The Mason County Sheriff's Office reports that the man who tried to set a fire in Fawn Lake last week has been arrested. The man being called the "Pot Belly Arsonist" was arrested Tuesday morning.

Alcohol was involved in a collision between a pickup and a dump truck that blocked Highway 3 at Mason Benson Road Tuesday morning.

Four Mason County retailers were caught selling tobacco to minors during a recent series of tobacco compliance checks. According to Heidi Iyall with Mason County Public Health, out of the 48 retailers checked from April to June, Mickey's Deli, the Deer Creek Store, Taylor Towne Store, and Sunset Beach Grocery sold tobacco without checking identification or falsely reading the ID.

Mason County Public Health's Environmental Health Manager, Debbie Riley, has been selected to serve on the Environmental Public Health Tracking Work Group for the National Association of County and City Health Officials.

Barbara Adkins and Mark Core have been appointed to serve as Interim Co-Managers for Mason County Department of Community Development.

A 22-year-old Shelton man and two 14-year-old Shelton juveniles were arrested early Monday morning after shattering the windshield of a State Patrol car as it traveled under the C Street overpass on U.S. Highway 101.

The Mason County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying a burglary suspect that struck in the Lilliwaup area recently. According to a news release, sometime within the last 10 days, an unknown adult white male with a mustache and beard, wearing glasses and a baseball cap burglarized a residence stealing $50,000 worth of property.

The City of Shelton and Mason County Assessor Dixie Smith have scheduled a meeting on the property tax revaluation city residents are experiencing.

The Shelton City Commission and representatives from Timberland Regional Library talked annexation Monday. The City contracts with Timberland for library services and is one of four cities in Timberland's five-county service area that does so.

U.S. Representative Norm Dicks spoke Friday at a breakfast for the membership of the Economic Development Council of Mason County.

Paving and mowing could impact traffic this week on Highway 3 and Highway 106.

The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $3.93. That's 32 cents lower than a month ago and 42 cents off this summer's record high.

Washington State Patrol Detectives arrested a 27-year-old Olympia man late Friday afternoon in connection with a fatal hit and run that occurred in Mason County early that morning.

The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in a Wednesday evening arson fire they are calling the “Pot Belly Arsonist”.

Election officials in the Mason County Auditor’s Office counted nearly 6,000 additional ballots from Tuesday Primary Election. No major changes to report other than some candidates increased their leads.

The public boat launch at Pleasant Harbor near Brinnon on Hood Canal will be closed twice in early September while the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) wraps up an improvement project at the site.

The State Patrol is asking for the public's help with a fatal hit-and-run collision involving a pedestrian on Highway 3 at milepost one.

In election news, there are 24 votes separating the two Republicans running for 35th District State Representative Position One.

The Washington State Department of Transportation is working with local communities in Kitsap and Mason counties on a study along 47 miles of Highway 3, U.S. Highway 101 and Highway 16 that span between the cities of Shelton, Bremerton and Port Orchard.