumwater woman died in a head-on car crash Friday evening along Highway 12 near Olympia after crossing the centerline while allegedly texting on her cell phone. The State Patrol reported Ashley R. Davis-Jones died shortly after 5 p.m. Friday when she crashed into a...
02/24/11 BY MARQISE ALLEN The Chronicle CENTRALIA -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced Thursday that the planned 11-mile levee system built in and around Centralia and Chehalis may not meet the federal agency's cost-benefit ratio if built to ward off a 100-year flood event. "A hundred year...
02/24/11 The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a high wind warning for the north and central areas of the coasts for Monday February from 6 a.m. until midnight. The warning includes all coastal cities and towns in Grays Harbor County. Very windy conditions will affect inland areas as...
02/23/11 The Chronicle & The Daily World The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis say they are considering not forming their individual flood taxing district to pair with those organized in Lewis, Thurston and Grays Harbor counties. "Why are people still building in the floodplain?" said Mark White, the...
02/23/11 DEBORAH TRACY The Daily World In a howling wind and drenching rain more fit for a pontoon than a party, ground was broken Saturday in Aberdeen for the Pontoon Construction Project, expected to bring more jobs to the area in one fell swoop than any public works project in recent memory.
02/14/11 MANUEL VALDES Associated Press OLYMPIA -- Lawmakers in Washington state -- one of two states in the country that still let illegal immigrants obtain driver's licenses -- are moving forward with bills that would ask for proof of legal residency. About half a dozen bills have been introduced in the...
02/13/11 BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH The Daily World OLYMPIA -- Should it be the responsibility of pharmaceutical companies to provide a place where the public can properly dispose of unwanted or unneeded prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs? Rep. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, has proposed legislation that...
12/28/10 BY JACOB JONES The Daily World Port of Grays Harbor officials intend to borrow about $10 million by issuing bonds after losing a grant they hoped would pay for a massive railroad expansion at the waterfront. Finance Director Mary Nelson said the Port was not selected for a crucial federal grant...
12/28/10 BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH The Daily World Homeowners living in unincorporated parts of Grays Harbor could face their first garbage rate hike in four years next month, while those living in cities won't see an increase. The state's Utilities and Transportation Commission is currently taking public...
12/26/10 BY JACOB JONES The Daily World Despite weather delays and underwater challenges, transportation officials still expect the Simpson Avenue Bridge in Hoquiam to re-open to traffic in early January. Project engineer Scott Ireland, with the state Department of Transportation, told Hoquiam business...
12/26/10 BY DEBORAH TRACY The Daily World An opportunity to lead the school she attended as a child is the fulfillment of a dream for Cherie Patterson. Patterson has been selected as the new superintendent/principal for the Cosmopolis School District, which she attended from kindergarten through eighth...
12/25/10 BY ANGELO BRUSCAS The Daily World OLYMPIA -- Former Westport mayor and ex-State Patrol trooper Doug Merino lost his battle to avoid jail time on a 2008 conviction related to insurance fraud Friday when a Thurston County judge refused his request for a new trial and ordered him to immediately begin...
12/25/10 BY JACOB JONES The Daily World A 28-year-old Silverdale man faces charges he choked and repeatedly shocked a woman with a stun gun during an argument in a Hoquiam apartment this week. James R. Johnson has been charged with domestic violence assault in the second degree for the alleged attack...
12/24/10 By Daily World Staff Grays Harbor County Commissioner Terry Willis just barely retained her position as chairwoman of the Chehalis Basin Flood Authority on Thursday.
12/12/10 BY DAVID HAERLE The Daily World The classical sounds of Tchaikovsky and tiny dancers will fill the 7th St. Theatre this weekend as a fledgling local ballet academy offers four presentations of "The Nutcracker." The Lighthouse Ballet Academy, recently founded by former Los Angeles dancer and...
12/11/10 BY JILLIAN BEAUDRY The Daily World ELMA -- The Elma City Council last night passed a 2011 budget that maintains current service levels and doesn't force any staff cuts, although the issue of potential layoffs is still in the background. In discussion of the $6 million budget before its approval,...
12/10/10 BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH The Daily World Grays Harbor County Commissioner-Elect Herb Welch says the county should hold off on hiring a new Building Director until after he takes office in January. Welch says he wants to make sure he has a say in the way the new stand-alone Building Department is run....
12/10/10 Come Dec. 17, some lucky Harborite will become the winner of a sweet ride -- a 2010 Zone Park NEV-48 EX Premium electric golf cart. The candy-apple red, four-passenger, street-legal cart will be given away during a live drawing on local radio station Sunny 102.1 FM as part of a fundraising effort...
12/01/10 RAY TOSTE: HE'S NOT JUST THE CRAB GUY, SEE SUNDAY PROFILE BY STEVEN FRIEDERICH The Daily World WESTPORT -- Crab fishermen will pull up their pots along the West Coast starting Dec. 1 -- but the commercial fishing fleet will have to sit out along the waters off Westport until mid-January. Those... | 
