Mason County News

Ron Henrickson ... out as director of Community Development and Planning. County of San Juan None at this time.

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.

The ground search for a missing Grays Harbor County girl has been suspended, but the search into her Internet history is intensifying.

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

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

Mason County's budget struggles have cost another manager her job, and more shuffling of duties may be in the works to save money.

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.

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

A 41-year-old Mount Vernon woman was arrested June 19 for stealing a 32-inch television from Wal-Mart in East Bremerton.

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

Barbara Sneddon of the state Department of Licensing welcomes customers Thursday including Lynn Villella and Olympian reporter John Dodge.

A North Mason County woman is hospitalized after crashing her car on Highway 3 Sunday morning.

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

This morning, a search is underway for a woman who disappeared from her home in Mason County.

Mason County fire districts and Department of Natural Resources crews on Sunday evening battled a brush fire along Highway 302.

An out-of-control brush fire burned 2 wooded acres northeast of Case Inlet on Sunday, according to firefighters with Mason County Fire District 5. Crews were called to the 2500 block of Highway 302 about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

A brush fire in Mason County is causing traffic problems along State Route 302. The fire broke out around 4:30 PM Sunday south of Belfair, just two miles east of the State Route 3 intersection.

Memorial Day travelers took to the roads in force Monday afternoon and evening, causing extensive delays from Interstate 5 north of Olympia all the way to the Canadian border.

The Department of Corrections and the Mason County Sheriff's Office are investigating the death of an inmate who was found hanging in his cell Thursday morning at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton.

The Mason County coroner and sheriff are investigating the death of an off-road motorcycle rider on a dirt bike trail behind the Washington State Patrol Academy, at 631 W. Dayton-Airport Road.