In a 4-2 vote, the Port Orchard City Council approved the mayor’s appointments to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee at the July 23 meeting.
The National Night Out will be on Tuesday, Aug. 6, and Port Orchard will be celebrating at the Port Orchard Marina Park Gazebo.
Charges were filed July 24 in Kitsap County District Court against a 29-year-old Port Orchard man.
New, across-the-board ferry-fare increases will go into effect Oct. 1 as a result of action taken by Washington State Transportation Commission following a final hearing July 30.
The William Fenton Howe Family was announced as one of five families that will be honored Sept. 20 during the third annual Heritage Family Banquet presented by the Kitsap County Historical Society.
Former Port Orchard Mayor Lary Coppola has been named as the new executive officer of the North Peninsula Building Association (NPBA).
Washington State University released the names of local students who earned undergraduate degrees for the spring 2013 semester.
The First Friday Art Walk is 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, in downtown Port Orchard. This month’s theme is “Happy Tails” to help support Kitsap Humane Society and Pony Up Rescue for Equines.
Kitsap County Sheriff Steve Boyer invites county residents to join him, sheriff’s office personnel and other public safety agencies for Kitsap County’s National Night Out event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6, at the Haselwood Family YMCA, 3909 NW Randall Way.
I received a flier in the mail touting State Rep. Jan Angel for State Senate. I noted the section mentioning some of the awards she has received.
Two Port Orchard residents won a brand new truck each playing a Washington’s Lottery game. Kelly Gast and Paul Zunich of Port Orchard of Port Orchard won a brand new truck playing “Trucks and Bucks” game.
More than 800 people made their way to the Port Orchard Marina Park on July 25 for the eighth of 14 Concert by the Bay series planned this summer.
The final pieces —steel beams from the World Trade Center and a stone from the Pentagon — will make its final journey and resting place at the Kitsap 9-11 Memorial site.
A 26-year old Port Orchard woman was arrested July 21 for assault after hitting another woman in the head with a beer bottle, according to a Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office report.
The League of Women Voters of Washington announced last week the launch of the award-winning nonpartisan election resource at www.VOTE411.org for the Aug. 6 primary election.
Sheeple. I despise this term that has been coined to represent those of us who blindly follow others and base our emotions on their words with no thought regarding critical thinking.
Mark Sparks is a Washington native and when looking to relocate his company, it was one of six western states he examined. But the people of Kitsap County and their attitude was one of the deciding factors why his company is relocating here from California.
Doug Lewis, 64, works for MultiCare Health Systems in Gig Harbor, and from February to around the end of November, he’ll bike the 10 miles to and from work every day.
Charges involving forgery were filed against two South Kitsap women in separate incidents on July 22 in Kitsap County District Court.
Visit Kitsap Peninsula and Kitsap County have been notified that the Washington Water Trails (WWTA) has adopted the Kitsap Peninsula Water Trail as an official segment of the Cascadia Marine Trail.
