In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Park Vista Retirement community is staging a day of activities honoring those who fought in the U.S. armed services.
“The Wizard of Oz (The Young Performers’ Edition)” at the Western Washington Center for the Arts in Port Orchard will appear in weekend shows through Sept. 6.
Cars of just about every vintage and modification are on display at the CRUZ 2015 car show in Port Orchard Sunday, Aug. 9. The annual event attracts up to 25,000 visitors each year.
The GP-15 “Spirit of Port Orchard” hydroplane, (foreground), piloted by Jerry Hopp, is edged out at the finish line by his son Greg Hopp on the GP-12 Fox Plumbing hydro during the Grand Prix championship race at the Seafair hydro race Aug. 2 on Lake Washington.
Twenty-eight years ago, a little car show took root on the shores of Sinclair Inlet in Port Orchard.
These days, that little car exhibition — the CRUZ car show — is considered by many to be the largest-attended single-day event in Kitsap County.
What is the face of homelessness in South Kitsap County?
Is it that man dressed in tattered clothes asking for funds at an area intersection? An abandoned woman with a couple of children to feed and no place to live? Or is it a well-dressed and decidedly middle-class family suddenly hit — like a shot in the dark — by their breadwinner’s unexpected job loss?
When Nelson Lanchester of the Kitsap Live Steamers came upon his group’s outdoor railroad track Aug. 6 at South Kitsap Regional Park, his heart sank. Two days after the volunteer railroad group had laid a new stretch of 7-1/2-inch aluminum track in the Port Orchard park — 1/8th-scale to standard rail track — vandals earlier in the day had pulled out about 110 feet of track and tossed the section to the side, bent and damaged.
Team attracts talent throughout Kitsap County at Bremerton’s Skateland
1931 charcoal gray Model A was reported stolen Aug. 2
Proceeds benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital, StandUp for Kids Kitsap County
Fund balance expected to increase again in 2015-16
Jeannie Screws, who once held a seat as a West Sound Utility District No. 1 commissioner, will face incumbent Susan Way for Position 3 in the general election Nov. 3.
Road crews in Kitsap County will work through next week on selected streets that will affect traffic in southern parts of the county.
The Port Orchard Police Department will join other law-enforcement agencies in be hosting a local National Night Out, a community building campaign to promote police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make for safer communities.
Wrigley took part in World Children’s Festival earlier this month
Katherine R. Daniels, 74, of Belfair died July 23 in Port Orchard.
The Mustangs on the Waterfront car show, sponsored by the Kitsap Mustang Club, captured the attention of onlookers in Port Orchard. The Ford Mustang-only show is an annual event.
Soete takes over Pacific Lutheran University’s baseball program
Nancy Pack retired after six years as principal at the school
State revenues from marijuana sales within this area will now be shared with Kitsap County and the City of Port Orchard.
