James Streun has been doing Native art since he was a child and he likes contributing to the perpetuation of his culture. A paddle he carved was displayed at The Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at Evergreen State College. His work is about to get more exposure: The 15-year-old Kingston High School freshman belongs to a family of Port Gamble S’Klallam artists chosen to create artwork for the new Point Casino, under construction.
While many of the nation’s larger Occupy movements have gone underground, locally the calls for social justice have not. North Kitsap 99% and Occupy Bremerton have teamed up to sponsor their first major event, the Kitsap 99% Spring Gathering at the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Center, March 24.
99% gathering includes open session for sharing and discussion of ideas
The Port of Kingston has formally dissolved the Passenger-Only Ferry Advisory Committee, but port commissioners look forward to input from a follow-up group as SoundRunner grows.
The Suquamish Tribe Fisheries Department wants to try a new clam-raising operation in Liberty Bay. Luke Kelly, shellfish program coordinator, explained the program to Port of Poulsbo commissioners March 1, asking to rent a slip on the port’s commercial dock for the operation.
The Port of Poulsbo has started to review its current Comprehensive Plan and build its next six-year plan, which is due at the end of the year. However, many of the projects laid out from 2006-12 were not completed.
The City of Poulsbo has until June to submit a final Shoreline Master Program plan to the Department of Ecology. Its funding to work on the plan runs out that month.
The lines have been drawn: The lines on the Urban Paths of Poulsbo plan, and the line of trust between the City of Poulsbo and residents of West Poulsbo.
Over a thousand firefighters eagerly awaited the 69 flights of stairs Sunday, though knowing how exhausted they would be in less than an hour.
However, due to the unclear nature of the PL 280, and the economic improvements of many tribes in Washington over the last 60 years, this year’s bill will not change much in tribal court life for Port Gamble S’Klallam and Suquamish.
The Suquamish Tribe’s election for three at-large Tribal Council positions is March 18.
While the main purpose of the proposed improvements to 6th Avenue is stormwater treatment, most of the residents at the public hearing Feb. 29 were concerned with traffic mitigation.
After reading so much heavy news, Pastor Alison Shane of Poulsbo First Lutheran Church wanted to hold a community gathering so people could comfort each other, share memories, and pray together.
Disgruntled port residents called for commissioners Tony DeCarlo and Arnold Bockus’s resignation over DeCarlo and port attorney Greg Norbut’s handling of Bockus’ appointment to a commission vacancy. Bockus was deemed ineligible by the state attorney general’s office.
At one point or another, everyone had a smile during State Park Ranger Ed Johanson’s memorial service Friday. Family members and colleagues talked of Johanson’s whimsical side, as well as his passion for his work at Kitsap area state parks.
For many of our local firefighters, the need for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hits close to home.
An assistant state Attorney General says Poulsbo Port Commissioner Arnie Bockus could not be appointed to another commission vacancy before his term expired.
POULSBO — No charges will be filed against an 82-year-old Poulsbo woman who allegedly ran over a 64-year-old woman in the First Lutheran Church parking lot, on 4th Street in Poulsbo.
The state Auditor’s Office found that $2,000 missing is from the Poulsbo Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit fund, used for drug investigations. The auditor released the fraud investigation report Feb. 28. That’s in addition to the previous discoveries that a gold necklace and two handguns were missing from police evidence lockers.
UPDATED: A body found in the woods near NW Commerce Street in Poulsbo on Feb. 26 was identified as a missing Port Orchard man.
