Opinion
City looks for a legal way to discourage tent cities
While there’s little Port Orchard can do in terms of regulations to prevent the establishment by a private…
Opinion
Someone has to be third in line for a library
Voting to approve a property tax lid lift for the Kitsap Rural Library District this November might be…
Opinion
Merit pay idea sells teachers short
The (comments attributed to me in) Independent’s Sept. 3 editorial (“Merit pay worth talking about for SK teachers”)…
News
26th District hopefuls make their case at KAPO forum
Twenty-sixth District candidates for the state House and Senate used the occasion of a political forum in Silverdale…
Business
Local Boys bring a fresh idea to Kitsap Peninsula
But inside Local Boys’ 14006 Purdy Drive location, there are treasures to be unearthed.
Sports
Wolves offer plenty of talent, depth for new coach
That is enough for South Kitsap girls swimming coach Cliff Rousell to see a well-balanced program. After all,…
Sports
Hungry SK soccer team seeking to define itself
All that means for the Wolves, who advanced to the state quarterfinals and finished with a 14-1-3 record…
News
Brownfields site cleanup to resume
With funding in place, cleanup work on the Port Orchard Brownfields site is scheduled to resume this week.…
Sports
Football: Olympia’s running attack grounds down Wolves
The number seven is anything but heavenly for South Kitsap’s offense. For a third consecutive week, the Wolves…
News
‘Tip a Cop’ fundraiser brings law enforcement to your table
For a while tomorrow, you’ll be able to slip a few bucks into a police officer’s pocket without…
News
Mock earthquake to test Kitsap’s emergency readiness
Though it may sound like the West Sound’s version of a battle of the bands, Kitsap Rumble 2010…
News
KRL could ‘fully fund’ a new Port Orchard library by 2018
The new library building Port Orchard covets could conceivably be funded entirely by the Kitsap Regional Library —…
Letters to the Editor
4-H Dog Club keeping busy
The members of the Happy Trails 4-H Dog Club participated in the Mason County Dog Camp held at…
Opinion
911 tax small enough to be noncontroversial
The Kitsap County commissioners will have to raise our taxes soon, but fortunately this increase is really small.…
News
Charter schools would put education on a business-like basis in this state
In the competition for $3.4 billion in education grants under President Obama’s Race to the Top, Washington is…
News
City awarded $97,000 to conduct academic study
The Washington State Department of Commerce and the Puget Sound Regional Council announced over $1 million in grant…