Two months after Port Orchard resident Jessica Torres was killed by a suspected drunk driver as she headed home from work, her family is still reeling from the loss.
“Nothing makes sense anymore,” said her sister, Natalie Lindsey, who gathered Wednesday evening with family and friends to celebrate one small victory — a green street sign proclaiming a driveway off Beach Drive in Manchester as Jessica Way.
Beginning this summer, Kitsap County will provide cards that are redeemable for prescription discounts from local pharmacies.
The program is sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACo) in partnership with drug retailer CVS/Caremark, Inc. of Nashville, Tenn.
Four South Kitsap residents will be strutting their stuff tonight in Bremerton for a chance to win thousands of dollars in scholarship money and the title of Miss Kitsap.
Along with the local contestants, the event will feature special guests like Elyse Umemoto, Miss Washington 2007; Miss Poulsbo 2007 Alex Duchemin — who earned second runner-up to Umemoto — and Megan Hornbuckle, the reigning Miss Kitsap.
After an abrupt exit from an East Coast transplant, Port Orchard Police Department Chief Al Townsend farmed the Midwest for his latest commander.
Geoff Marti stepped in this month as Townsend’s second-in-command, hailing from Lincoln, Neb. — which is also Townsend’s former stomping grounds.
South Kitsap property owner Fred Depee knows he’ll be getting some questions soon.
His seven-acre parcel adjacent to State Route 16 is becoming more exposed and more visible, as he removes trees and flattens the ground, exposing to the community what he sees as one of the biggest commercial projects Port Orchard has seen in some time.
The parcel sits just off of Pottery Avenue as it becomes Sedgwick.
The Kitsap County commissioners unanimously appointed Walter E. Washington on Wednesday to replace Karen Flynn, who retired as county auditor this week.
“We had three exceptional candidates,” said North Kitsap Commissioner Steve Bauer. “They all had their own strengths, and I would like to keep them all connected with the county.
Next week, the Washington State Transportation Commission will meet, not in person, but over the telephone to decide how much people will pay to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge beginning this summer.
Discussions about the possible annexation of the South Kitsap Industrial Area caused a tiff between South Kitsap Commissioner Jan Angel and Central Kitsap Commissioner Josh Brown last week when Angel accused Brown of misrepresenting the county’s position in discussions with third parties.
The Kitsap County commissioners will hear a staff report this morning that discusses the financial impact of the county’s membership in the Puget Sound Regional Council. But even though the report has yet to be presented or discussed, it has already drawn fire from the property rights group that requested in the first place.
With the city of Bremerton poised to annex the Port of Bremerton’s 3,400-acre South Kitsap Industrial Area, Port Orchard Mayor Lary Coppola on Monday issued a draft proposal that suggests a plan for developing the site under an inter-local agreement consisting of the port, Kitsap County and the cities of Port Orchard and Bremerton — with each sharing the costs as well as the anticipated benefits.
It may not seem like a lot of money, but to Kathy and Gil Michael, owners of the Cedar Cove Inn, an $18-per-bedroom surcharge on their water and sewer bill was simply too much.
A 1,000-home development currently in the works sits entirely within the city of Bremerton but straddles the borders of two school districts, prompting both to discuss where the neighborhood’s students will go.
The Kitsap County Department of Parks and Recreation is hoping to compensate for budget cuts through stewardship programs, which allow residents to take control of and responsibility for local park facilities.
The process of annexing the South Kitsap Industrial Area (SKIA) into Bremerton is one step closer after a Monday meeting between commissioners from Kitsap County and the Port of Bremerton, as well as landowners and municipalities.
“This has been very frustrating,” said South Kitsap Commissioner Jan Angel, about the effort to attract industry and jobs to the 3,400-acre site. “We don’t want to stand still anymore. We need to make some progress.”
Clustered together on a dirt road off of Old Clifton Road, Jeremy Dahl gives his marching orders to the fifth- and sixth-graders from Sunnyslope Elementary.
After the lowest bid did not pass muster, the Port of Bremerton Board of Commissioners last week approved accepting the middle bid for repair work on the Port Orchard Marina’s diesel fuel tank, which has been out of commission since last summer.
Kitsap County feted its state legislative delegation on Thursday night, giving members of the state Senate and House of Representatives an opportunity to discuss their accomplishments during this year’s session and outline their goals for the year ahead.
This week students across the state sit down to take the math portion of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning.
After numerous and often heated discussions regarding the potential annexation of the South Kitsap Industrial Area by the City of Bremerton, the Port of Bremerton’s Board of Commissioners is scheduled to vote on a resolution Tuesday that may begin that process.
What was initially seen as ambivalence has evolved dramatically into genuine enthusiasm.
On Wednesday night, members of the Port Orchard City Council, along with Mayor Lary Coppola, visited a McCormick Woods business meeting to field questions about what annexing to the city would do for the community.
