Detectives, rescue crews search Oakville home for missing 5-year-old girl
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Grays Harbor County authorities are looking for missing 5-year-old girl Oakley Carlson. It is unknown when she was last seen, and her parents have been arrested for manslaughter in connection with her disappearance. FOX 13 reporter Matthew Smith is in Oakville with the latest.

Two city blocks evacuated in Hoquiam due to gas leak

Residents and businesses in a two-block radius in Hoquiam were evacuated on Tuesday afternoon due to an uncontrolled natural gas leak. 

Authorities looking for escaped inmate near Elma

Grays Harbor Sheriff’s deputies are looking for an escaped inmate last seen in a work crew near Elma.

Washington state says dozens of vertical evacuation structures are needed on the coast for tsunamis

The Washington State Emergency Management Division released an assessment finding that dozens of vertical structures are needed on the outer coast to ensure people can safely evacuate from a tsunami in time. 

Washington lawmaker wears Star of David in vaccine protest

A Washington state lawmaker is being criticized after wearing a yellow Star of David in protest of COVID-19 vaccine regulations, a display that compared the government’s efforts to protect people from a highly contagious virus with the Nazis’ murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust.

Rising construction material costs impacting contractors, homeowners

Since the pandemic, lumber prices have soared and in some cases by nearly 400-percent. The supply side has impacted prices and ripples across the construction industry.

Landslides pose current, future threats along SR 109 in Grays Harbor County

Landslides are showing their destructive might in Grays Harbor County, but they're also posing a lingering threat that could cut off a coastal community.

Flooding, landslides impact Washington coastal communities

Steady rain fell along Washington state’s beaches Tuesday. The winter weather pushed rivers to run high, flooding roadways and causing landslide to impact travel and large waves are blamed for killing one person in Pacific Beach earlier this week.

National Weather Service: EF-1 tornado touched down in Grays Harbor County

UPDATE: The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 90 mph touched down in Grays Harbor County early Saturday morning. 

Possible tornado in Grays Harbor County
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Radar indicated a tornado struck Grays Harbor County early Saturday, and now the National Weather Service is working to confirm.

Husband, wife presumed dead after man shoots at deputies, blows up house during crisis negotiations

A husband and wife in Grays Harbor County are presumed dead after deputies responded to a domestic violence call Monday night that ended with multiple explosions inside a home and shots fired at deputies. 

Mother of murdered 10 year old speaks out on dispute over removed banners

The mother of a murdered 10-year-old is speaking out on about a longtime dispute centered around a banner about the unsolved kidnapping and murder of Lindsey Baum.

Mother of murdered 10-year-old Lindsey Baum calls for another search for evidence

The mother of Lindsey Baum is calling for more searches of the wooded area of Kittitas County where hunters found a small piece of her 10-year-old daughter’s skull. The fragment was discovered in 2017 more than 100 miles away from where the 10-year-old was kidnapped in 2009 from her hometown of McCleary.

Whale beached in Ocean Shores died from blunt force trauma

A female humpback whale found beached in Ocean Shores, Washington, Monday appears to have died after suffering blunt force trauma consistent with a ship strike, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Ocean Shores businesses prepare for busy weekend amid pandemic

Despite cases of COVID-19 rising, Washington's coastline communities are expecting an influx of people for the Independence Day weekend. It's unclear how many people are expected to show up tot he coast, but businesses, local government, and emergency responders are preparing.