It is with great excitement that we reflect on 31 years of publishing the Central Kitsap Reporter. This great community deserves a local newspaper. Each year our staff works hard to give you the best journalism and advertising that is local and relevant to Central Kitsap County.
The Reporter was founded in June of 1984 by Jennie Cooley, a strong believer in the importance of community news.
“Silverdale at that time didn’t have a weekly paper and it was a great community and I wanted to be there,” Cooley said this week. She now works as an artist in Santa Fe, and she still has ties to Central Kitsap.
Many people subscribe to the Central Kitsap Reporter; others receive it free. We appreciate the support we get from our subscribers, and are putting additional emphasis on voluntarily paid subscriptions — that is, asking you to pay for your subscription.
We have every intention of continuing to be the city’s primary source of news close to home, with every page devoted just to Central Kitsap. Your subscription will help support our efforts to do that. (For those of you that have paid in the past, thank you. Your contribution has not gone unnoticed.) Your yearly contribution of $25 can be made either by mail using the address below or online through our secure server at centralkitsapreporter.com/subscribe (we take Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and even PayPal) or via phone at 1-888-838-3000.
By subscribing you will be given additional advantages such as guaranteed delivery. Should something ever go wrong with your delivery we will take care the issue. If your paper ever shows up as wet, or damage, or if it doesn’t show up at all, we will redeliver it for free. Just call us and we will send a driver out to your address with the newspaper.
Your local community news has never been more important – whether it’s to bring you news of the upcoming elections, city and school issues, or all of the summer activities and special events that the Central Kitsap Reporter has to offer. We pride ourselves in bringing you fair, accurate and accessible news in an effort to bind this community together.
In the last 31 years, both the city and the Central Kitsap Reporter have come a long way. For the last few years, the Central Kitsap Reporter has kept you up to date all week long, via Twitter, Facebook, on mobile apps and at centralkitsapreporter.com. There is no need to wait for election results, traffic problems or other breaking news that you need. Get it online all week or in the printed edition every Friday. Our job is to keep you informed when you need it most.
We can’t do it alone. Consider paying for a subscription by sending a check, calling in your payment, or paying online.
While you’re doing that, our award-winning staff will be out there covering the city council, school boards, fire district, water district and more — so you don’t have to.
One more thing — please support the Reporter’s advertisers. Let them know you appreciate seeing their ads in the Reporter.
And remember to always shop locally when you can. Keep those local dollars local.
