Press Release Stories

We have an update this afternoon to an incident GHS first posted on its Facebook Page and GHScanner alert app for subscribers where on Saturday 12th January a person was rushed to the hospital after being stabbed.

On December 25, 2018, at 0908 hours, a citizen reported a sheen of fuel on the Hoquiam River originating from the area of a privately-owned boatyard in the 200 block of Monroe Street. 

Grays Harbor Fire District 5 was dispatched to a residential structure fire in the 100 block of Blockhouse Road N Sunday, December 9th, 2018 at 6:34 PM.  On initial dispatch, it was advised that the structure was known to be abandoned. Several callers calling in stated that the structure was fully involved.

A Washington State Patrol Report says that a driver at the cause of the accident on State Route 12 east of Elma Friday night is being charged with hit & run, DUI, obstructing and driving while license suspended.

We have an update this morning on the incident that occurred on North Washington Street early Christmas morning where one man was shot.  

Lt. Dale Green with the Aberdeen Police Department has more below.

It has been in the news recently that the City of Aberdeen is looking at an ordinance requiring business owners maintain control over their shopping carts as they have become a nuisance throughout the city being left on sidewalks and empty lots.

No major injuries in a collision that involved an Aberdeen Police Officer on Monday says Lt Chastain with the Aberdeen Police Department -

The Ocean Shores Police Department says that while they were engaged in the possible hostage situation another call that was going on at the same time was a 15-year-old girl was on a roof of a local hotel wanting to jump.

The Aberdeen Police Department shared some winter safety tips as well as seasonal warnings with the cold weather upon us for the winter. Some of the warnings include things such as not leaving your car unattended while it is running, and leaving car doors unlocked giving criminals opportunity. 

A 67-year old Ocean Shores man was arrested after allegedly threatening a neighbor with a stun gun and a knife.

The Ocean Shores Police Department took a man into custody Tuesday night in what started out as a disorderly person in their parking station parking lot that then ended after he was barricaded in his home with a woman and child locked in a bedroom.

N. West Blvd was closed for several hours Friday night while the Aberdeen Police Department investigated a hit and run vehicle vs pedestrian accident where the pedestrian sustained serious injuries.

The Washington State Patrol says that the driver that struck a pedestrian Sunday morning on State Route 12 near Buswell Rd is not at fault for the incident. 

On December 29, 2018, Ocean Shores PD Sgt. Watson arrested a 39-year old Aberdeen man on warrants out of Spokane County for Murder 2, Robbery 1 and Robbery 2. The man was also charged with a number of traffic offenses.

An update from the Grays Harbor County Sheriffs Department this evening says that Amy Johnson, the escapee from a work crew in Elma was not apprehended.  She is not considered dangerous as she does not have a violent history but the public is asked to call 911 if seen.

An accident that had a street closed Wednesday late afternoon into the evening in Aberdeen had seen 54 people transported to Community Hospital and a 13-year-old girl being transferred to Harborview in Seattle due to serious injuries.

An accident on Tuesday morning during one of this falls wetter storms saw 2 transported to Community Hospital for injuries after the vehicle attempted to pass another and lost control according to the Washington State Patrol.