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The North Mason High School baseball team took on Olympic League rival North Kitsap on Saturday at Cheney Stadium - home of the Tacoma Rainiers. The Bulldogs fell 13-8 to the Vikings in the game....
Mason County Auditor Steve Duenkel told Mason County commissioners at Tuesday’s regular meeting his office hopes to try an alternative to using signatures for ballot verification. Duenkel said last year the Legislature passed a law allowing counties to propose projects in a future election to replace signature verification with a different authentication method. His office wants to use either a voter’s state driver’s license number or state identification number, along with date of birth, as the alternate means for ballot authentication. The v...
The City of Shelton's Transportation Benefit District tax, passed by voters in 2015, is set to expire and the Shelton City Council on Tuesday night gave final approval to put a proposed extension of the tax before voters on the Aug. 5 primary election ballot. The council gave the move preliminary approval at its April 1 meeting. In May 2015, the then-Shelton City Commission established the Shelton Transportation Benefit District to provide a funding mechanism for transportation improvements that preserve, maintain and operate the planned...
The City of Shelton will remove a sewer bypass line that runs below Goldsborough Creek next to the state Route 3 bridge. The Shelton City Council on Tuesday evening gave preliminary approval to hiring Parametrix, an on-call engineering design consultant, to design the removal of a sewer bypass pipe under the creek. The council can make the move official with a final vote on the project at its meeting at 6 p.m. May 6 in the Shelton Civic Center. The city has a gravity sewer line that extends betw...
Paul Revere commemoration A commemoration of Paul Revere's midnight ride happens from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Wilde Irish Pub, 423 Railroad Ave. in Shelton. The event will feature costumed British and colonials, collector coins and Revolutionary War trivia, according to organizers. It's part of the America 250 celebrations, a national initiative to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, happening in 2026. For more information on national events, go to...
Olympic Mountain Ice Cream will be moving its home operation from the Skokomish Valley to a Port of Shelton building by March 2026, according to a timeline presented by the Port Executive Director Wendy Smith. "Stuff like this is always going along great and then unfortunately, nobody is in the business of an ice cream processing building," Smith said at the port's April 1 meeting. Olympic and the port announced in May 2024 that the ice cream maker would lease an 11,500-square-foot building at...
Dessert auction fundraiser by Care Net Care Net hosts its annual dessert auction fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. May 17 at The Pavilion, 190 W. Sentry Drive in Shelton. Tickets are $25 or a table for eight people for $150. For tickets, call 360-427-9171 between noon and 4 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, or email director@sheltoncarenet.org. Care Net is a nonprofit organization that supports people with ultrasounds, pregnancy tests and STI tests. It also offers free diapers, formula, clothing, baby furniture and life education. The group is...
The Mason Health Foundation added two members to its board of directors, Lyle Lewin and Carol Phipps. According to a news release from Mason Health, “their leadership and dedication to the Mason County community will further the Foundation’s mission to support quality health care in Mason County.” Lewin brings a wealth of experience in business management and health care. A native of Grays Harbor County, Lewin graduated from Montesano High School in 2003 and earned a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University and then a master...
Mark Earth Day April 22 in City of Shelton The Shelton City Council on Tuesday declared April 22 to be Earth Day in the city. The proclamation in part states “the City of Shelton is gateway to the magnificent Olympic Peninsula and the Olympic National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness Area, and whereas the City of Shelton has historically relied upon, and, indeed, was founded upon, the resources from the waters of the Puget Sound and from the surrounding forests, resources tended now and since time i...
School bus driver cited in accident A Shelton School District bus driver involved in a March 13 accident while carrying 29 teenagers has been cited for second-degree negligent driving. The bus was northbound on state Route 3, just north of Johns Prairie Road around 3 p.m. when it “failed to yield,” striking a Nissan Leaf turning left, according to a Washington State Patrol news release. The car then struck an oncoming GMC Sierra truck. Two Shelton High School students, both 15, were injured and taken to Mason General. Drivers of the car and...
PUD 3 earned two national awards for safety and financial reporting. The utility received a “diamond” award, the highest level, from the American Public Power Association’s 2024 Safety Award for Excellence for safe operating practices, according to a PUD 3 news release. “As part of our core values and vision, PUD 3 prioritizes safety and stewardship. These awards show that those priorities go beyond a mere statement and are woven into our efforts every day,” PUD 3 CEO Annette Creekpaum said in the release. More than 200 utilities entered. The a...
Mason County Realtors The Mason County Association of Realtors is offering three $1,000 scholarships to Mason County residents graduating from a Mason County high school in 2025. Applications are due by the end of the day May 10. The Mason County Association of Realtors state the award of academic and vocational scholarships will be based on financial need, seriousness of purpose, qualities of leadership and citizenship contribution to the community, ability and capacity for continued development, academic achievement and ability to communicate...
