Ken Blair decided to turn his grandson’s death into a memorial scholarship fund, something to remember the young man by. But, not just any scholarship — a hockey one.
While not everyone starts doing Zumba to lose weight, Gen Aksdal lost about 55 pounds in two years of doing the dance routines.
After a year-and-a-half, reporter Kristin Okinaka says farewell.
Coffee Oasis, located on Burwell Street, serves commuters’ coffee and is also a center for homeless teens and young adults. With many programs set up for teens and young adults between the age of 13 and 25, including case management, job training and mentoring, soon a teen shelter will be added to its bevy of services available for Kitsap’s young homeless.
Cash Mob Bremerton started from a Facebook page that Robin Henderson created a few weeks ago. Henderson, a 20-year Bremerton resident, thought starting a cash mob would be a way to bring the community together while also supporting local businesses. Cash mob is a movement where people “mob” a business at a set time and date, usually spending at least $20.
Fifth and 6th graders at Silver Ridge are the first of elementary students to participate in a robotics program as an extension to the regular science curriculum.
Pat Nicholson, a custodian at Brownsville Elementary School, was awarded the Washington Education Association’s state classified employee of the year during a school assembly Tuesday morning.
The program, Salmon in the Classroom, has been around for more than 20 years and is a partnership between Kitsap County Public Works, Kitsap Public Utility District, Suquamish Tribe and the Clear Creek Task Force.
On Monday, American Legion Post 109 held its first official meeting in Silverdale and voted on officers, instated bylaws and had its charter approved.
There is a 9 percent increase in the number of Central Kitsap School District’s high school seniors who have already fulfilled the state math requirement compared to the number the same time last year. Administrators say a contribution to the increase is due to the math EOCs, with this year being the first time those scores are accounted for.
Programs that may be reduced or cut include library, diversity, elementary band and orchestra and building technology coordinator, among others. The options could look different after the Legislature delivers a budget and it’s signed by the governor.
Last week, a South Kitsap elementary school locked down because there was a possible threat to the school in connection to an attempted Silverdale bank robbery. Last month, Armin Jahr Elementary School in Bremerton also locked down after a gun accidentally discharged while in a student’s backpack, and the bullet from the gun struck another classmate.
Warren Lewis, a third generation Seabeckian, signed up at the Seabeck General Store for a slip to moor his boat about three years ago at a new Seabeck marina. The marina didn’t exist at the time.
Factoring in the supplemental levy and proposed state budgets, the shortfall for next school year could be an estimated $1 million.
One day as she drove past the parking lot of Harrison Medical Center’s Silverdale campus, she noticed a sign for the Clear Creek Trail. Shortly after, Nancy Sennett decided to see where it would take her.
It’s no question that more foster parents are needed in the Kitsap area. In addition, having a diverse pool of foster parents is also just as important, say foster care recruiters and regional administrators with the state Department of Children and Family Services.
Aside from a new central kitchen and the expansion of the West Hills STEM Academy, high on the Bremerton School District’s list of improvement projects is topped with replacing Bremerton High School’s 25-year-old leaking, cracking and moss-covered roof, which is still under warranty.
The Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club appeared in court last week to get its shuttered shooting range reopened.
Superior Court Judge Susan Serko last Friday remained by her original order to keep the Seabeck shooting range closed. It could reopen if a Washington State Court of Appeals decision says so. The club’s attorney had filed a motion to stay the judge’s order that shut down the range in February.
Ward Hinrichs didn’t know how to turn a computer on before taking a class. Now, the 78-year-old is uploading digital photos onto his computer and uses video conferencing technology to communicate with his children.
I usually don’t make a big deal when a leap year comes around. It’s just another day in the year — an extra day of school or work. This year, however, I was going to take advantage of the extra day.
On three days notice, Kitsap County Commissioners voted to raise fees for new connections into the Central Kitsap’s sewer system.
Kitsap County Commissioners have acted in compromise regarding the time they will do the public’s business in public.
Although the preliminary count had the Central Kitsap School District’s supplemental levy failing, subsequent counts show the measure worth $7.6 million to district coffers narrowly passing.
