Meals on Wheels Kitsap announced it will produce the 36th Annual Whale of a Run. The run/walk event will be held on Saturday, July 30, as a part of Silverdale’s annual Whaling Days Festival.
WSU spring graduates; nominate companies doing great things for the community; financial advisor hosts coffee clubs.
Law enforcement officers across Kitsap County are wearing mourning badges. Members of the Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild may send a representative to memorial services in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The following cases were filed in Kitsap County District Court.
Initial investigations reveal that human error was responsible for an uneven lift span on the State Route 104 Hood Canal Bridge on July 10, which caused an unplanned seven-hour bridge closure to marine and vehicular traffic.
Since the start of the Homes for All Who Serve initiative in 2015, more than 80 Kitsap homeless veteran families have been successfully housed. However, with less than six months to Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the coalition that is leading the effort — made up of federal, state and local veterans programs, homeless organizations and housing providers — needs to identify additional housing units for veterans.
Just five Kitsap County residents were arrested and booked for driving while intoxicated (DUI) during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, according to the Washington State Patrol. That seems, on its face, a highly positive number for a county of roughly 260,000 residents.
With our trusting companions — our pets — all traumatized from us celebrating Independence Day with explosions, is it not time to stop this madness?
Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn knows school districts use local levies to pay teachers and principals because they don’t get enough money from the state to offer competitive salaries.
We encourage veterans and their families to attend the summer 2016 Veterans Stand Down, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 16 at Sheridan Park Community Center, 680 Lebo Blvd., Bremerton.
Bucklin Hill Bridge opens; annual picnic; increased ferry routes.
The events of last week will not be forgotten, here or anywhere else. But for law enforcement agencies in Kitsap County, they were greeted with a response that might have taken some a bit by surprise: almost universal support, compassion and sympathy.
Domestic violence; violating court-mandated protection order; failure to register.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on June 27 that the state is violating U.S. treaties with Tribes by allowing failing culverts to block salmon from more than 1,000 miles of habitat.
I made a mistake. Despite almost 16 years as a mother to all boys — boys whom I know absorb my comments and actions — I had a moment of weakness and forgot. I opened my mouth and bad, hurtful words came out.
If you have only a passing awareness of Alzheimer’s disease, in another decade or so you might be well aware of its devastating impact on the graying Baby Boomer generation, their families and American taxpayers. This memory-robbing disease is progressive, cruel and can’t be halted.
Host families needed; candidate forum; Vino and Vinyasa.
A road improvement project on Chico Way NW from the State Route 3 interchange to the Silverdale Way NW roundabout begins on July 11.
Solar U workshop; students making honor role; VBS; 4th of July.
After more than a year of construction, the Bucklin Hill Road will be reopening to traffic on Friday, July 22.