A group of teenagers play a game of basketball Tuesday at Matan Park in Anderson Cove. Residents say that neighbors’ efforts in the past few years to keep the park maintained have helped to make the area safer for children.

Life

People power prevailing in Bremerton’s Anderson Cove

When Carol Wilkerson first moved to the Anderson Cove neighborhood in Bremerton about six years ago, she didn’t…

Kitsap BlueJackets coach Matt Acker uses a hand signal during the team’s 9-8 win Tuesday over the Kelowna Falcons at Gene Lobe Field at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.

Sports

Learning the secret language of baseball

Bremerton and Central Kitsap baseball players use hand signals to communicate without letting their opponent know what's being…

Carmen Marxen

News

Craftswomen raise the roof for Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program

Since joining the Women Build program last year, she has learned all the skills needed to construct new…

Sports

Kitsap Pumas set to host rival Portland as playoffs loom

The Kitsap Pumas are out to settle an old score this weekend. The team is in the hunt…

News

Briefs: Spaces still available for mechanical engineering degree at Olympic College

State issues burn ban in protected forest lands The state Department of Natural Resources announced burn bans on…

News

Olympic Aquatic Club hopes to create non-profit to run the Bremerton city pool

With the Glenn Jarstad Aquatic Center written out of the Bremerton city budget, Parks and Recreation is working…

Opinion

Everything Bremerton: My faith in humanity

It began with the lowest of lows June 28 after finding out the Warren Avenue Pee Wee Clubhouse…

Opinion

In our opinion: Is the Bremerton City Council chicken?

But it’s hard to imagine the reasons for the Council’s resistance to a proposal to allow residents to…

Marine Pfc. Jerrad Prescott

Life

Bremerton kids learn the meaning of Semper Fi

Under the hot sun last week, Marines ate hamburgers and baked beans with 150 young children, helped them…

News

No action from Bremerton City Council? Chicken supporters may push measure to special election

Halfway to their goal of 2,500 signatures on a citizens’ initiative, Bremerton chicken activists are ramping up their…

Wildcat Lake resident Paul Wright

Sports

Disc golf: A sport for the masses

My competitor scored a hole-in-one before his name had been scribbled on the scorecard. Paul Wright, who won…

Business

Bremerton residents weigh the risks of renting

Robert Caires can tell the difference between the owner-occupied and rental homes in his neighborhood on Veneta Avenue.…

News

Bremerton man arrested after attempting to smother wife with towel

A 57-year-old Bremerton man was arrested Monday after he allegedly tried to smother his wife with a towel.…

News

A man’s search for his “soulmate” leads to a naked arrest

A 38-year-old Port Orchard man was found sleeping naked Sunday in a Bremerton mobile home park office after…

Lynsi Burton/staff photo The electrophysiology lab

News

Harrison Medical Center taking the stress out of heart treatment

With aging equipment and not enough space to handle patient volume, doctors and nurses specializing in heart and…

News

Rooftop movies back in downtown Bremerton

Starting July 16, movie fans are invited to park it on the top floor of the Old J.C.…

Business

A green future for Kitsap construction industry

With new construction lagging, construction worker Matt Stefnik of Seabeck found himself unemployed this year, the construction company…

Opinion

Summer has arrived, Bremerton, commence the complaining

In order to prepare ourselves for the customary nine months of winter, ranging from the somewhat bitter to…

Opinion

Everything Bremerton: It’s a long way down holiday road

Like everyone else, the Smidt family has been cutting back on some of the luxuries we indulge in…

Arnold’s employee Cate Adams

Business

Arnold’s opens doors to revamped store one year after arson

A few bed spreads and display accessories may be still missing, but the Arnold’s Home Furnishings store is…