Carolyn Ferguson Neal, who retired June 30 as executive director of the Kitsap County Historical Society’s Museum in Bremerton, has deep roots in Kitsap County. Neal’s great-grandparents homesteaded in Breidablick in North Kitsap in the 1880s and her parents moved to Bremerton during World War II.
Buffalo Bill, Summer Santa and the old man from Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea” were all on hand in Bremerton Saturday for the North American Beard and Mustache Championships at the Elks Lodge.
Olympic College administrators are working with an outside forensic expert and local law enforcement to get to the bottom of fraudulent credit card use reported by students and staff members.
City Auditor Gary Nystul has issued a report on Bremerton’s lackluster monitoring of fuel purchases and usage. The report follows up on a 2011 state audit that took exception with the city’s monitoring of more than $573,000 worth of fuel purchases. Nystul makes several recommendations in his report and notes that, “no response to the draft of the report was received from City management.”
The Bremerton City Council’s regular business meeting this week was pushed back a day and then canceled altogether. Due to the Independence Day holiday on Wednesday, the meeting was bumped to Thursday. Council President Jim McDonald then decided to cancel the meeting due to a lack of action items.
A man and woman are dead following what police are describing as a murder-suicide on Sunday in Navy Yard City. A dog was also shot in the incident, but wasn’t killed. The Kitsap County Coroner’s Office has determined that Jason Paul Allpress, 33, took his own life with a single gunshot wound to the head. Patti Ann McMullen, 43, also died from a single gunshot wound to the head that was the result of homicide, rather than suicide.
SAFE Boats International has signed a new three-year lease with the Port of Bremerton.
A Brownsville woman who was rescued from the basement of her burning home by firefighters June 19 died two days later at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The Kitsap County Fire Marshal said that several fires at Olympic High School on June 20 were arson.
Seefilm Bremerton Cinema garnered outstanding reviews over the weekend following a grand-opening Friday.
Seefilm Bremerton Cinema garnered outstanding reviews over the weekend following a grand-opening Friday.
The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a Community Oriented Police Services grant from the U.S. Dept. of Justice to fund six deputy sheriff positions.
Chief Lusk’s career in the fire service began while he was a junior at Central Kitsap High School when, at 16, he joined Kitsap County Fire District 1, now commonly known as Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue.
Chal Martin took over as Bremerton’s public works director June 1 and, in many ways, is still figuring out the lay of the land.
Bremerton police for the first time last week used a “less-than-lethal” gun to incapacitate and apprehend a dangerous suspect holding a knife.
Two women were injured during a Sandy Road structure fire on Tuesday morning.
Kitsap County jailers will get a two percent raise in July and another 1.2 percent raise in December following an arbitrator’s ruling earlier this month.
A Bremerton police officer was treated and released for injuries after an allegedly drunk driver totaled his patrol cruiser at around 10:40 p.m. on Saturday.
The Bremerton City Council unanimously approved a mid-year budget adjustment that reflects a better-than-expected tax stream.
The City of Bremerton was set to take steps forward on a slate of improvement projects around town this week.
