Dena Scott’s 21-year Naval career did not prepare her for the day she would be standing face-to-face with a bald eagle.
Avoiding snow for this long may have been a relief for Kitsap County residents, but posed a concern for river and stream ecologists monitoring salmon and steelhead populations.
Snow is an interesting temperature-dependent travel medium. By car, truck, Snow Cat, snowmobile, ski or foot, moving across the snow always changes from one trip to the next.
Last week it snowed in Bremerton. It did again last Wednesday. Granted it was a dusting at best to start with, it ended with a with several inches and many roads closed.
Schools didn’t open and the U.S. Navy expected to start two hours late today, but Katie Mairs was at her post in the Bremerton Safeway Starbucks and open at 5:50 a.m. serving coffee to the few who came in.
Harrison Medical Center’s Board of Directors and Executive team announced Jan. 17 that it has begun the process of shopping for a partnership with a larger regional healthcare system.
If the pending snowstorm doesn’t interfere with plans, the Bremerton City Council Wednesday will likely approve Kitsap 9/11 Memorial plans during their regular meeting.
People throughout Central Kitsap and Bremerton are generally hesitant to believe that by tomorrow night, 5 to 10 inches of snow will cover the ground.
On Tuesday, Bremerton defeated North Mason High School 7-0 in the final match of the regular season, which began in November. Bremerton had a total pin fall score of 1,750 to North Mason’s 1,081. This made the team’s regular season outcome 12-0. They head to the Olympic League Tournament next Thursday and because they are the top performer in the league, will automatically advance to the district tournament Jan. 28. The team also has eyes on the two-day state tournament scheduled for February.
An increase in taxes is the last thing most people want. But, later this year residents may be able to vote on a capital projects levy for the Bremerton School District.
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) sailed into the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Many attendees of the Washington CASH business seminar at the Kitsap County Resource Center Jan. 10 were on their second or third job layoff in the past year.
Don’t call Evelyn Hamm an extreme couponer.
Although she has been known to pack her car trunk full of groceries for only $10, she doesn’t consider herself to be like the ladies on the popular TLC reality show.
The Navy Wives Club of America Bremerton #46 announced a scholarship opportunity for children of enlisted sailors ranging from $1,000 to $1,500.
Last Saturday I had the very distinct pleasure of joining a rather large group of fellow education advocates from all over the state. We spent a full day on legislation and education-based training hosted by the League of Education Voters, a Washington state-based citizen founded and citizen funded organization.
A public meeting to discuss the status of the Sheridan Park post office in Bremerton and whether it may close that was rescheduled for earlier this week and postponed, will likely be rescheduled by the end of the month to a later date.
Cory Goffrier swayed under the weight of a 10-foot long metal pipe filled with water as his workout buddies hooted and hollered from the sidelines. He grunted and heaved the pipe until it cleared the top of his head.
Central Kitsap County Commissioner Josh Brown will hold “open office hours” at the Silverdale library from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 to meet with citizens and listen to their ideas and concerns.
All of Kitsap County’s landfills are full, and the county produces about 180,000 tons of new garbage per year, according to officials who are looking to decrease garbage tonnage by ramping up recycling efforts in 2012.
Beki Lischalk joined Kitsap Mental Health Services as director of human resources, according to a statement from KMHS.