Grays Harbor County, WA – Thanksgiving takes on a special meaning this year as the holiday Drive Hammered, Get Nailed campaign officially begins that day. Between November 25, 2010 and January 2, 2011, local law enforcement will conduct extra DUI patrols throughout Grays Harbor County to rid the roads of impaired drivers during the holiday season.

“This holiday season we kick off the new Grays Harbor Target Zero Task Force emphasis campaign. Our task force is made up of all municipal and county law enforcement agencies within Grays Harbor in cooperation with the Washington State Patrol. Working together we have a common goal of continuing to decrease serious injury and fatal collisions. We will continue extra patrols again this year keeping citizens safe as they travel in and around Grays Harbor roadways” said Undersheriff Rick Scott, Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office.

ABERDEEN, Wash. - An Aberdeen woman was arrested for assaulting a police officer yesterday afternoon, while trying to prevent the officer from talking to her boyfriend.

It began just before 3pm when the Aberdeen Police Officer spotted a 39 year old Aberdeen man walking in the 400 block of West first street and recognized him as having outstanding warrants for his arrest. When the officer attempted to follow the man into an apartment complex, a 28 year old woman came out and struck the officer in the jaw and neck with her forearm. The woman was taken into custody without further incident, the officer was not injured and the suspect was later arrested no the outstanding warrants.

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Clam diggers got the go-ahead to proceed with a two-day razor-clam dig the weekend of Nov. 20-21 at Long Beach and Twin Harbors on the Washington coast. 

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the dig after marine toxin tests confirmed the clams on those two beaches are safe to eat. 

No digging will be allowed before noon on either beach.  All other coastal beaches will remain closed to razor-clam digging that weekend. 

"This dig is scheduled only at Long Beach and Twin Harbors , because they have the largest number of clams available for harvest," said Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager. "We’ve tentatively scheduled another dig in early December at all five ocean beaches."

A list of tentative digs, subject to future marine toxin tests, is available on WDFW’s website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/razorclams/current .

OLYMPIA, Wash. --- Cash for Appliances Washington announced today that all rebate funds have been committed and now await final processing. It’s the beginning of the final stage for the Department of Commerce’s popular program that has helped over 40,000 consumers transition from out-of-date appliances to highly-efficient ENERGY STAR^® models.

For those wondering if there’s still time to apply, any applications received now will be placed on a waiting list.  There’s no guarantee that you’ll receive a rebate, but in the event any applications currently being evaluated don’t qualify, the waiting queue will be processed in the order received. This is expected to continue over approximately the next seven weeks until all funds are paid out.

HOODSPORT, Wash. - Mason County Sheriff’s Office Detectives are investigating a shooting after a landlord shot his tenant in the Lake Cushman area of Mason County early Saturday morning.

Early Saturday morning, Sheriff Deputies responded to a 911 call report of a shooting at a two story condominium style home located within the 100-200 block of N. Duckabush Drive West, Hoodsport, WA.

When Sheriff Deputies arrived they found a young adult male suffering from two gunshot wounds, one to his shoulder and the other to his leg.  The victim along with his girlfriend who was not injured were transported by ambulance to Mason General Hospital in Shelton, WA.  The victim was alert and talking to Deputies and Fire Medical Aid personnel when he was taken to the hospital and his injuries appeared to be non life-threatening.  The victim was eventually airlifted from Mason General Hospital to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for surgery.

The victim and his girlfriend lived in the first floor apartment while the shooting suspect/landlord lived in the second floor apartment.  The suspect remained in his apartment and refused to make contact with Deputies.  The multi-agency SWAT team lead by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office responded and surrounded the residence for about three hours while the suspect continued to refuse contact.  When a search warrant was received, the SWAT team deployed diversionary devices along with a Sheriff K-9.

The K-9 located the suspect inside the residence and he was placed into custody.  After being examined at Mason General Hospital for minor dog bites and released, the suspect was booked into the Mason County Jail on charges related to Assault with a Firearm.  No other persons or SWAT team members were injured in the stand-off and raid.

the Mason County Sheriff’s Department tess KBKW the investigation will continue in order to find out the motive behind the shooting as well as positive identification of the landlord and the tenants