Grays Harbor County News

Rain squalls and possible hail storms are possible in the next few hours over parts of Thurston and Lewis counties.

WEEKEND: Port Angeles, it's time to get your groove on for Juan de Fuca fest -- 5/24/12 -05:34 PM North Olympic Peninsula officers are conducting special patrols focused on the correct use of seat belts and child safety seats during the Memorial Day weekend.

Olympians Hiking Club members will meet in the DSHS parking lot at 9:30 a.m., Saturday for a hike to the top of Mt.

Margaret Chastain and six friends were plenty annoyed at management of the "Queen for a Day" television program at the Seattle World's Fair today.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is looking for Amanda Lee Bassell, 23, a suspect wanted in connection to an early morning stabbing in the 18700 block of Elderberry St.

On Friday morning, Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan seemed to be unopposed in his bid for a third term, but by the end of the day, two candidates had filed bids to unseat him.

PEO Sisterhood, Chapter DP will meet at 11:30 a.m., Monday in the home of Carole Vammen.

As part of a training exercise Friday, Thurston County SWAT Team members stormed an Intercity Transit bus where a man playing the role of a gunman had taken eight riders hostage including one he had already "shot." The first SWAT team member on the bus, Deputy Cameron Simper, was struck with a paint round after another team member threw a ... (more)

Montesano, WA - Nine law enforcement agencies in Grays Harbor County will be joining other participating agencies in a special statewide emphasis patrol to insure that all drivers and passengers are wearing their seat belts or in approved child safety seats during special enforcement patrols on Friday, May 21st through June 3rd.

Elma, WA - Satsop Business Park's governing board, the Grays Harbor Public Development Authority, voted unanimously Tuesday to direct staff to develop organizational options for the future of the 1,700-acre business and technology park.

Rather than forming an ad hoc committee to examine courthouse security, Clallam County commissioners have directed an existing security panel to appoint its own subcommittee to study the issue.

A motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon when he plowed head-on into an oncoming SUV near McCleary in Grays Harbor County, the Washington State Patrol reported.

He was just pulled from a school bus during a mock drill Thursday involving about eight agencies from around Thurston County, including fire and ambulance crews, Thurston County Sheriff's deputies and Washington State Patrol troopers.

Clallam County commissioners will revisit a proposed resolution to appoint an ad hoc committee to study courthouse security issues Tuesday.

An idea hatched in a grants committee meeting of the Grays Harbor Community Foundation resulted in a $130,000 investment in five school districts throughout Grays Harbor County as part of a focused Technology in the Classroom Initiative.

Olympia, WA - The state Department of Ecology recently awarded more than $18.8 million in grant funding to 95 city and county government agencies to support waste reduction and recycling and solid waste enforcement in Washington.

Montesano, WA - Chuck Wallace, Deputy Director of the Grays Harbor County Emergency Management Agency reccommends the following actions if you see tsunami debris on Washington's coast.

State Rep. Kevin Van De Wege announced Monday that he will seek a third two-year term in the state House of Representatives.

The state Department of Social and Health Services has reached a $2.85 million settlement with a young woman who was returned by the agency to live with her sexually abusive father seven years ago when she was 13.

Weyerhaeuser kin, a combat veteran who antes $500,000 to own campaign, makes congressional election a race -- 4/30/12 -07:17 PM State Rep.