Brinnon News

An attorney representing residents opposed to a 252.6-acre master-planned development planned at Black Point has appealed a Thurston County decision supporting the resort.

A group of about 20 Brinnon residents gathered Tuesday afternoon at the river-damaged end of Dosewallips Road in Olympic National Forest to show support for rerouting it around a washout that prevents vehicles from entering the forest and Olympic National Park beyond.

A small stretch of popular forest road on the west side of Hood Canal was lost to a raging Dosewallips River back in 2002.

The attorney representing residents opposed to a 252.6-acre master-planned development at Black Point and Pleasant Harbor Marina improvements -- the Brinnon Group -- said Tuesday that he and his clients will consider appealing a Thurston County judge's decision rendered Friday.

The students in Karen Gambel's Chimacum Elementary School class were quietly working at their desks when the door opened.

School board representatives from throughout East Jefferson County have formed a partnership, launched discussions about sharing resources and discussed the possibility of consolidating four school districts into one.

Postal carriers in East Jefferson County collected more than 13,000 pounds of nonperishable food for food banks in the 2009 Stamp Out Hunger drive earlier this month.

It's been three weeks since the Hood Canal Bridge was closed for six weeks, and Jefferson County businesses say they are noticing a difference -- and some of the news is good.

Tom Walker, from Shelton watches as his belt sander 'Sand Devil' crosses the finish line ahead of 'Stanley Steamer' owned by Brinnon's Larry Hartley during the belt sander races at the Brinnon ShrimpFest in 2007.

Beyond Kitsap continues the journey along Highway 101. After a breakfast like that, with all the major food groups covered - your bacon, potatoes, cheese and blueberry cobbler - you've no choice but to be productive with your day.

A single-car rollover wreck backed up traffic for 5 miles on U.S. Highway 101 the day after the closure of the Hood Canal Bridge prompted unusually heavy use of the road that runs along the Hood Canal.

A rollover collision blocks both directions of Highway 101 at McDonald Creek Bridge, 5 miles south of Brinnon.

If you take U.S. Highway 101 off the North Olympic Peninsula while the Hood Canal Bridge is closed, don't be surprised if you see a lot of law enforcement.

Louisiana can boast about their shrimp, but they don't match up in any way, shape or form to the jumbo spot shrimp in our marine waters.

Steven Wayne Gray, 46, of Shelton, was hospitalized after law enforcement officers found him unconscious on a beach off Linger Longer Road just after noon on Saturday, authorities said Monday.

A small earthquake shook an area on the Olympic Peninsula on Monday morning. A report from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network says the quake at 6:10 a.m. had a magnitude of 3.6 and occurred about 26 miles west of Brinnon and 53 miles west of Seattle.

A celebration of life for Kirk Lakenes will be held at the Quilcene School multi-purpose room Sunday, March 29, 2009, at 3 p.m. A potluck will follow.

Like a character in a fairy tale, the Quilcene Community Center is undergoing a transformation from ordinary to beautiful, inside and out.

If you're going for a drive down U.S. Highway 101, make sure you check the gas tank first.

The 80-acre clearcut, approved in late 2007, harvested about 1.75 million board feet of timber, state Department of Natural Resources records show.