South Kitsap High School will host a public “Kitsap Four-Year Degree/Baccalaureate Research” program at 6:30 p.m. January 15 in the SKHS Library. The forum offers an overview of recent community research by the Kitsap County Kitsap Economic Development Alliance, and opportunities to discuss the possibility of establishing a four-year degree program in Kitsap County.
Members of the League of Women Voters will facilitate the meeting, along with small group discussions about the recommendation for a university center in Kitsap County.

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The Kitsap County Department of Community Development (DCD) is changing its shape and will be responsible for generating the money for its operation while establishing a citizen’s committee to help to determine its future direction.

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The possibility of establishing four-year degree programs in Kitsap County gained traction on Thursday, after a meeting of a committee formed to study the idea and take the steps needed to bring it to fruition.
VIDEO: Watch the discussion.

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Last year, Cedar Heights Junior High was in a bit of a scramble. Principal Bruce Dearborn resigned from his position there late in the school year, at a time when school staff was already overwhelmed with the year-end rush.

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It might be hard to find warmth in the Pacific Northwest during the winter season, but Port Orchard merchants tried their best downtown this year with a window-decorating contest this year titled “Warmth of the Season.”

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Nine months after he announced his retirement, Kitsap Mental Health Services’ Executive Director Larry Keller is taking a final lap around the agency he founded thirty years ago.
This week the process kicked into high gear, as Keller’s successor, Joe Roszak, joined the staff.
VIDEO: New director talks about his role.

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Despite an earlier prediction that wireless Internet service would be available on the Southworth-Vashon-Fauntleroy route of the Washington State Ferries by the last day of 2007, equipment delays have pushed the estimate into this year.

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South Kitsap Commissioner Jan Angel is scheduled to announce plans for her political future on Monday, ending speculation whether she would run for another term as commissioner, retire or seek another office.

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Port Orchard City Hall saw its fair share of major issues throughout 2007, drawing in crowds and subsequently spurring a downtown residential movement with growing political clout.

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Starting this week, the Port Orchard branch of the Kitsap Regional Library will lose a few hours and its readers will lose a few days of book reading after new cost-cutting measures take effect.

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Kitsap Animal Control Chief Rance McEntyre and Officer James Aiello on Wednesday unloaded nine malnourished thoroughbreds and Arab mixes at the Kitsap Humane Society headquarters in Silverdale.

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After welcoming its first prince in about a decade in 2007, the Fathoms o’Fun Pageant will crown only princesses this year as five young women will compete to become royalty.
Saturday at Christian Life Center the group of South Kitsap resi-dents will complete what pageant director Kim Martin described as “four months of work … competing for scholarships and to serve and represent their community.”

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The newly appointed head of the struggling Ferries Division of the Washington State Department of Transportation is scheduled to be in South Kitsap tonight to meet local riders.
“I want to meet face-to-face and have constructive conversations with the people who depend on the services we provide every day,” said David Moseley, who took the helm of the maligned agency which has struggled recently to keep enough boats on the water.

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hree South Kitsap brothers who have each done their part to nurture the local environment have been nominated for a state award that recognizes people who are dedicated to serving their community.
Eighteen-year-old twins Jon and Andy Gallent, seniors at South Kitsap High School, and their older brother Jarrett, 19, were nominated as a trio to receive Jefferson Awards, which honor people who have shown “special dedication, sacrifices and significant accomplishments” when it comes to community involvement.

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The race for South Kitsap commissioner heated up this week, with the formal rollout of Monty Mahan’s campaign and former commissioner Charlotte Garrido’s expected candidacy announcement.

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