Dr. Scott Lindquist, health officer for the Kitsap County Health District, and Phyllis Mann, director of the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management, were present at the Kitsap Regional Library’s Sylvan Way branch Tuesday night to talk to concerned residents about the country’s current pandemic, the H1N1 flu virus, and dispel rumors people may have heard about the illness.
Initiative 1033, which places limits on revenue gathered by local, city and state governments from sales tax and allows excess revenue collected to be used to reduce property taxes, was the topic of Tuesday’s Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce-hosted Eggs and Issues forum at the Cloverleaf Bar & Grill.
Central Kitsap School District Board of Directors member Carl Johnson will not run for reelection to the board and two Silverdale residents will face off for the position, including Mark Gaines.
Rosemary Doar is credited with being the first person in the county to recognize a need for a literacy program. She created the first Literacy Council tutoring program in the Department of Social and Health Services office in 1979.
For years now, Alex Goodan, a senior at Olympic High School, has known what he wanted to do with his life.
With two strains of flu flying around, this could be one of, if not the worst flu seasons Kitsap County has ever seen and local health officials are urging residents to get educated about vaccination recommendations.
Rosemary Doar is credited with being the first person in the county to recognize a need for a literacy program. She created the first Literacy Council tutoring program in the Department of Social and Health Services office in 1979.
City Council incumbent Brad Gehring faced off against his challenger, Jim McDonald, Tuesday in the latest installment of Bremerton Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues debate forum for candidates, but fireworks and arguments were not on the Cloverleaf Tavern’s menu that morning.
Although talk of the recession being over can be heard on television and radio shows alike, the grim reality of the economic situation is evident in the number of residents requiring assistance, but a new project from Kitsap Community Resources aims to help.
With two strains of flu flying around, this could be one of, if not the worst flu seasons Kitsap County has ever seen and local health officials are urging residents to get educated about vaccination recommendations.
After six years of fundraising, the students at Crown Hill Elementary School will finally have their new playground complete.
The Olympic College Foundation does much more for the state-funded community college than most people know.
For anyone who has taken a trip to the Port of Keyport, the damage done to the boat dock by waves is extremely evident — or at least it was.
The facts about swine flu, H1N1 influenza A, have been around since the virus first hit Washington last spring causing about 160 hospitalizations and 14 deaths in its little more than one year existence.
When Scott Delhaute, owner of Silverdale-based Sterling Custom Homes, set out to create a neighborhood of affordable housing in the Silverdale area, he did not anticipate the resistance he has received from his largest neighbor, the Apex Property Owners Improvement Association.
Four years ago, Kitsap County determined there was insufficient science to support increased buffers on marine shorelines.
The Olympic College Foundation does much more for the state-funded community college than most people know.
Four years ago, Kitsap County determined there was insufficient science to support increased buffers on marine shorelines.
The facts about swine flu, H1N1 influenza A, have been around since the virus first hit Washington last spring causing about 160 hospitalizations and 14 deaths in its little more than one year existence.
After a short recess, Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues forum was back in session Tuesday.
