Hoquiam News

Professional initiative promoter Tim Eyman says he'll be back next year with another ballot measure, and how state lawmakers handle taxes in January will have a lot to do with what he proposes.

A big, luscious slice of pie is a special treat at any time of the year, but the holiday season from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day is when this dessert becomes a requirement.

"Um, hello. This is John...Swenson. I just wanted to know...is your refrigerator running?" Your average 7th-grader knows that when making a prank call it's best to throw your voice down an octave or two.

A state task force on open records issues has agreed unanimously that the Legislature should create a new Office of Open Records that can sort out public-records disputes.

A young Hoquiam boy was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Saturday night after he ran in front of a car and was struck, Washington State Patrol troopers reported.

An Olalla man was injured Saturday afternoon while riding a motorcycle in Grays Harbor County.

The old adage, "A picture is worth a thousand words" deepens in meaning when confronted with David Small's emotional cartoons in his recently released memoir, Stitches.

Police arrested a 20-year-old Hoquiam man who took his mother's purse and keys when she refused to give them to him.

A coyote in the road has been blamed for a one-car crash south of Lake Quinault.

One down, one to go. Grays Harbor PUD is working to fix the second of two power outages in the Grays Harbor City area.

Money isn't flowing to state parks from Clallam County vehicle owners renewing their registration, who can choose to allow a $5 charge to be added to their fee to help keep three North Olympic Peninsula parks open, among others statewide.

Washington's subsidized health care program for low-income workers will be back on the chopping block next year as lawmakers try to deal with a new budget shortfall of more than $1 billion.

I have 15,000 sq ft of roofing. everything from the wood to the shingles, charcoal in color, and everything in between.

Aberdeen is a smoky little logging town about twenty miles inland from the Washington coast bordering Hoquiam, another little smoky logging town.

Ain't nobody here but us chickens: The Washington coastal city of Hoquiam is considering a change to its ordinances that would limit residents who keep chickens to four hens, banning roosters altogether.

With the excited flap of ruffling feathers around his feet, Anthony Crumpler tipped the bucket of feed to the hungry beaks.

HOQUIAM, Wash.,- At Grays Harbor Paper, the focus is on producing high quality, recycled paper in a sustainable, environmentally-friendly manner.

A high temperature of 87 broke a record in Hoquiam, but chances are dropping of other hot-weather records falling, said KIRO 7 Chief Meteorologist Rebecca Stevenson.

Southwest Washington flirted with triple-digit heat on Wednesday as Kelso hit 99 degrees and Vancouver set a record for the day at 97.

An invitation-only health care forum set Friday by the Clallam County Democratic Party Central Committee will include speakers from local hospitals and health clinics.