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09/05/2026

At the Shelton High School, Shelton School District 2026 tailgate before the Mason County Cup!

09/04/2026

No Mason County Sheriff's Office Lunch at the Fjord Oyster Bank today.

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08/31/2026

"Good enough isn't good enough for Mason County."

Kevin Shutty is wrapping up two and a half years leading the county's Economic Development Council, and this is the part he keeps coming back to, that Mason County has a long history of innovation, and it's in the DNA here.

The timber that helped build this country. Shellfish that are genuinely world-class. That's the foundation. The question is what gets built on top of it.

🎙️ Full conversation — https://youtu.be/VYv7Gkl1ahU?si=03e9UUcJs7y5idES

08/28/2026

Everybody knows "if you build it, they will come." Kevin Shutty flips it.

"It's not so much a build-it-and-they-will-come proposition as much as it is, if you don't build it, they ain't coming anyway."

The outgoing Mason County EDC director on the county's rural sales tax dollars set aside specifically for infrastructure, and why getting that money unlocked matters. He points to one that's already working: Johns Prairie Industrial Park, where the Port of Shelton is covering half the cost of site readiness and the county is covering the other half.

🎙️ Full conversation — https://youtu.be/VYv7Gkl1ahU?si=03e9UUcJs7y5idES

08/25/2026

Rest in peace ❤️

08/25/2026

Ten years. From about 20 people at the first walk to nearly 2,000 last year in Shelton — now believed to be the largest overdose awareness event in Washington state.

The 10th Annual Mason County Overdose Awareness Walk & Resource Fair is this week — two nights, two towns:

📍 THURSDAY, AUG 27 — Belfair Community Church, 23300 WA-3, Belfair
📍 FRIDAY, AUG 28 — Kneeland Park, 100 Turner Ave, Shelton

Both nights: Resource Fair 3 PM · Gather for the walk 5:45 PM · Walk begins 6:05 PM

More than 60 resource booths expected in Shelton, 40–50 in Belfair — housing, transportation, insurance navigation, case management, sober housing, detox, inpatient and outpatient care.

"We've started a movement. A movement for recovery, a movement for hope and remembrance, and also prevention."

We walk to remember the lives lost and celebrate the lives saved. Everyone is welcome.

It's a beautiful day to save lives. 💜

facebook.com/MasonCountyODA

08/25/2026

There's a massive investment headed for the Naval Shipyard in Bremerton. Kevin Shutty says Mason County, Belfair especially, would be crazy to miss out on the opportunity.

"It would be really hard to miss the opportunity of a $10-plus billion investment five miles up the road."

The outgoing Mason County EDC director says he sees an emerging defense industry taking shape here: contractors already operating at the Port of Shelton, and real potential in the north end as work ramps up at the shipyard.

🎙️ Full conversation — https://youtu.be/VYv7Gkl1ahU?si=1egj97Eu0TGGwOPb

08/23/2026

Author and playwright Joe Fuller joins Jeff Slakey at Lions Park in Olympia for two conversations in one. First: his book "8th Street," a collection of short stories and poetry about growing up in a big Catholic family in Olympia, Knights of Columbus, St. Michael’s School, and the kind of free-range childhood a lot of South Sound listeners will recognize. Joe talks about how a chance visit with fellow local author Dick Pust during the pandemic pushed him to finally publish stories he’d been writing since his early 30s, and shares one of the book’s best moments: the true story of sneaking out his bedroom window with his brother, only to get locked out by his own dad. Then the conversation shifts: Joe opens up about getting sober at 33, working at Olympia’s recovery clubhouse for $4.35 an hour, and a 1991 intervention for a high school friend that didn’t work that day, but did six months later, and the friend has been sober ever since. That night became the seed for a musical stage play Joe wrote about drug and alcohol intervention, with every song written from a family member’s point of view, what addiction looks like from the outside, not the inside. Joe closes with a simple message: it’s never too late to ask for help, and support is closer than you think.

Author and playwright Joe Fuller joins Jeff Slakey at Lions Park in Olympia for two conversations in one. First: his book "8th Street," a collection of short stories and poetry about growing up in ...

08/22/2026

Mason County Public Health is looking at somewhere between $800,000 and a million dollars less to work with, and Director Dave Windom says the department has already absorbed about as much as it can. Two food inspectors are down to one. Positions that opened up from retirements haven't been refilled.
What comes next may be up to your input: the legislature passed a bill giving counties the option to add to the sales tax or the property tax specifically to fund public health clinics, and Windom is bringing those models to the county commission. He's also talking about putting the county's two empty clinic rooms back into service for low- and no-cost care, a model Mason County last used in the early 2000s.
Also in this one: why the salmonella outbreaks you're reading about come from big commercial packagers and not your farmers market, the measles outbreak down in Clark County, and a tuberculosis uptick that has staff watching patients take their medication in person.

08/22/2026

Indoor coming back?!? Love this!! Thank you FC Olympia for more great soccer that's high level and local. OLY OLY OLY!!!

With the indoor soccer announcement also comes the return of Artesian Arena soccer and tryouts at the new indoor soccer venue off Center Street in Olympia.

Registration is now open for indoor soccer programs beginning on Monday, Sept. 21 including co-ed adult leagues, women’s and men’s divisions, as well as youth indoor soccer programs.

Oly Arena is the new coined logo for the FC Olympia indoor venue and will be home for soccer players of all ages and experience levels. A place where youth players can develop their game, adults can compete and stay active, and the local soccer community can come together year-round.

Additional leagues, programs, schedules and facility information will be announced as the indoor center continues to wrap installation processes.

Before league play begins, FC Olympia and the Artesians will host a special fundraiser tournament Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 with Austin Kelley Cup Awards for each division. The weekend will feature opportunities for high school players, adults and youth players to get on the field and help kick off a new chapter for indoor soccer in Olympia.

More here: https://tinyurl.com/4ft462rc