Montesano News

The price this year is 3 1/2 cents a pound for dry bark, two cents a pound for the wet.

A McCleary, Wash., man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for a 2012 attack on a judge and a deputy sheriff in the Grays Harbor County Courthouse in Montesano.

OLYMPIA The Washington State Department of Natural Resources will close Preachers Slough Road near Montesano for two weeks beginning May 13 for road maintenance and repairs to the parking area.

The Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Montesano Fire Department, will offer a free boater education course open to all Washington boaters, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, at the Montesano Fire Hall located at 310 E. Pioneer St., in Montesano.

The blade was removed at St. Joseph's Hospital by Dr. F.N. Berken, assisted by Dr.

"The van was starting to settle, and the top half of her head was in the water," a bystander said.

The tree, one of the largest within the city limits, towered more than 60 feet while its roots were raising the walk and choking the sewer.

Saturday, May 11, marks the 21st anniversary of the National Association of Letter Carriers food drive and employees at the Montesano, Aberdeen and Hoquiam post offices will join in the campaign this year.

VASA Norrskenet No. 189's anniversary potluck dinner will be at 1 p.m., Sunday in the Sons of Norway Hall.

Montesano, WA - Election filings will open up later this month, for an August primary, County Auditor Vern Spatz tells us, it's sooner, and larger than expected.

For a time Japan was almost the sole Asiatic buyer but now China is taking scrap in increasing amounts.

May is a month when new fishing opportunities start popping open like tackle boxes at first light.

There's no question Kornelia Englemann was severely beaten before she died. The 58-year-old Montesano woman was found dead June 6 of last year, her bra and shirt torn, severe bruises covering much of her upper body.

The Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Montesano Fire Department, will offer a free boater education course open to all Washington boaters, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, May19, at the Montesano Fire Hall located at 310 E. Pioneer St., in Montesano.

Harry Bertelsen, 79, a Port Orchard resident and former Washington State Commandant for the Marine Corp League, died peacefully at his home on April 16, 2013.