POULSBO — A Kingston neighborhood is cut off from emergency services by a road collapse. KCMT wants to move to Poulsbo Village. Competitors put their Lushootseed skills to the test. Local fund is one-third of the way to its goal.

Those are the top stories in the Dec. 18 North Kitsap Herald, available now at newsstands and in stores.

The Dec. 18 Herald is 44 pages in two sections — News and Kitsap Weekly — and includes a gift guide for all of you last-minute shoppers. The Kitsap Weekly cover story is about the Kitsap Humane Society’s Pawsitive Prison Program, which pairs women inmates Mission Creek Corrections Center care for cats and prepare them for adoption.

Inside the Herald, you’ll find local news and features, Obituaries, Editorial, Letters to the Editor, The Scuttlebutt by Steve Swann, At Your Service, our Neighbors Helping Neighbors series, Holiday Worship Guide, Public Meetings, Sports & Outdoors, North Kitsap Calendar, Legal Notices, Viking Avenue Junction, Kitsap Weekly, Kitsap Scenes, Kitsap Calendar, Northwest Wines, Kitsap Weekly Crossword, Kitsap Weekly Sudoku, Garden Life by Debbie Teashon, Kitsap Nightlife, Pets & People by Rebekah Johnson, Gluten-Free Foodies by Lisa Garza, Classifieds, Weekend Open Houses, and Greater Kitsap Dining & Entertainment.

The Herald has been the Voice of North Kitsap since 1901 and has a circulation of 12,500. Kitsap Weekly is included in five Sound Publishing newspapers in Kitsap County and has a circulation of 65,000. For convenient home delivery of the Herald, call 360-779-4464 or email circulation@northkitsapherald.com.

You can read the Herald page by page online at www.northkitsapherald.com/green_editions. Get regular news updates on NorthKitsapHerald.com and on Facebook.

Regionwide news is available at your fingertips:
— BainbridgeReview.com
— BremertonPatriot.com
— CentralKitsapReporter.com
— KingstonCommunityNews.com
— NorthKitsapHerald.com
— PortOrchardIndependent.com
— KitsapVeteransLife.com