Shelton News

Hula dancers sway before a crowd of lavender lovers at Sunshine Herb and Lavender Farm on U.S. Highway 101 east of Blyn on Friday.

A 61-year-old Olympia woman drove into Hood Canal Friday after she allegedly fell asleep at the wheel of her truck.

State Rep. Kathy Haigh of Shelton has long been a moderate and an advocate for public education, but her two challengers in the Aug. 5 primary are offering voters a more conservative option in the 35th Legislative District.

Campaigns to unseat longtime maverick state Sen. Tim Sheldon are coming from two directions this year - with Democratic businesswoman Irene Bowling aiming from the left and Republican Travis Couture gunning from the libertarian right.

Mason County commissioners enacted a six-month moratorium on new businesses processing or producing recreational marijuana, after complaints were lodged by residents.

Charles C., 90, Olympia, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at Garden Courte Memory Care.

A 47-year-old Allyn man is dead, and a 34-year-old Shelton woman is in jail after the woman allegedly shot the man in the face at his home in the 100 block of Sherwood Lane E, in Allyn around 9:11 p.m. Thursday.

Top it all off by watching the Grand Parade on Capitol Way at 5 p.m. Saturday, the South Sound Voice singing competition at 7 p.m. Saturday, and the fireworks over the lake at about 10 p.m. Sunday.

Arla Shephard / Special to the Kitsap Sun Candidates for Senate and House seats in the 35th District answered questions at a candidate forum Monday in Shelton.

GLENDALE'S HOVHANNISYAN FALLS TO MAICELO ON 'FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS' Glendale News-Press Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News July 12, 2014 Saturday by Grant Gordon, Glendale News-Press, Calif.

After the fight, Johnson put forth a breakthrough performance against a dangerous puncher, and even in defeat, gained a lot of fans.

In-Studio Guest: WBO Lightweight Titlist Terence Crawford The July 11 edition of ESPN Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra and ESPN Deportes' Noche de Combates presentado por Corona Extra will feature undefeated Middleweight Mike "Imagine Me" Gavronksi and Tureano "Reno" Johnson in the 10-round main event.

Medics responded to a 911 call just after 10 p.m. Friday at a house on the 100 block of Rockwood Drive in the Island Lake area, just north of Shelton.

Brock Ingram, of Canby, Ore., pushes wires into PVC pipes that hold the shells for Friday's 20-minute choreographed fireworks show, which will send sparks as high as 1,200 feet above Lake Union.

Sponsors of an initiative to decrease Washington public school class sizes have turned in more than 325,000 signatures to the Washington secretary of state's office.

Gary Shaw Productions and Antonio Leonard Promotions are happy to announce the return of their highly touted prospects, Kenneth "Bossman" Sims Jr. and Eduardo Martinez .

The 1976 AMC Pacer sedan owned by Brandon Furrer's grandfather still gathers a crowd at car events, including the 14th annual Mason County Historical Society Car Show Sunday in downtown Shelton.

Fresh off the success of a nearly two-year Las Vegas residency, Taylor Hicks rocked the Skookum Creek Event Center at Shelton, Washington's Little Creek Casino on June 26, 2014.