Gov. Chris Gregoire (left) and Rep. Sherry Appleton contemplate the wares at Pouslbo’s Sluys Bakery during Gregoire’s visit to Kitsap earlier this year.

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Kitsap legislators deride Gregoire’s budget

The initial consensus is clear.

Opinion

Time to talk about pot?

State Rep. Sherry Appleton is right, it’s time to have a conversation about pot. Not the conversation parents…

Opinion

Christmas at Trenton gave us freedom

As we celebrate this most joyous of seasons, perhaps we should also remember another Christmas event. A Christmas…

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

BLOOD DRIVE: The Puget Sound Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.…

Wesley Remmer/staff photo Residents of the O’Hana House in Bremerton are rerouting their lives

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Toward new days, sober ways

Sabrina kept herself afloat by diving to the bottom of dumpsters.

Studio 21 owner Scott Rocc

Business

Studio 21 pledges club excitement in B-town

Scott Rocc is the chill guy by the pool table at the bar, the one talking to random…

Sports

Sports notices

Rec-league hoops The Bremerton Parks and Recreation Department is accepting team registrations for a winter adult basketball league.…

Sports

Game on: East, West to renew rivalry

The rivalry has been rekindled.

News

Hearings loom for 110-home Illahee project

Illahee resident Jim Aho does not find the Timbers Edge development plan convincing.

News

Closure of juvenile facility still vexes deputies

Bremerton Police Sgt. Bill Endicott recently came upon a distressed teenage girl whose family troubles had turned her…

News

Dicks cleared in ethics probe

The Office of Congres–sional Ethics has closed an investigation into ethics charges filed in October against U.S. Rep.…

News

Rep. Appleton says state should legalize pot

POULSBO — For Paul Bellesen, marijuana legalization isn’t a clear cut question.

Sports

Central Kitsap boys basketball snaps Bremerton’s streak

The Bremerton boys basketball team had its five-game winning streak snapped Tuesday. Jarell Flora scored a team-high 21…

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Burn ban called in Kitsap

Kitsap will enact a Stage 1 burn ban beginning at 4 p.m. today. With a Stage 1 burn…

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Weather shelters reopen

The Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management will open two weather shelters this evening due to the freezing…

News

Bremerton chamber director steps down

After nine years at the helm, Bremerton Chamber of Commerce Director Silvia Klatman is resigning to pursue new…

Opinion

Let’s all pitch in to make the community stronger

Next month, volunteers countywide will set about with the grim task of counting Kitsap County’s homeless. In the…

Wesley Remmer/staff photo Bremerton senior forward Jarell Flora is averaging 20 points per game

Sports

Flora, Knights pumping out ‘W’s’

Jarell Flora pawed at a loose ball, secured possession and dribbled into open space, gliding down the court…

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Port Orchard teen will serve at least two years for Arnold’s fire

PORT ORCHARD — A Port Orchard teen who helped set the fire that destroyed Arnold’s Home Furnishings last…

Sports

Bremerton remains 3A school — for now

An official announcement regarding Bremerton High School’s classification for the 2010-12 seasons had not been made at press…