TUMWATER, Wash. - The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) said today it hopes for good attendance at public hearings next week on proposed workers’ compensation insurance rates for 2010.

The agency noted that heightened interest by workers’ compensation stakeholders, including a pre-hearing rally planned by the Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) October 28 in Tumwater, are good reminders of the importance of all voices being heard in the public hearing process.

“I look forward to hearing what members of the BIAW and other employers and workers have to say,” said Bob Malooly, assistant director for L&I’s Insurance Services Division. “It is a reminder that we need to hear from all stakeholders with an interest in workers’ compensation. Employers and workers all need a sound workers’ comp system when unfortunate injuries and illnesses occur in the workplace.”

MONTESANO, Wash. - Grays Harbor County will conduct its monthly countywide AHAB (All Hazard Alert Broadcast) Siren test on the First Monday of every month, at noon.

AHAB sirens are located in Pacific Beach, Copalis Beach, Ocean City, Ocean Shores, Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Westport and Grayland.  All Grays Harbor County sirens will be included in the test beginning at noon.

  On Monday, November 02, 2009 the AHAB Tsunami Warning Sirens throughout Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties will be tested at noon. The test will include the Westminster Chimes followed by a short TEST message.

GRAYLAND, Wash. - Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott said that after investigating an uncloathed body that washed ashore in Grayland, they are now looking for a second victim of the mishap.

The body of 47 Year Old Teri Dascher of Kingston, Wasington was found Friday morning. Scott said that Dascher and 51 year old John Phillip Stapp were last seen aboard the Connie B, a 25 foot Coronado Sail Boat, which set sail from King County and had spent the last few weeks under repairs at the Westport Marina.

Scott said "At this point, the Coast Guard has not located the wreckage, nor have we located him" According to friends and family of the two, the boat left sometime around October 16th, headed for the South Pacific.

MONTESANO, Wash. - A local auto group could have some trouble with the state attorney general's office, with an apparent subsidiary being sued by the state. A lawsuit filed this week in Clark County Superior Court accuses RGH Marketing, of Happy Valley, Ore., and Robert G. Hubbard, Jr., of violating the Washington's Consumer Protection Act, Promotional Advertising of Prizes Act and Dealers' Licenses Act.

Hubbard lives in Oregon and is the general manager of Interstate Auto Liquidators, based in Vancouver, Wash. RGH Marketing claims on its Web site that it is a wholesale division of Whitney's Auto Group.