The Grapeview School District will be asking voters in August to approve a four-year, $2.6 Million Capital Levy. This levy will pay for the District’s portion of the new North Mason High School, since the majority of Grapeview students go to the Belfair school after eighth grade. Continue reading
An earthquake shook Seabeck Wednesday morning. According to the USGS, the 2.4 magnitude quake occurred at 8 AM and was centered four miles south-southwest of Seabeck at a depth of nearly 13 miles. No damage has been reported.
Mason County PUD No. 3 Commissioner Linda Gott has been elected to the Energy Northwest Executive Board. Gott will serve a four-year term on the Executive Board which sets the policies that govern the operations of the organization. Her new term begins June 17. Continue reading
The measure to build a new school and expand and improve other facilities in the Pioneer School District is a little short once again short of the 60% needed to pass. After ballots were counted Tuesday night and more Wednesday afternoon, the nearly $27 Million, 25-year bond had 59.53% approval. That’s 1,658 voting “Yes” and 1,127 voting “No”. Next ballot count is scheduled for 4 PM May 5, the day before the election is certified. Continue reading
A 12-year-old Boy Scout died Saturday after being struck in the head by a log in the Hamma Hamma Wilderness area of the Olympic National Forest. According to authorities, the incident occurred somewhere on the Lower Lena Lake Trail, close to the Mason/Jefferson County Line. It was unclear exactly how and where the accident occurred, but access to the area was on the Mason County side. Deputies from both Mason and Jefferson Counties responded, along with Fire Rescue personnel from Mason County Fire Districts 17 and 18 and Search & Rescue volunteers from Mason, Jefferson and Kitsap Counties. Continue reading
A Mason County K-9 unit helped Shelton Police apprehend an armed burglar early Monday morning. About 4 AM, Shelton officers requested assistance regarding an individual who was observed entering a residence in the 2500 block of Lacrosse Court through a window. The intruder pointed a firearm at the homeowner and then fled the are while discharging his pistol. The homeowner was not hurt. Deputy Nathan Birklid and K-9 “Jano” (pictured here) responded and tracked the suspect for a few blocks before finding some items of clothing that were identified as belonging to the armed burglar. The Deputy and “Jano” continued their track into the woods where they found the suspect. Continue reading
The following is police activity in Mason County reported from Saturday, April 12, 2014 to Friday, April 18, 2014. Continue reading
Mason County Public Works is closing Johns Prairie Road on Wednesday and Thursday. The closures will begin at 7 AM each morning with the roadway reopening to traffic at 4 PM each afternoon. The closures are necessary to allow crews to perform maintenance work on the roadway going down the hill between Highway 3 (milepost 3.77) and the old location of Capital Hill Road (milepost 3.3). Continue reading
As we approach the construction season, no major construction projects are scheduled in the coming week on State Highways but there is still some work that will impact traffic. Continue reading
The Washington State Department of Health has released its annual list of commercial shellfish growing areas that are threatened with closure due to high levels of fecal bacteria and there are two areas in Mason County on that list. Health officials identified 14 of Washington’s 101 commercial shellfish growing areas that could be closed in the future if fecal pollution continues to get worse. Among those 14 are an area of Hood Canal near Alderbrook (Hood Canal #6) and McLane Cove on Pickering Passage. An area of Hood Canal in Jefferson County, near Dosewallips State Park (Hood Canal #3), is also on the list. As are Henderson Inlet in Thurston County; and Penrose Point and Rocky Bay in Pierce County. Continue reading
The Mason County Sheriff’s Office says a Level 1 Sex Offender has recently returned to Shelton and is now registered as homeless. According to a bulletin, 33-year-old Adam Lee Inman is required to register as a sex offender due to a 2005 felony conviction in Alaska for Sexual Abuse of a Minor 3rd Degree. This conviction is due to when Inman was 25 years old, he provided alcohol and then sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl. Inman was originally arrested for Sexual Assault of a Minor with Penetration 2nd Degree. Inman also has a 2007 conviction for Failing To Register As A Sex Offender. However, he has not had any further criminal convictions since then. Continue reading
A 62-year-old Shelton woman reported missing Tuesday night has been found safe. The Mason County Sheriff’s Office reports Nataliya Leovna Sharavska Burgdorf was speaking with detectives Friday morning.
The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the pubic’s help in locating a missing 62-year-old Shelton woman. Nataliya Leovna Sharavska Burgdorf was reported missing by her husband around 8:45 PM Tuesday when she failed to their home on East Burgundy Road. Nataliya had gone to a community play rehearsal on Harstine Island earlier in the evening. Continue reading
The Mason County Sheriff’s Office says that there wasn’t an attempted abduction Monday in the Grapeview area just neighbors watching out for neighbors. Within 30 minutes of releasing the information asking for help locating a suspect, the wife of the unidentified subject and the boy’s mother called the Sheriff’s Office explaining that many people in the area understand the boy is developmentally disabled and several Block Watch people in the community keep an eye out for the boy. Continue reading
The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a man who attempted to abduct a 13-year-old boy in the Grapeview area Monday. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the suspect is a white adult male, possibly named “Jimmy”. He was driving a red and white Ford extended cab pickup truck. Continue reading