Gracey the chihuahua, above, was one of eight small breed dogs to arrive at the Kitsap Humane Society from a shelter in Kern County, Calif. Sunday in an effort to save the dogs from being euthanized.
Three years after the Navy Yard City fire that took the life of an 8-year-old, Central Kitsap students are hoping they can prevent a similar tragedy.
Three students from Central Kitsap Junior High School, representing the student government, handed Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Chief Ken Burdette a check for nearly $1,400 Monday for smoke detectors that they hope may someday save a life.
Lily Wolny, 3, of Vashon Island, pets a Starry Flounder Saturday. Volunteers with the Clear Creek Task Force and a team assisting Suquamish Tribe Biologist Paul Dorn pulled in a net from Dyes Inlet and took inventory of the wildlife caught inside. All animals were released unharmed after being documented. Pictured holding the fish is Dorn’s assistant, Zach Halls.
Donning cuffed jeans, plaid shirts and bandanas, more than 2,000 people are expected Saturday to turn a small corner of Silverdale into something reminiscent of a James Dean movie.
The sights and sounds of 1950s Rockabilly culture will be heard and seen during the Kustom Kulture Festival at the Silverdale Beach Hotel.
Donning cuffed jeans, plaid shirts and bandanas, more than 2,000 people are expected Saturday to turn a small corner of Silverdale into something reminiscent of a James Dean movie.
The sights and sounds of 1950s Rockabilly culture will be heard and seen during the Kustom Kulture Festival at the Silverdale Beach Hotel.
At her dad’s hospital bedside after a stroke, Annette LaGrandeur decided to get a mammogram, something, at age 50, she had never done.
A month later, her right breast was removed.
It was the noise that bothered them at first.
They have since added stray bullets, damage to the environment and illegal firing of military weapons to their arsenal of complaints against the Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club in Seabeck.
Standing in line at the relocated financial aid office, Olympic College student Lori-Lee Morsette said she won’t have to travel back and forth across campus in the rain as often.
The office is among the rest of student services finally together under one roof.
When Michael Gordon was in high school, it wasn’t CDs he was saving up for, but a $1,000 suit of armor.
The suit, originally from Spain, now sits in Gordon’s curiosity shop, Old Town Curio, in Old Town Silverdale, 8997 Pacific Ave., as an unofficial mascot. The store opened in February.
Thirteen teachers may not return to their classrooms next school year if the Central Kitsap School District acts on a recommendation made Wednesday night.
With debate already brewing, there seems to be a new slogan for the next push toward making Silverdale a city — it’s inevitable.
“The longer you wait, the uglier it’s going to be,” said Randy Biegenwald, a Silverdale certified public accountant.
Shannon McKinley never saw herself earning a paycheck sitting in a room by herself, talking to a microphone for hours.
While it may have all started serendipitously, the 23-year-old 2004 Olympic High School grad is now the latest addition to 94.1 KMPS-FM’s stable of talent.
Students from Central Kitsap High School took a morning off from the books and spent the first part of their day Thursday, Earth Day, helping lay nearly 600 feet of gravel for a pedestrian walkway at Gateway Park in Silverdale.
Referring to Azriel Carver’s big smile, Vinland Elementary School Principal Charley McCabe asked the second-graders: what is an “infectious smile?”
“When he laughed, it made other people laugh so much,” said Nathan Willis, 8, a classmate of Azriel’s.
Second-graders at Vinland Elementary School congregated Monday to say goodbye to a classmate and a friend. Azriel’s body was found March 18, five days after he disappeared with his mother Shantina Smiley
Although Shantina “Kat” Smiley’s loved ones may never know what happened to her, they met Saturday to remember the Silverdale woman, known for being a confidant and an “inspiration to everyone.”
“In my heart I know she’s gone,” said Dolly Smith, Smiley’s
Vincent Ravanera, a second-grader at Woodlands Elementary School in Bremerton, takes a step back to admire the mural unveiled at the school April 8. The mosaic is 6 feet by 15 feet and was made using nearly 35,000 pieces of glass, said Woodlands Principal Jeff McCormick.
The Port of Silverdale Board of Commissioners denied a request to construct a 9/11 memorial at the Silverdale waterfront Thursday evening.
With commissioner Ed Scholfield abstaining, the remaining two commissioners voted 2-0 to reject a proposal by the 9/11 Memorial Committee to construct a memorial using steel beams from New York.
Before landing its new location at the Silverdale Waterfront, the Silverdale Farmer’s Market had problems with parking, visibility and cramped space for vendors.
Three wrecks in Central Kitsap snarled traffic Tuesday afternoon. A dump truck on its side and a two-car collision backed…
Vincent Ravanera, a second-grader at Woodlands Elementary School in Bremerton, takes a step back to admire the mural unveiled at the school April 8. The mosaic is 6 feet by 15 feet and was made using nearly 35,000 pieces of glass, said Woodlands Principal Jeff McCormick.
