The Kitsap Harbor Festival will welcome some old staples, and new arrivals, this weekend around Sinclair Inlet.
A stack of glass trophies rests in the front office at East Port Orchard Elementary School.
Principal Kristi Smith’s school soon will be honored with another.
Senior aims for discus mark at Star Track XXX this week in Tacoma
On May 9, Port Orchard’s Economic Development and Tourism Committee discussed a deal in which the city would use iZigg, a cellphone texting service that helps organizations text messages, to people who’ve signed up.
South Kitsap faces rematch against Woodinville in opening round
But South Kitsap senior hopes to play football at Washington
Finding a home for the cast-iron black bell that rests on a wooden base just outside of the main office at South Colby Elementary School was an easy decision.
Ever since debuting “Dinner with the Smileys” in January, I’ve been providing obscure, teasing hints about upcoming guests for followers on Facebook.
New businesses hope to add to the ‘old section’ in the east end of town
For most Americans, a penny at the gas pump has vivid significance but billions of dollars create a meaningless blur. Increasingly, we are unable to fathom the really big numbers in our modern world, a condition known as innumeracy.
Transparency, another city hall staple promised by newly elected mayor Tim Matthes, went by the way side last week. For a few hours, Matthes ordered at least three department heads to not provide information to the Port Orchard Independent.
The Kitsap County Department of Community Development, located in Port Orchard, received an upgraded SMARTGov permitting system. The upgraded system went live May 7.
The shoreline master program public hearings scheduled before the Kitsap County Planning Commission were postponed. The meeting, originally scheduled for May 1, is now scheduled for June 5 at 6 p.m. in the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners’ chambers, at 619 Division St., Port Orchard.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is seeking volunteers to serve as hosts at state parks throughout Washington state.
A local jewelry store employee is accused of embezzling more than $30,000 worth of jewelry and selling her take to local pawn shops.
The 10 acres surrounding the Kitsap Saddle Club in South Kitsap harken to the past. A dusty horse corral. Cut grass that smells perfectly of summer. Trails and woods.
Four South Kitsap residents were awarded a Citizens Certificate of Merit from the City of Port Orchard at Tuesday night’s council meeting.
Jim Dunwiddie, Kitsap County’s Parks and Recreation director, said permitting for phase 1, the skate bowl, of the multi-phase park’s project is nearly finished.
Angel, R-Port Orchard, said her office has been inundated with calls and emails from news organizations as far away as Ohio since the Associated Press picked up on her desire to sell the branding rights to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in an effort to decrease toll rates for bridge users.
A new tattoo parlor opening on Bay Street has allegedly ignited a bit of a small business feud.