The Poulsbo Rotary Club will hold an informational meeting on Jan. 7, 2:30 p.m., in the City Council chambers about bringing a youth shelter to Poulsbo.
Stacy Callihoo, the subject of a recent warrant service that ended with a fatal shooting in Suquamish, has been sentenced to 812 days in jail by Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Court for violating his probation.
From the outside, the compact home on Second Avenue is no different than its neighbors. But inside, the confusion and grief is palpable.
Last week, the council discussed their goals for the hotel/motel tax fund, voting to increase the reserve amount. The fund pays for events within the city that promote local business and tourism, and marketing dollars “spent to put heads in beds in Poulsbo,” said Sandy Kolbeins, owner of The Loft restaurant and president of the Historical Downtown Poulsbo Association.
The Valhalla Village housing development project on Viking Avenue received a stay of execution by the Poulsbo City Council in September, but its neighbors are in different stages of development.
Residents of North Kitsap are feeling generous this year. Local businesses are reporting positive numbers in holiday traffic, and say buying local isn’t the only trend — locally made products are also booming.
Construction of a new paid-parking lot in downtown Poulsbo is under way. The Port of Poulsbo is developing a new parking lot for boaters with room for trailers off Jensen Way near Moe Street, with paid parking stalls.
Poulsbo will run on a $9.3 million general fund next year, when the city council approved the 2012 budget on Wednesday. The city will rely on $199,190 in reserve stabilization.
The operator of restaurants in Kitsap and Jefferson counties who was charged with filing false tax returns last month has pleaded not guilty in Kitstap County Superior Court.
A majority of Kingston residents surveyed support SoundRunner, but they also want to see the port give it limited financial support.
Fifty years after Charles Lawrence passed away, his name evokes strong memories of the man who survived boarding school and war, of the dedicated tribal leader and devoted family man.
President Obama announced an order that would bring the U.S. Department of Education and American Indian education opportunities closer together, Dec. 2 during his third annual Tribal Nations Conference, attended by Forsman and Swift.
The county wants to make disposal of hazardous waste easier for residents of North Kitsap, but not without re-examining the environment.
County commissioners adopted the North Kitsap Trails Association’s String of Pearls plan Monday, the first step of many to bring non-motorized walking, biking and water trails throughout North Kitsap.
An idea to help low-income residents or transient people get around Kitsap County is facing resistance. But some services, including county’s only severe-weather shelter, are located in Bremerton
After a tumultuous restart to the Port of Kingston’s passenger ferry, SoundRunner, commissioners are still willing to subsidize the service next year.
Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson said the apparent theft of firearms from the Poulsbo Police Department evidence storage is “absolutely unacceptable” and won’t happen again.
After two and a half years of study and discussion, the Poulsbo Planning Commission is nearly ready to submit its second draft of the Shoreline Master Program.
Come January, the Port of Poulsbo will see just one new face on the commission. Commissioner Arnie Bockus was defeated by Jim Rutledge is his bid for re-election to Position 3 in the Nov. 8 election. But Bockus will be sworn as Position 2 commissioner Dec. 1 to replace Glenn Gilbert, who resigned last month.
More than 60 artists in 22 studios around North Kitsap invited the community into their workshops to shop and learn, as part of the ninth annual Art in the Woods Studio Tour, sponsored by Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest.
