Long road to Mason County

Cadine Ferguson-Brown began her tenure as Mason County Superior Court judge in May, filling the shoes of Amber Finlay.

Ferguson-Brown's road to Shelton was long, but she said she enjoyed it.

"I don't have any intentions of leaving Mason County," Ferguson-Brown told the Journal. "I do appreciate the people that I work with. I love being in a small community, smaller than King County. In Jamaica, I grew up in the rural parts of Jamaica, I grew up in a small, close-knit community and that's what I've always wanted in my life."

Ferguson-Brown's journey to the court in Shelton began in Jamaica. Whe...