Sheriff's Deputies today launched a second search for David J. Curtis, 42, Shelton.  Investigators aided by more than 60 searchers from Mason, Thurston, Grays Harbor, Kitsap, King, Pierce and Skamania Counties are again combing the heavily wooded area around Mill Creek about 2½ miles east of Shelton.  The area being searched has been expanded to about 9 square miles.  Searchers are using dog teams, horses and ground searchers to comb the area for Curtis.

The homeless man was reported as missing from his campsite near Mill Creek on June 12.  Family members reporting Curtis missing told officers he had not been seen for about 9 days prior to the report.  Investigators say Curtis maintained a room at a nearby residence, and camped near the banks of Mill Creek.  Deputies also say that it is unlikely Curtis would have missed his son's graduation.  Witnesses say Curtis left property behind he would not have normally left.   David Curtis is described as a white male, 5'2", 120 lbs., red hair and brown eyes.  He is known to have medical issues involving seizures.

McCLEARY, Wash. - The Grays Harbor County Sheriff's department is making room for a new base of operations in the search for a missing McCleary girl.

The base of operations for the search will be in the County Sheriff's offices starting this weekend.

Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott tells KBKW that the McCleary Bear Festival this weekend required the parking and rooms that were being used to accommodate the investigators in the case. "We'll work out of here, go to McCleary as needed, and be able to follow up on leads outside of McCleary in a more organized fashion."

Officials will begin tearing down the extensive interagency efforts in McCleary, and releasing some of the 15 to 10 officers per day that have been assisting in the investigation. "We're going to have to accept that this is going to be a case that's assigned to a smaller team of officers" said Scott.

Earlier in the week deputies and investigators gave the McCleary family some breathing room on Tuesday - Lindsey's 11th birthday.  The father, Scott Baum, says he wants to see his daughter again before he deploys to Iraq. Baum is a member of the Tennessee National Guard and says he's set to deploy in a few weeks.

Scott said that video footage taken from a nearby Shell station yielded no stand-out leads, some leads are still being investigated from the video. Scott added that the footage is now being investigated by forensics teams, in hopes of enhancing some of the video.

Grays Harbor County Sheriff Mike Whelan says that investigators have received many tips, and that so far the investigation has yielded no primary suspects. "We've been sending teams of detectives out to follow up on those tips" "as far as suspects are concerned, we don't have anyone that we can say is the suspect"

Investigators would still like to talk to anyone who may have seen anything in McCleary between 9 and 10 pm Friday - june 26th when the little girl failed to return to her home on Mommsen Road from a friend's house on Maple street a few blocks away.

     Lindsey turned 11 years old on Tuesday, and is described as 4 foot-9, 80 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a grey pullover hoodie with blue jeans and black shoes.

 Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Grays Harbor Emergency 911 Center at 360-533-8765, toll free at 866-915-8299,  or the McCleary Police Department at 360-495-3107.

The following photo is from the KBKW studio.

This Saturday Night at Grays Harbor Raceway located at the Fairgrounds in Elma, it will be the annual Whitney's Auto Group Fireworks Extravaganza show that will represent Mid Season Championship.    All six local classes will be in action including the Whitney's Auto Group 360 Sprint Cars, Shipwreck Beads Modifieds, Triple X Ford Focus Midgets, Cut Rate Auto Parts Hobby Stocks,  Cruisers and  Hornets.  Grays Harbor Raceway is a ASA  Member Track.

The front gate will open at 4:30 pm on Saturday Night, with racing to start at 7:00 pm.

For more information please go to www.graysharborracewayway.com or call the Raceway office at (360) 482-4374.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Attempts to free the grounded barge New Dawn with an additional tugboat  near Hood River, Ore., were unsuccessful Thursday.

Working closely with Tidewater Tug and Barge, the owners and operators of the New Dawn, the Coast Guard approved a salvage plan to free the barge from the sandbar. The plan calls for an empty fuel barge to be brought alongside in order to transfer gasoline off the grounded vessel. This process, known as lightering, will decrease the draft of the New Dawn so that it may be freed from the river bottom.