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Man dies in Saturday skydiving accident
A 33-year-old Snohomish County man died in a solo skydiving accident Saturday afternoon in the 11000 block of U.S. Highway 101 near Sanderson Field. According to Mason County coroner Jaime Taylor, the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the...
Seven candidates for Shelton City Council
Seven candidates have applied for three positions on the Shelton City Council on the Aug. 2 primary ballot. Friday was the deadline to register for the election, with 85 people applying for 63 offices. The primary will whittle the candidates down to...
Legislative Briefs
State reps vote ‘yes’ on drug bill State Republican Reps. Dan Griffey and Travis Couture, both from Allyn, voted ‘yes’ on a law on drug possession and use May 16 during a 2023 special legislative session. According to a news release, the...
News Briefs
Shellfish hearing moved to June 14 The Taylor Shellfish proposed floating oyster bag proposal in Oakland Bay has been moved to 1 p.m. June 14 at Mason County Building 1. According to the agenda on the hearing examiner’s website, Taylor Shellfish...
Sign up for Goldsborough Creek Run/Walk/Jog
Runners and walkers can sign up for the annual Goldsborough Creek Run/Walk, staged June 2 as part of the Mason County Forest Festival. The Centennial Guild of Mason General Hospital Foundation stages the event, with the proceeds helping purchasing...
Fire 12 recall makes August ballot
Mason County Fire District 12 commissioners John Pais, Albert Wilder and Brian Jutson could lose their positions after the county auditor certified recall petitions filed against them. The recall meas...
Port of Hoodsport seeking state, local money for docks
The Port of Hoodsport’s efforts to satisfy the conditions of renewing the lease on the port’s dock from the state Department of Natural Resources have yielded mixed results. Port Commissioner Cody Morris reported May 10 that he had found more tha...
Shelton High targeted in shooting hoax
Shelton Police, Mason County Sheriff’s Office, Squaxin Island Police and Skokomish Police responded to what turned out to be a false account of a student with a gun at Shelton High School. According to the City of Shelton social media, the...
Weekend fires erupt
A fire that began Saturday on Kamilche Point Road just south of Shelton spread to 41 acres before it was contained and extinguished by the state Department of Natural Resources. According to DNR...
Legislators tout state project money
Keeping state Route 3 Freight Corridor construction on track and securing $1.5 million for Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center in Shelton are among the gains for the 35th District in the state's...
Nine receive Mason Health scholarships
Mason Health awarded full-ride medical pathways scholarships to nine students from Shelton High School's Health Sciences Academy. The students were honored at a presentation May 10 at Mason General...
Commission hesitant of Sherwood Forest opposition
The state Department of Natural Resources is scheduled to sell timber in the Sherwood Forest at 10 a.m. May 23 at the South Puget Sound Region Office in Enumclaw. Mason County commissioners addressed...
YSS Dive's Hood Canal cleanup doubles participation
When John and Katherine Yackel founded the YSS Dive Shop in Hoodsport in 2020, they saw it as their responsibility to protect and advocate for Hood Canal. Hood Canal - technically a fjord - includes...
Sheriff's Office arrests two for domestic violence
The Mason County Sheriff’s Office arrested Tyler John Lagasa, 28, and Hope Bates, 21, for assault in the first degree with domestic violence on Thursday evening on East Sleaford Road near Shelton. According to MCSO Chief Deputy of Operations Jason...
County Briefs
Central Mason fire has busy weekend Central Mason Fire and EMS responded to 62 calls last weekend. According to a news release, CMFE fought a brushfire Sunday morning off Ritz Road on Harstine Island. The fire was 100-by-20 feet burning in...
County group sues over timber sale
Mason County Climate Justice and the Legacy Forest Defense Coalition are suing the state Department of Natural Resources over two timber sales in Mason County. The lawsuit alleges that DNR, agency director Hilary Franz and the Board of Natural...
Community airs permit concerns
Residents can make their voices heard about Taylor Shellfish’s proposal for an oyster-growing operation in Oakland Bay at a public hearing at 1 p.m. May 24. The meeting is with Mason County hearing examiner at the Commission Chambers at 411 North 5...
Massive fire draws big response
Central Mason Fire and EMS received an "all call" dispatch May 3 after a commercial structure fire broke out at All West Coast Auto Wrecking north of Shelton on state Route 3. According to a news...
Swatting locks down Shelton High School Thursday
Shelton High School was put into lockdown on Thursday due to a swatting call. According to a City of Shelton Facebook post, Shelton Police along with the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, Squaxin Island Police and Skokomish Police responded to an...
News Briefs
Hurricane Ridge Lodge fire Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge went up in flames Sunday afternoon. According to a National Park Service news release, nobody was in the structure at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. Clallam County Fire Distric...
Oakland Bay permit application
A public hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. May 24 by the Mason County Hearing Examiner for Taylor Shellfish’s application for a permit to grow Pacific oysters and install a floating oyster bag array in Oakland Bay. According to a notice of...
Hood Canal selects leader
Lance Gibbon, a former superintendent of the Oak Harbor and Snoqualmie Valley school districts, will be the superintendent of the Hood Canal School District, pending a contract agreement. On Monday...
Candidates eyeing council openings
So, you want to serve on the Shelton City Council? May 15 to 19 is the time to file for one of the three council positions open on the November election ballot. On April 25, about two dozen potential...
Duenkel shakes up election office
Mason County Auditor Steve Duenkel made some changes after taking office in January, including moving the Auditor's offices upstairs in Building 1 of the county downtown campus. "Everybody has their...
City Briefs
Free trash disposal for city residents City of Shelton residents can dispose of household garbage and trash for free between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. May 13 and 20 at the intersection of First and Grove streets, the former Mell’s lot in downtown Shelton....
