Washington state Civil War Association sets up camp for its fourth annual North Kitsap reenactment June 20-22.
The Roby King’s a barnyard as painter Cheri Christensen returns for her 10th annual solo summer show this month.
Chris Mulally travels from Bremerton’s open mic circuit to label owner/frontman.
Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, former South Kitsap School District board member Chris Lemke laments the district’s recent actions in hiring a new school superintendent.
Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, 39th District Rep. Dan Kristiansen (R-Snohomish), argues that a new Washington state tax on Internet sales hurts consumers, businesses and even government.
There is an old saying that the two things certain in life are death and taxes. Sometimes those two converge.
Take growing trees, for example. Tax policy can be the death knell for tree farmers.
Tree farmers are our country’s real risk takers. If they are fortunate, they buy land with mature trees on it.
United Way is gearing up for another big day of community cleanup with its 15th annual Day of Caring, scheduled for Friday, June 20.
Prevailing economic conditions have presented small businesses with a significant challenge with regard to acquiring and maintaining a capable staff, according to an address to the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce last week.
The field at South Kitsap High School didn’t look much different than the last time he stepped onto it.
They might have been wearing different colors, from bright red to crimson to BlueJackets blue, gold and white, but deep down, they all still bleed orange and black.
The Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) will hold its joint district meeting in Bremerton this week, hosting commissioners and engineers from throughout the state.
The lot only is five acres and sits just a few miles off State Route 16, but its openness and quiet serenity create a country feel.
It’s not exactly destitute, though.
Wander through the yard — if the dogs don’t make their presence known first — to the electric fence where Joe Swinney stores his family of bulls. Behind the wires are the 1,920-pound Smilin-Sugartooth Shorty, Captain ’n Krunch (1,700 pounds), Tornado Blanco (1,000), Cinnamon (1,600), the mother, and the first heifer she and Shorty produced, Thunder Cloud (800), who was born last month.
When setting up for the annual Manchester Salmon Bake, it’s never hard to figure out where the grill goes.
“There’s a divot in the parking lot where we first put the grill because it was so hot it melted the asphalt,” said Carol Campbell with a laugh, explaining that these days the group carefully puts down sand and special bricks before firing up the grill.
In a June 4 Guest Opinion (“Victims should be our first safety consideration”) state Sen. Kirk Pearson (R-Monroe) intimated that the state Department of Corrections routinely releases offenders into the neighborhoods of their victims.
The rising costs of energy may give us a preview of how things will be when the heavy hand of government intrudes even more to reduce carbon dioxide emissions because of global warming fears.
Registration set
t But Romar seeking nothing less than ‘championship’-level talent for Huskies.
A 37-year-old Gig Harbor man is under house arrest after admitting to sending sexual text messages to a Port Orchard…
The capacity crowd that filled the Kitsap County commissioners’ chambers on Thursday night was already enthusiastic enough about improvements to the South Kitsap Park.