Douglas Reed, president of Seattle-based Green Diamond Resource Co., announced the retirement of Galen Schuler, the longtime vice president and general counsel. Deputy General Counsel Kristen Karabensh replaced Schuler effective April 5. "It's hard to believe it has been more than 20 years since Galen accepted the role as our top legal counsel," Reed said in a news release. "In those years, he guided Green Diamond into a future that includes multi-decade habitat conservation plans and wise...
A sneak preview of the Upcyled Fashion Show from the HUB Center for Seniors is on display through the end of April at the Belfair Self Storage Gallery in Belfair. Manager Barbara Treick created the fashion wear from clothes donated at the HUB's thrift store. Photos by Heather Reese of last year's event are also on display. "This creative collection is a celebration of sustainability, style, and second chances, proving that fashion can be both fabulous and eco-friendly," according to the news...
Port of Allyn commissioners canceled a contract to finish exterior work on the Sargent Oyster House at the Port of Allyn Waterfront Park after the contractor stopped communicating with the port. Tremont Builders agreed to fabricate door and frames, paint the exterior, repair siding and install beveled corner boards, among other tasks, according to a contract signed in January. Executive Director Travis Merrill said Tremont hasn’t returned phone calls in weeks. “We’ve had no contact in three weeks,” Merrill said at the port’s regular meeting M...
Man arrested after four-car crash in Bremerton A Belfair man has been arrested for DUI after allegedly driving the wrong way on state Route 3 in Bremerton, causing damage to four vehicles April 11. According to the Washington State Patrol, Joaquin Jose Luis, who is listed as Jose Luis Joaquin-Raymundo on Kitsap County Jail records, 35, was driving south in the northbound lane on Route 3 at milepost 35 around 11:30 p.m. His Toyota RAV4 struck a vehicle, continued driving, striking another vehicle head-on. A fourth vehicle struck debris in the...
It began when Michael O'Sullivan, then president of the North Bay Historical Society and Bonnie Knight from the Port of Allyn, met with representatives from the Department of Fish & Wildlife (DFW) about purchasing the property where the Sargent Oyster House was located. They (DFW) had purchased the property to be used as mitigation for another area. Taylor Shellfish was also interested in saving the building. The person assigned to oversee North Bay had attended University of Washington...
Bigfoot appeared at Schafer State Park Saturday, in historical and contemporary accounts retold by Marc Myrsell, a land surveyor who has been researching the creature for over 30 years. Myrsell spoke as part of the interpretive series sponsored by Friends of Schafer and Lake Sylvia state parks. Myrsell was born in 1966 and grew up in a "renaissance age" of the unexplained in pop culture, he said. As he got older, he realized land surveying skills could help with "research of the unexplained," he...
Community Lifeline may be closing, leaving homeless individuals scrambling to find emergency shelter, meals, showers and other services. Erin Martinache, president and board chair of Community Lifeline, told the Journal the shelter is underfunded. It accumulates around $40,000 of monthly bills and gets about $25,000 in grant and donation money a month. "That's still $15,000 underfunded," she said. In February, the Shelton City Council voted to give a $20,000 emergency grant to the organization....
Cracked, broken Olympic Highway North is a step closer to a deep $5 million makeover. The Shelton City Council is slated to award a design contract for the project at its meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Shelton Civic Center. The council heard a presentation on the ambitious project by Aaron Nix, the city's assistant public works director, at its April 1 meeting. "This is one of the biggest projects that we have forthcoming, all awarded via grant money," Nix told the council. In 2022, the city...
Learn how Shelton City Council operates Anyone considering running for a spot on the Shelton City Council or wants to learn more about how the city operates can attend the event “Spotlight Shelton: City Government 101” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 29 at the Shelton Civic Center, 525 W. Cota St. The Shelton City Council has seven members who are responsible for policy-making for the city. Each is elected to a four-year term. Council members are elected citywide and four spots are up for grabs in the fall election. Four council members are ser...
Pioneer refinances municipal bonds The Pioneer School District on April 3 completed a public sale of $14,965,000 of unlimited tax general obligation refunding bonds, the district announced in a news release. The purpose of the sale was to refinance the callable portion of the district’s outstanding 2015 bonds. According to the district, the refinancing will save the district’s taxpayers $1,766,756 over the next 15 years. The Pioneer School Board approved the issuance of the refunding bond at its Jan. 28 meeting. The district monitored bond mar...
This story is from a history of Margaret McDonald written by her granddaughter Carmelita O'Neill Shackleford in 1966, and from the McDonald family file at the Mason County Historical Society Museum. "My maternal grandmother, Margaret LaPlant McDonald, was born in Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada, on January 7, 1849, and was married there on November 15, 1869, to Donald McDonald, one of five brothers. After spending a year in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, they set out for the West. They traveled by train...
Easter egg hunt for kids in Union The New Community Church of Union hosts a community Easter egg hunt starting at 1 p.m. April 19 at 951 E. Dalby Road in Union. Kids ages one through 12 can participate. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information, call the church at 360-898-7855. Ride the rails on Easter Bunny Special The Peninsular Railway and Lumbermen’s Museum hosts its annual Easter Bunny Special event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Simpson’s former Stillwater yard 10 miles west of Shelton. Tic...
