Sports
School briefs: Rockies sign Hammel to two-year contract
South Kitsap High School graduate Jason Hammel signed a two-year, $7.75 million contract with the Colorado Rockies late…
Business
Bethel Avenue Book Company prepares to close its doors
It was a civic-minded endeavor. Rebecca Guthrie said she bought Bell Book & Candle in April 2005 and…
News
Medical Examiner identifies female in Walmart shooting
Astrid L. Valdivia, a 13-year-old runaway from Utah, has been positively identified by the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s…
Letters to the Editor
Photo-tolling plan just doesn’t pencil out
In my opinion, Randy Boss is correct in what he stated (“Transportation Commission makes final photo-tolling pitch,” Jan.…
Opinion
Shooting shows how vulnerable we are
The public can be very proud of the way law enforcement came together to help resolve the shooting…
Opinion
Our schools deserve at least as many choices as our grocery stores
My local grocery store offers 28 kinds of macaroni and cheese, 130 flavors of tea, 62 kinds of…
News
SK Regional Park getting new playground
County officials have held numerous meetings over the years to determine the public’s hopes for South Kitsap Regional…
Sports
Girls basketball: Wolves rout Stadium, await Bellarmine Prep
The temptation to look ahead was too great. After all, South Kitsap plays at 7 p.m. Friday at…
News
South Kitsap deputy among those shot at SK Walmart; Kitsap County officer stopped shooter
Police identified 48-year-old Andrew Paul Ejde, and 50-year-old John Roy Stacy of South Kitsap as the two deputies…
News
Fatal ATV crash during Walmart shooting brings together 911-responders
Olalla resident Kenneth Folden, 28, died Sunday of injuries received in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Olympic Drive.…
News
State Patrol IDs man shot at South Kitsap Walmart; Still waiting to ID female
Anthony A. Martinez, a 31-year-old resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, has been identified as the male suspect…
News
Two dead, two deputies wounded following shooting in Port Orchard Walmart parking lot
Two people are dead and a pair of Kitsap County deputies were wounded in a shooting incident on…
Sports
Sports briefs: Bloomquist signs with Diamondbacks
Willie Bloomquist is headed back to the desert. The versatile 1996 South Kitsap High School graduate signed a…
Sports
Wrestling: South Kitsap relishes chance to compete at home for a change
Ringing alarms once sounded at 4 a.m. to wake wrestlers for bus rides across Snoqualmie Pass. While those…
News
911 Briefs
Taken from Port Orchard Police Department incident reports: January 14 2:14 a.m. • Horseplay with vehicle results in…
Letters to the Editor
SAFE Boats broke the boat ramp, let them fix it
Can someone please tell me why a private company (SAFE Boats International) is able to legally extort money…
Opinion
Can elected officials take a pay cut? Maybe
A state constitutional amendment to authorize reductions in the compensation of elected and appointed public officers and judges…
News
Drug arrest turns into wild ride for Kitsap deputy
A 20-year-old South Kitsap man was arrested on Jan. 17 after allegedly dragging a deputy behind his car…
News
Angel already had bills filed when session started
Even though the state’s legislative session wasn’t scheduled to begin until Jan. 10, 26th District Rep. Jan Angel…