Marrowstone News

The Yankee Sundowner, which nearly sank in Mystery Bay about a month ago and had to be hauled out because it leaked diesel fuel, may be declared a derelict vessel and destroyed by the state Department of Natural Resources, which took possession of the vessel.

World-famous Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer has bought a million-dollar waterfront home on Marrowstone Island - and has been apparently living there with her family on a part-time basis.

Jefferson County Public Utility District produced a record volume of water Tuesday -- 1.5 million gallons -- and the agency's water resource manager says it's time for PUD customers to conserve, especially since an upswing in temperatures is expected.

Jefferson County Public Utility District is trying to acquire a water line easement from Naval Magazine Indian Island, just inside the ordnance-storage base's southern fence now topped with coils of concertina razor wire along state Highway 116.

Sea-turbine blades are on the cutting edge of alternative power-generating technology.

The U.S. Navy is taking steps to design and install a hydropower system offshore of Marrowstone Island and wants to float the proposal in front of the public before it sinks any turbines.

The state Department of Health has issued a warning that the outer area of Mystery Bay will be closed to commercial shellfish harvest in early August because of too many mooring buoys and boats.

Two Olympic Peninsula tribes say federal, state and county officials have failed to protect tribal shellfish beds in Marrowstone Island's Mystery Bay in violation of treaty rights.