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Tuesday | The Olympian

Mason County: Forest road to close for habitat work

A forest road in the North Fork Skokomish area of Mason County will close July 13 as work gets under way to open more than three miles of fish habitat.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

KIRO-TV Seattle

Woman Rescued From Mason County Fire

Deputies pulled a woman from a burning building on the Skokomish Indian Reservation Thursday morning.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

KOMO-TV Seattle

Trapped woman pulled from burning Potlatch home

Police had to pull an injured woman from a burning mobile home early Thursday morning while five others inside scrambled to safety.

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NWCN.com

Woman suffers serious burns in mobile home fire

Six people were injured in a mobile home fire on the Skokomish reservation Thursday morning.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Herald

1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking

Uncertainty gripped Denny Hurtado as he arrived at Seattle's Burke Museum on Aug.

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Fri May 29, 2009

Kitsap Sun

Estuary Restoration Projects Will Get State Funding

Two Hood Canal estuary-restoration projects, totaling $2.7 million, are among five Puget Sound projects approved for state funding this week.

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Sun Apr 12, 2009

Kitsap Sun

During the Closure: Why Not Enjoy the Drive?

YAHOO! By Kitsap Sun staff Sunday, April 12, 2009 While the closure of the Hood Canal bridge is likely to be a headache for commuters, weekends in May and June are also popular times for tourists to venture out to the wilds of the Olympic Peninsula.

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Sun Mar 29, 2009

The Oregonian

Washington's Lake Cushman gets water accord

After nearly eight decades as more or less a creek, the North Fork of the Skokomish River -- a branch of the Hood Canal tributary all but wiped out by the construction of the Cushman Hydroelectric Project in the 1920s -- has water flowing through it once more.

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Thu Mar 12, 2009

Kitsapsun.com

Mason County Wants Stimulus Funds for Belfair Sewer

Mason County is asking for approximately $30 million in federal stimulus funds, including money for several projects in North Mason, according to a statement from the Mason County commissioners office.

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Tue Mar 10, 2009

The Olympian

Tribes, Olympia will get big boost from stimulus

The city of Olympia and four South Sound Indian tribes are getting almost $1.3 million in federal economic-stimulus dollars to help with housing and related needs in their communities.

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Sun Mar 08, 2009

The Columbian

Our readers' views March 7

Mayors bridging official balderdash Having attended the Columbia River Crossing meetings, I believe the Feb.

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Mon Feb 23, 2009

The Olympian

Northwest natives preserve storytelling tradition

Storyteller Cecil Cheeka, whose father was a member of the Makah Nation and whose mother was a member of the Squaxin Island tribe, explained to a crowd at The Evergreen State College that all stories have a ...

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Wed Feb 18, 2009

Kitsapsun.com

After many years, the forests are healing, naturally and with human help.

Read more in this series at kitsapsun.com/skokomishriver/ . Jerry Twidwell has made his home in the Skokomish Valley for over thirty years.

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Mon Feb 16, 2009

Kitsapsun.com

Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle With Ongoing Floods

Read more in this series at kitsapsun.com/skokomishriver/ . Jayni Kamin J.R. Hunter, a farmer along the Skokomish River.

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Kitsapsun.com

Solutions in Skokomish : Our Views

Unwinding the tangle that the Skokomish River Valley ecosystem has become is no simple task.

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Sun Feb 15, 2009

Kitsapsun.com

A People Bound to the Skokomish River

Lyla Vigil recalls her childhood while standing on the bank the Skokomish River where she lived and played as a child.

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Thu Feb 12, 2009

Kitsapsun.com

Skokomish Valley Residents Still Frustrated

Nearly a dozen projects designed to improve the Skokomish River were described in a meeting Wednesday night, but residents of the Skokomish Valley were unable to contain their frustration.

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Mon Jan 12, 2009

Kitsapsun.com

Tribe, Tacoma Ink Deal on Mason County Dams

Construction starts on Dam 1. March 1926: First generator begins operation. May 1926: President Calvin Coolidge energizes transmission line by telegraph.

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Fri Jan 09, 2009

Kitsapsun.com

Kitsap and Mason Storm Photos

State Department of Transportation traffic control employee Wayne Noll cleans up debris from a mudslide on Highway 166 in Port Orchard across from the Port Orchard Yacht Club.

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Wed Jan 07, 2009

The Olympian

Area prepares for rain and potential flooding

Warm, moist air flowing into Western Washington from the Pacific Ocean could result in major river flooding, landslides and avalanches through Thursday, the National Weather Service predicts.

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