Mason County News

[LIVE VIDEO] Watch the Sunday service from Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Shelton, WA. Live video stream begins 10 to 15 minutes before the 10:30 AM January 24, 2021.

St. David’s is partnering with MasonWebTV Powered by HCC to bring their services to the community during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-729717.

To support Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Shelton, WA, please consider a financial donation. You can donate online at the church’s website: https://sdow.org/ or by clicking the button below.

You can also donate by mail:

St. David of Wales

324 W Cedar

P.O. Box 339

Shelton WA 98584

For more information call the office, (360) 426-8472, or email: info@sdow.org.

Saturday, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) along with the Snohomish Health District and the UW Medicine Virology Lab, announce that the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 has been found in testing samples from our state. 

Mason County Public Health reported nine new cases of COVID-19 in the County on Friday, January 22, 2021. with 160 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 14 days, Mason County’s rate of new cases per 100,000 is now 246, down from 277 Thursday.

House Democrats announced today the first step in the House and Senate plan for Washington’s community and economic recovery, starting with the allocation of $2.2 billion in federal funds to provide assistance to Washington families and businesses who have been most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposal will ease the financial hardship of struggling renters, small restaurants and other neighborhood businesses, school districts, uninsured and underinsured individuals, and Black and Brown communities, which have been disproportionately hurt during the pandemic.

Friday, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that based on Governor Jay Inslee’s Roadmap to Recovery phased reopening plan, all eight (8) regions in Washington will remain in Phase 1 until at least Monday, February 1, 2021.

DOH, in partnership with Microsoft AI for Health, has launched the new Roadmap to Recovery dashboard that provides a detailed overview of the metrics used for measuring regional progress. The metrics and corresponding thresholds help determine if it is safe for a region to enter into a new phase of reopening. The four metrics presented in the dashboard include:

The North Mason football team has released its six-game schedule for this modified season. The Bulldogs hit the gridiron at Bremerton on Saturday, February 13th. The boys from Belfair’s first home game is the following Saturday, February 20th, against East Jefferson. Week three finds North Mason hosting Klahowya on Friday, February 26th. South Kitsap’s JV team will be at Phil Pugh Stadium on Friday, March 5th. And the Bulldogs travel to Shelton in week five for the Mason County Cup on March 12th. The March 19th game will be a crossover or playoff.

Kirsten Faberzak of the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce has been awarded the only scholarship among Washington members to attend the annual conference of the Western Association of Chamber Executives (W.A.C.E.), representing chambers situated across 20 Western states. A total of 15 individuals were selected to attend the 2021 event scheduled this February in Las Vegas; however, it will now be held virtually.

High school football is set to return next month and the Shelton Highclimbers have released their six-game schedule.

The ‘Climbers open the season Saturday, February 13, 2021 at home Saturday, February 13th against Port Angeles. Kick off on Jack Stark Field at Highclimber Stadium is 7 PM.

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[AUDIO] A proposal unveiled by House Democrats to massively increase the state’s gas tax and other fees to fund a 27-billion-dollar transportation package is drawing sharp criticism from legislative Republicans. Washington House Republicans’ John Sattgast reports.

Mason County Public Health reported another COVID-19 related death and 15 new cases in the County on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 19 Mason County residents have died from coronavirus. With 180 new cases reported in the last 14 day, the County’s rate per 100,000 over two weeks is now 277.