The venue was the Kiana Lodge, the event was the Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards dinner, but after Pam Whitt of AmericanWest Bank took the stage it could have been “Late Night” with Conan or Dave.
Kingston Chamber of Commerce President Donna Etchey is calling the gaffe a “procedural oversight.” But an internal audit’s discovery that the chamber didn’t pay payroll taxes in 2010 and 2011 prompted the resignation of the chamber’s board treasurer, the renewed use of accounting software, and development of new accounting procedures.
Kingston man tells police he tried to rob bank because his rent was late
Commissioner Gelder and parks officials were expected to meet with Kingston Port Commissioner Walt Elliott and others Thursday to discuss the use of volunteers in maintaining the county’s parks in Kingston.
More than 300 donors — churches, companies, households, individuals and organizations — donated $73,846 to Neighbor Aid during the fall/winter campaign, which ended in January.
The last thing Garvin Tootle would want is a story written about him in the local newspaper. But there are a lot of people out there who believe his is a story that needs to be told.
Valborg Oyen, director of Poulsbo’s Library from 1950-1968, would have loved the Dragon’s Den. Oyen, after all, devoted the last 18 years of her life to making the library a warm and welcoming place, “(inspiring) a love of reading in adults and children alike,” according to a plaque at the library. And in that spirit, the Poulsbo Library’s Teen Advisory Board has created a special place for teens at the library:
More than 300 donors — churches, companies, households, individuals and organizations — donated $73,846 to Neighbor Aid during the fall/winter campaign, which ended in January. The amount is a record and will help ShareNet extends its reach of help. Last fall/winter, the campaign raised $60,000.
The Warren G. Harding Masonic Lodge No. 260 is tied to downtown history like lutefisk is to lefse.
Mabel Raab, whose foundation helped drive the local Bellringer Fund, providing assistance to neighbors in need since the 1940s, has died.
The nearly month-long investigation is over. And now Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney Russell Hauge is reviewing the investigation report and will decide whether charges are warranted in the police shooting death of a Suquamish man.
Jake the Maltese’s mysterious death has been solved. And there’s an important lesson for pet owners. Dr. Kristin Mansfield, a veterinarian with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, says a coyote likely killed Jake because it saw the dog as a competitor, not as food.
Hayslette, a Kingston resident who hails from Rupert, W.Va., is now being honored by West Virginia University, which will house the Max Hayslette Archives Collection at its Morgantown campus.
Some 136 pieces have been selected for entry in the fifth annual CVG Show, a juried competition that opens Jan. 28 in Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton.
It wasn’t like Jake to be away from the house when they got home from work. It was after 6 p.m. Tuesday and it was dark. Kelly Moran and his wife looked for their Maltese on their property, tucked on a cul de sac that backs onto a forest above Indianola. They found Jake under the deck.
Poulsbo Farmers Market officials are scheduled to meet Tuesday with a Viking Avenue property owner about leasing property there for a year-round market.
It was 7 a.m. but all volunteers were awake and alert and decked out in Lions Club vests. “It’s a tough time of year for a lot of families,” said John Macdonald of the Poulsbo Noon Lions Club. “For those who can’t really provide a lot, this gives them a little bit extra to enjoy the holiday season.”
The U.S. Postal Service has proposed closing 3,700 post offices nationwide and about 250 mail processing centers — including eight in Washington state — and ending Saturday service to close a $9.2 billion deficit. No closures are expected until after May. Some $5.5 billion of that $9.2 billion is money the USPS must pay annually until 2016 to pre-fund 75 years of future retiree health benefits, as required by the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act.
A simple flip of the switch Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. and thousands of lights will turn Kingston into a wonderland of holiday illumination, but the meticulous work of creating each lighted display began six months ago.
To put a toy car in the hands of every child who needs a toy. That’s the goal of Wally Harrison and his Wally Cars, simple wood toy cars with wheels that the recipient can personalize and play with.