The death toll from the Ebola virus numbered 4,447 as of Oct. 14, according to the World Health Organization. Students at North Kitsap High School are doing what they can to help West Africa fight the virus. A donation drive will take place at the high school Oct. 13-24 for Children of the Nations, a nonprofit based in Silverdale.
The North Kitsap School Board couldn’t decide on a new president following the resignation of Dan Weedin on Oct. 9. At the school board meeting that night, board member Beth Worthington nominated and voted for Cindy Webster-Martinson.
A project that began 13 years ago is expected to be completed in 2017. The culvert under West Kingston Road will be removed. It will improve the flow of water within the Carpenter Creek estuary. It is the second of two culverts identified in 2001 that members of Stillwaters Environmental Center wanted to see replaced.
The North Kitsap varsity team held the Wolves to 58 yards during the 33-13 homecoming win North Kitsap Stadium. It was the plan all along.
There could be a new passenger-only ferry in Kingston if everything falls in place for Kitsap Transit in the next few years.
The three juveniles arrested for witness harassment and intimidation were found guilty by the juvenile division of the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office. The juveniles were found guilty of attempted intimidation of a witness, according to Timothy Drury, chief of the juvenile division. The juveniles were arrested Sept. 9 at Kingston High School during the investigation into alleged threats of violence against the high school. Matthew Smiley, a former student, is charged with making the threats.
The Facebook messages that led to the arrest of two of three juveniles for intimidating witnesses in a school-threat case allegedly included comments of hunting the witnesses down and killing them.
Sebastian Khalil Carroll, 19, was arrested at the Bremerton Department of Corrections Office Sept. 10. He is being held on $100,000 bail and escape from community custody.
All four people were arrested for allegedly making threats to harm witnesses in connection with the investigation into Smiley’s alleged threats against Kingston High School
A former Kingston High School student was charged in District Court on Sept. 8 with felony harassment for making threats to “shoot up” the school. Matthew Allen Smiley, 18, was arrested the morning of Sept. 5 at his Kingston home. He was arrested for felony harassment and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He was formally charged in District Court with “felony harassment for making threats to kill.”
A 51-year-old Kingston man with a felony escape warrant was arrested on Sept. 3.
The fuel spill that canceled 14 one-way ferry sailing between Edmonds and Kingston occurred when Washington State Ferry personnel were transferring fuel to an emergency generator tank
Pending verification by Guinness World Records, Antoine and Tania Issa now have the world record for the most money spent on a single pie at an auction. The Issas purchased Renae Chrisman’s pie for $5,000.
The north end department will put an emergency levy on the Nov. 4 ballot.
A bond for Poulsbo Fire and emergency levy for North Kitsap Fire will be on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Pending verification by Guinness World Record, Antoine and Tania Issa broke the world record for the most money spent on a single pie at auction Aug. 21.
The owners of Kingston Adventures could pay more than $10,000 in costs and attorney fees for the lawsuit to evict them from the Port of Kingston’s small watercraft dock. Kitsap County Superior Court ruled in favor of the port in its lawsuit to evict Beth and Rob Brewster from eight storage units, Aug. 1.
The sixth annual fundraiser at the Village Green Park begins at 6 p.m.The event is a fundraiser for the Village Green Community Center. Last year, more than $17,000 was raised; of that.
The medical commission is investigating the care given to patients in Hansville Road crash
The sediment dredge project that was put on hold and delayed for years will begin Aug. 18. and result in a week of closures.
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