Ocean Shores News

Ask most people about the town of Lebam and their likely response is, "You know how it got its name, right?" They are then likely to share the story of how Jotham Weeks Goodell named the town in 1890 using the reverse spelling of his daughter Mabel's name.

Out of 1.6 million people, Russell Alfaro of Ocean Shores won tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial in Los Angeles.

For 25 years, volunteers have provided the hungry in this community near Ocean Shores with free food.

UFO WEEK.COM OCEAN SHORES -- Ali Nicolls and William Puckett set up two cameras to video the eastern sky on June 14, 2009 about 25 degrees above the horizon.

An Ocean Shores restaurant cook who got deferred prosecution on a child molesting charge 25 years ago was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for receiving child pornography.

An Ocean Shores man will spend five years in prison for receipt of child pornography.

Facing Our Losses - Afgahnistan Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

Rising gas prices and an economy that's still seized up may translate to shorter car vacations this summer.

With hurricane season just ramping up, you might wonder why the East Coast can get so many hurricanes off the Atlantic Ocean, but yet hurricanes are unheard of off the American West Coast? It has to do with ocean temperatures.

Gas, round-trip, 706 miles @ $2.50/gallon $70.60 Lunch en route $3.99 Lodging, The Gray Gull, Ocean Shores $111.30 Groceries $30.58 Admission, Aberdeen Museum of History $2 Wine-tasting fee, Westport Winery $5 Admission, Westport Maritime Museum $4 Dinner, Galway Bay Restaurant and Pub, Ocean Shores $20.32 Lunch, 7th Street Deli, Hoquiam TOTAL ...

The Kent Downtown Partnership has selected Barbara Smith of Shelton, Wash., as the groupa s new executive director.

Taste of Home magazine has announced four finalists in its America's Best Loved Recipe Contest.

Six summers ago, Jason Smathers visited his dad in North Carolina and ended up face to face with a bear.

What's special about Tuesday? That's the day the center will dedicate the new Interpretive Trail and the Play & Learn Courtyard for young children.

You may have noticed them in coastal communities, like the beaches at Ocean Shores or Westport, in Neah Bay or near the 101 bridge leaving Aberdeen.

Report: Fewer jobs in 2008 had benefits The percentage of employers offering medical, dental, vacation and retirement benefits fell in 2008 because of the slower economy, according to a new state Employment Security Department survey.

A passenger is dead following a one-car crash on the Washington coast early Sunday, two others were injured and the driver has been arrested.

A Pierce County man failed to return from a road trip last week and the Pierce County Sheriff's Department is investigating his disappearance.

City leaders talk about form of government transitions. Of the four cities in Kitsap County, only Bainbridge Island has a city administrator position.

In a joint effort with the Goosefoot Community Fund, this summer The Myers Group will open a new grocery store in the 21,000-square-foot space recently vacated by Casey's Red Apple market.