Hoodsport News

For the past five years, Doug and I have been very lucky to be a part of such a wonderful community, first in Cathlamet, then in Naselle.

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.

Traffic slowdowns on U.S. 101 reportedly have eased late this afternoon after going-home traffic off the North Olympic Peninsula caused a backup of southbound near Hoodsport, Mason County, around midday.

Holiday traffic was tedious at times for Memorial Day weekend travelers returning home on Washington highways.

With the Hood Canal Bridge closed , those who chose the north Olympic Peninsula for their long weekend are trudging through a 9-mile backup on the highway near Hoodsport.

I hope you didn't get sick of reading about rhubarb last week because there's more to learn, believe it or not.

Part 1 in a 4-part series: Beyond Kitsap along a forgotten stretch of Highway 101, brought to light by the Hood Canal Bridge closure.

If youa TMve somehow missed the media blitz, the past few years of planning sessions or the flashing signs along the highway, then you heard it here first: the Hood Canal Bridge is closing.

The closure of the Hood Canal Bridge will create headaches for commuters, but it will bring new customers to businesses on the detour route.

Wine, Wags and Whiskers to benefit Kitsap Humane Society. Sampling wines and supporting dogs, cats and other creatures will go hand-in-hand April 18.

An Oregon woman has died after a diving accident in Washington's Hood Canal. The Mason County sheriff's office says 42-year-old Jauna Marian Gilnett of Eagle Creek, Ore., died Monday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 12:01 a.m., March 23, 2009 Updated 03:38 p.m., March 23, 2009 HOODSPORT - An Oregon woman died Monday morning after a diving accident Sunday afternoon in Hood Canal.

The Mason County Parks Department is recruiting park hosts. People are needed from April through October at Foothills Park near Hoodsport, Mason Lake Park near Grapeview, and Truman Glick Park near Matlock.

The number of job openings statewide has dropped 32 percent in less than a year, according to a state Employment Security Department survey, and South Sound employers that are still hiring have received a flood ...

A 42-year-old woman died Thursday after being struck by a car on U.S. Highway 101 seven miles north of Shelton.

A Port Hadlock garbage truck driver and a Port Townsend dump truck driver were hurt Tuesday morning in a head-on collision on a snow-covered stretch of U.S. Highway 101 near Mount Walker.

Long before "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World," became a best-selling book and soon a movie, the Ocean Shores Library Board voted in favor of adding library staffers with fur.

Reintroduction of the fisher, a large, stocky member of the weasel family, continues today in the Olympic National Park in the Staircase area of Lake Cushman near Hoodsport.

By Barbara Clark For The Kitsap Sun Originally published 12:01 a.m., January 12, 2009 Updated 12:24 p.m., January 12, 2009 MASON COUNTY Broad swaths of rural North Mason will have access to curbside recycling ...

Along with the previous email, these are photos I have been unable to upload on my Ireport site.