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Kitsap to mark County Government Week

Kitsap County will mark National County Government Week by sponsoring essay, video and art competitions for local high…

Sports

Moore’s latest score lifts SK

Junior scores his seventh goal to help team earn 1-0 win, remain undefeated

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Rite-Aid ‘robber’ sentenced to almost two years

After two failed attempts to hold up a local drugstore, a 23-year-old South Kitsap man was sentenced to…

Kitsap County communities boast a wide assortment of farmer’s markets offering everything from locally grown produce and plants to arts and crafts.

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Kitsap farmer’s market schedules announced

The Kitsap County Visitor and Convention Bureau has announced the summer schedules for local farmers markets, where visitors…

Opinion

Oke’s supporters use same tactics that built bridge

I confess I was surprised — although pleasantly so — when the state Legislature rejected the idea of…

Opinion

State’s water law doesn’t encourage conservation

Washington’s water law is probably the most complicated set of statutes we have. The root is in the…

Opinion

I-601’s provisions violate state constitution

The people who wrote our state constitution were pretty smart. They had watched other western states adopt constitutions…

Opinion

Since when does she have a ‘right’ not to be judged?

Soundoff is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically…

Opinion

Good people do good things right under our noses

Have you ever looked for someone and couldn’t find him or her. I mean, one minute he or…

Opinion

Phony vet got off easy, if you ask me

“This letter is from the many friends of Roy J. Scott, who has been a Port Angeles resident…

Opinion

Is SEED an investment or a gamble?

None too soon, the Port of Bremerton commissioners decided to take a second look at the Sustainable Energy…

Opinion

Botkin’s blunder

Former Kitsap County Commissioner Tim Botkin’s dismissal as head of the Port of Bremerton’s Sustainable Energy and Economic…

Opinion

Indecency is in the eye of the beholder

As if the product being served up at Espresso Gone Wild wasn’t already stimulating enough, the Gorst establishment…

Opinion

Pit bull attacks are happening in South Kitsap

In the past few months, two small dogs being walked by their owners have been attacked in South…

Opinion

Club offers support, validation for moms

During the interim between when a column is submitted and when I read it in a paper, sometimes…

Opinion

Murray keeps exceeding my expectations

I said it before, and I admit it was back in 2006, but I am beginning to appreciate…

Opinion

We mistook the messenger for his message

Do you know the term “Bodhisattva?” Lisa Maliga in Pagewise, Inc. gives a beautiful definition from Tibetan Buddhism,…

Opinion

Occasionally, a profile in courage

Once in a while, it does a soul good to keep an eye peeled for signs that our…

Opinion

Stupid boat thieves and other amusing tales

Here are some of my favorite news stories of 2007, this time not all about animals. • OLYMPIA…

Opinion

At last, some sanity in property taxes?

Most residents of South Kitsap will receive a pleasant surprise when their property tax bills arrive in the…