In today's headlines:

• Six candidates have filed for Mason County Commissioner District 3, the seat being left open by Sharon Trask, with filing continuing through Friday at 5 PM.
• Three people — Jeff Neely, Jim Murphy, and Ned Wilson — have submitted letters of interest for the vacant Port of Shelton Commissioner position, and the Port is still accepting applications.
• Shelton City Council moved several water and utility items forward this week, including preliminary design for the Mountain View Reservoir, a $449,000 Department of Ecology grant to replace up to 105 older transformers that may contain PCBs, and a resolution advancing the Upper Angleside Pressure Zone project that will support up to 900 additional housing units.
• Cloudy and breezy today with some afternoon sunshine and a high near 60.

In local sports: The Mariners beat the Braves 3-1 at T-Mobile Park last night to take the series, with Bryan Woo striking out nine over six dominant innings and Julio Rodríguez and Cole Young leading the offense.

Yesterday the North Mason Bulldogs baseball team shut out Olympic 5-0 behind a two-hitter from Danner Jones, who struck out seven over six innings, while Shelton High Climbers softball fell to Aberdeen 8-5.

Today: North Mason girls tennis competes in the Olympic League Tournament at North Kitsap, the Olympic League track and field championships are at North Mason's Phil Pugh Stadium, and in baseball it's Klahowya at North Mason and Tumwater at Shelton — all on MasonWebTV, powered by HCC.

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• The race for Mason County Commissioner District 3 now has six candidates after Shelton City Councilmember Eric Inesko filed with GOP as his preferred party, while incumbents Patty McLean (Assessor), Jamie Taylor (Coroner), and Michael Dorsey (Prosecutor) all filed yesterday to retain their seats.
• A structure fire at a home on the 1500 block of Fairmont Avenue in the Hillcrest neighborhood was knocked down in about 10 minutes by Central Mason Fire and EMS with mutual aid from South Mason, with one person transported to Mason General Hospital for possible smoke inhalation.
• Mason County's unemployment rate dropped to 5.8 percent in March, down four-tenths of a point from February's revised rate of 6.2 percent, according to the state Employment Security Department.
• Cloudy skies and a high of 61 today with no rain in sight, drying out and warming up heading into Mother's Day weekend.

In local sports: The Mariners fell to the Braves 3-2 yesterday and are back at it today with pregame at noon and first pitch at 1:10 right here on KMAS. Yesterday the Shelton High Climbers baseball team shut out Black Hills 4-0, while Shelton boys soccer closed out the regular season with a 3-2 loss at Black Hills; North Mason softball fell to Port Angeles, North Mason baseball was shut out by Olympic, and North Mason boys soccer wrapped up their regular season with an 8-0 loss to Bainbridge. Today: baseball has Mary M. Knight at Lake Quinault and Olympic at North Mason, and fastpitch softball brings Aberdeen to Shelton at 4:30 on Mason Web TV powered by HCC.

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In today's headlines:

• Candidate filing week is underway in Mason County, with the County Commissioner District 3 race drawing five candidates as Sharon Trask steps aside.
• Incumbents and challengers have filed for races including Auditor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, PUD commissioners, and District Court Judge, with filing open until 5 p.m. Friday.
• In the 35th Legislative District, Drew McEwen and Carolina Mejia filed for State Senator, and incumbents Dan Griffey and Travis Couture face Democratic challengers Jim Pearson and Maria Littleson.
• Mason County PUD 3 Commissioner Julie Toussaint has been elected Secretary of the Washington Public Utilities District Association for 2026 through 2027.
• Sunshine and a high of 70 today, with continued great weather the rest of the week.

In local sports: The Mariners rallied from four down to beat the Braves 5-4, with JP Crawford hitting a go-ahead two-run homer and Andrés Muñoz earning his seventh save; the M's host Atlanta again tonight in game two, first pitch at 6:40 with the pregame show on KMAS at 5:30.

The Shelton Highclimbers baseball team shut out Black Hills 5-0, the Highclimbers softball squad also blanked Black Hills 4-0, and the North Mason Bulldogs edged Olympic 1-0.

Today: Shelton girls compete in the District 4 Golf Championship at Mint Valley Golf Course in Kelso. In fastpitch, Port Angeles at North Mason. In baseball, North Mason at Olympic and Black Hills at Shelton — on Mason Web TV powered by HCC. And in boys soccer, Bainbridge at North Mason.

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