The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has been awarded approximately $6.8 million as compensation for the planned expansion at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.
As he sands, Vincent Chargualaf, 17, thinks about why making his own paddle for Canoe Journey is so important to him.
For residents with more questions, concerns and comments about Poulsbo’s shoreline plan, they will soon be able to voice their opinions to the Department of Ecology.
“The ultimate responsibility is the property owner,” says Mason County.
Coffee Oasis supporters hope that by September, the youth center catering to homeless and at-risk youth will be open for business.
Local environmentalists say the Carpenter Creek bridge project is great for the local flora and fauna in the Kingston estuary, but it has had some unintended consequences for the Port of Kingston.
While the SoundRunner passenger ferry service is growing in ridership, buoying the Port of Kingston’s goal to continue the service, port commissioners will still need to allocate $90,000 to run the service through Sept. 30.
Northwest College of Art & Design celebrates a milestone.
Despite having a strong family-based support system, St. Olaf Catholic Church’s childcare center couldn’t beat today’s biggest hurdle: the economy.
Vern Herrick is calling out BINGO no more. “Mr. Bingo,” as Herrick’s friends call him, has been running the game at the Poulsbo Sons of Norway Lodge since 1972.
It’s tough to pinpoint the exact economic impact from the annual Canoe Journey. But Noel Higa, economic development director for the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, said it’s readily apparent in the sales of one commodity: hot dogs.
In a move that would be good for the local economy, as well as bellies, the Kingston Farm and Garden Co-op is making moves to expand its garden.
If the owner of Belfair Truck and Auto Wrecking had had all the necessary permits to store Aurora Fireworks’ supply, the bullet that detonated $50,000 worth of fireworks may have never happened.
POULSBO — Several downtown business owners and City Council members are in favor of a paid parking system for Anderson Parkway as a way to enforce parking time limits.
An 80-year-old Bainbridge Island woman drove her car into Liberty Bay off Lemolo Drive, but was able to walk away.
Next week’s fireworks literally went up in smoke after a stray bullet hit the container and detonated the fireworks for Poulsbo and Bainbridge Island’s 4th of July celebrations, and Silverdale’s Whaling Days.
If Liberty Shores Assisted Living restores the stream and landscaping in a wetland buffer on its property to its original state, the City of Poulsbo will put the whole situation behind them.
Area residents praised the latest draft of the Kitsap County Shoreline Management Program. However, many said it didn’t go far enough in protection of the environment, and too far in the “criminalization” of residents.
There is a fault line in Puget Sound that runs from Bainbridge Island through the Suquamish reservation. But if an earthquake hits, fear not — Suquamish’s House of Awakened Culture has been designated a Community Point of Distribution, a site to help the surrounding community respond and recover from a disaster.
Customers are surprised and, in some cases, ticked off at the jump in prices for liquor since sales were privatized, but they are still buying heartily.
