News

Sex offender Dufault moving to Baby Doll Road

A community meeting is scheduled Wednesday to inform residents that a Level III sex offender has registered to…

Letters to the Editor

Recruiters’ new home near high school makes sense for everyone

Some things are so obvious and right you wouldn’t think they’d require any explanation or defense. But such…

Letters to the Editor

Healthcare system just needs a healthy dose of competition

The core issues in the healthcare debate are quite clear but easily muddied. Citing sad stories is easy…

Letters to the Editor

Port Orchard needs what Chang offers

I met Fred Chang six years ago at a block party he organized for the neighborhood at the…

Letters to the Editor

Chang making Port Orchard a better place

I met Fred Chang six years ago at a block party he organized for the neighborhood at the…

School district officials are encouraging students to ride the bus next week because the more riders there are

News

School district pushing bus ridership next week

State funding depends on how many students utilize the service

Sports

Gold Mountain preps for most talented field ever at Ping/Golfweek invite

PING/Golfweek Invitational brings six Top 10 schools, including UW

News

Football capsule

Week 4 South Kitsap Wolves (3-0) @ Olympia Bears (3-0) Time: 7 p.m. Friday @ Ingersoll Stadium Olympia…

Jan Leigh of Gig Harbor paints trim on Burley resident Barbara Laxson’s home Wednesday.

Life

Church group gives Burley home, post office a facelift

For weeks now, Burley resident Barbara Laxson has been hosting church services at her house. But instead of…

News

Port issues nearly $4.5 million in G&O bonds

On what Chief Executive Officer Cary Bozeman called a “big night for the port and the community,” the…

Parking Enforcement Officer Melinda Lohre writes a ticket on downtown Bay Street.

News

‘Chain parking’ violators will get $100 ticket

A new parking ordinance is meant to end the practice of “chain parking” in downtown Port Orchard, fining…

News

County will address overturned shoreline regulations lawsuit

The Kitsap County commissioners will meet on Monday to determine how to respond to an appellate court ruling…

News

Meeting scheduled for release of sex offender in SK

The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a meeting next week in South Kitsap to inform the public…

Olalla Elementary School sixth-graders Rachel Baker

News

South Kitsap School District expanding compost program

All the elementary schools in the South Kitsap School District will soon be sorting and composting their garbage…

Off the Wagon Antique Market owner Kelly Berg posts signs from opposing city council candidates.

News

Campaign signs crop up downtown

With city council races in full swing downtown merchants are expressing themselves by posting window signs in their…

Darryl Baldwin and Levelle Allen are the new Man and Woman of the Year by the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce.

News

Port Orchard Chamber names Man, Woman of the Year

The Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce has selected its annual man, woman and small business of the year…

Opinion

Port of Manchester does what Port of Bremerton should have

Call it the Port of Bremerton effect. Time was when the Port of Manchester commissioners, who clearly would…

Opinion

Scrapped ferries could have been a real tourist draw

When the Washington State Ferry System sold its four scrapped Steel Electric-class ferries this year, it lost money,…

Life

Showing of ‘Shirley Valentine’ benefits SK Helpline

Array

Any plans for the Port Orchard Library building will need to accommodate existing transit activity.

News

Fate of library building opens long-term planning discussion

The Port Orchard City Council’s list of seven specific requirements for redevelopment of the library building could develop…