Belfair News

On a Thursday night in a small town that can feel like the end of the world, some of its inhabitants came to the end of their ropes.

The North Olympic Peninsula took a step closer Thursday to status as a global center for ocean energy.

Don LePere brought laughs and floated bubbles to the crowd at Saturday's Tahuya Days Parade.

By Barbara Clark Originally published 12:01 a.m., June 30, 2009 Updated 03:39 p.m., June 30, 2009 ALLYN - Redrawing Mason County's hospital district boundaries can be a straightforward process or a long one, a curious crowd was told Monday night in Allyn.

Everett-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is scheduled to leave the city in 2013 for maintenance and likely will be replaced by another ship.

A citizens group that wants to expand the boundaries of Belfair's new Public Hospital District 2 has scheduled an informational meeting for Monday.

The state is proposing long-range solutions to address traffic and safety concerns on Highway 3. Which would you add to that list? A bridge over Sinclair Inlet, paid for by tolling.

Another failed levy election has Tahuya teetering toward losing its paramedic service.

Helping people extend the life of their septic systems is one goal of a free workshop Sunday in Belfair.

The $54 million tunnel project, started in July 2007 to route ferry traffic away from pedestrian traffic in the Bremerton downtown area, is near completion and ready for the July 6 grand opening.

Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and, Perhaps, Bounceback? By Rachel Pritchett Saturday, June 20, 2009 POULSBO - Boxlight Corporation of Poulsbo, the pioneer seller of computer projections systems that rocketed off the growth charts in the 1990s, is nearing the end of a painful and protracted demise.

Hood Canal from Seabeck to Belfair has turned an alarming color - it ranges from red to slightly orange - as the result of a massive plankton bloom, officials say.

A plankton bloom has turn Hood Canal orange and red from Seabeck to Belfair. The Kitsap Sun reports the plankton is not harmful to people or marine life.

Mason County commissioners made a surprise budget cut Tuesday by eliminating the job of Betty Wing, director of operations.

One of Poulsbo's landmark companies, Boxlight, has moved to Belfair. The pioneer in computer-based presentation tools started in Poulsbo in 1985.

Mitchell and June Laskoski of Belfair will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a gathering of family June 20.

The Belfair bypass, though postponed indefinitely and stripped of its funding, remains the most important road project between Bremerton and Shelton.

Lynette George is raising money to hang banners on street poles in Kingston, Belfair and Bainbridge Island.

The Port of Bremerton Board of Commissioners Friday approved the purchase of a 2.13-acre parcel along the Bremerton waterfront intended to provide parking for the Bremerton Marina.

At least one official wants the public to help brainstorm solutions to Mason County's ongoing budget woes.