Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

When our society finds a better way to archive public records for the people, it will have the full support of this newspaper.

Public notices (legals) are the surest way to let citizens know how their tax dollars are being spent.

They also create a permanent and secure record of the business of your government and they have run in these pages for decades.

That won’t always be the case.

Publishing online has been a boon to getting news into the hands of more people, and in getting government information to its citizens.

But online dissemination of information is tragically flawed, precise...