Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, United Way of Kitsap County Executive Director David Foote points out the need to give this year is greater than before because of the current economic climate.
Now that the South Kitsap School District board of directors has adopted a resolution to put an excess levy measure on the ballot for next February’s election, it’s time for the voters to consider whether to approve or reject the ballot proposition.
Between its boys and girls cross-country teams, South Kitsap only had one top-10 finisher Tuesday. But Wolves coach Paul Zimmer isn’t concerned.
Even though the six-team meet at Lakewood’s Fort Steilacoom Park is viewed as a preview of next week’s Narrows League Championships at the same location, Zimmer noted that a few of the school’s top runners, including senior Jon Phillips, elected to focus on time trials instead.
t 21-year-old Cole Satran ‘looked down’ just before fatal SR-3 crash.
t Developments impact Angel, Abel legislative race.
Another arrest was made in connection with a string of local espresso stand burglaries that occurred over the past few months, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office reported.
After nearly an hour of public testimony that was largely supportive of the controversial Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) project, the Port of Bremerton Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to accept $2.58 million from the federal government to help launch the initiative.
After nearly an hour of public testimony that was largely supportive of the controversial Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED)…
The Port Orchard city government presented its case for the annexation of the McCormick Woods subdivision on Wednesday night, addressing…
Kitsap’s economy is heavily dependent on public and government employers. Over the past seven years, combined employment of the federal government, Harrison Hospital and Olympic College has grown from 20 percent to 38 percent of Kitsap’s total employment.
Tacoma is known as “The City of Destiny.”
So many people like to say that they saw the mortgage crisis coming, as if it somehow reflects on their intelligence and foresight.
We’ve taken another run at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on coming up with a social statement on human sexuality.
It’s been said that the hardest part about being an elected official is sitting at your desk day after day as an endless parade of people representing worthy causes troop by needing — and often demanding — public support.
What kid wouldn’t love to hear these words from an adult?
“I need you to be whinier,” Scott Hopkins told 10-year-old Avery Drury, who was rehearsing the role of Elizabeth Lavenza, the soon-to-be bride of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, at Sidney Glen Elementary School Friday afternoon.
Ryan Williams is a soft-spoken, unassuming player — off the field, that is.
t LaCross pleads guilty to driving drunk with her children in the car.
As a shortstop and right-handed pitcher for Gray-New Gloucester High School, Dave LaRose relished the long road trips along the white-washed roads of Maine.
Anyone who says you can’t legislate morality has never taken a stand on either side of Initiative 1000. The question,…
