In the midst of touring ferry-served communities, Washington State Ferries director David Moseley spoke in Kitsap County last Wednesday about the ferry system’s well-documented problem — most notably its chronic shortage of money.
“I took this job because I thought that after 30 years of experience if I’ve learned anything now is the time to try to apply that to a big challenge,” said Moseley, who took over the system this spring. “And this is a big challenge. The ferry system is not financially sustainable into the future.”

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State proposal on table to begin work in AugustAfter years of promises and false starts, steps are now in the works that may finally bring an overpass to the Burley-Olalla interchange along State Route 16.
Located in unincorporated Kitsap County, the intersection is the last “at-grade” (meaning one that does not have its own on-ramp) entry point on the road connecting Port Orchard and Tacoma. It has been the site of many serious accidents over the years.

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It’s official — the tolls to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge will be a dollar more come July.
Last week, the Washington State Transportation Commission voted to approve the TNB’s Citizen Advisory Committee’s recommendation to raise the price to cross the new bridge by a dollar for both cash and electronic toll collection(ETC) payments.

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A smaller boat was moved to the Washington State Ferries’ Point Defiance/Tahlequah route Sunday, creating back-ups on the nearby Triangle Route as drivers sought an alternate way off Vashon Island.
According to spokeswoman Susan Harris-Huether of the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Ferries Division, the 34-car Hiyu ferry began shuttling passengers between South Vashon and Tacoma June 1, replacing the 60-car Rhododendron.

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Transparency wasn’t the buzz word in a vocabulary lesson — it just felt that way at Wednesday’s South Kitsap School District board meeting.

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Kitsap County today launched a discount card program to help consumers cope with the high price of prescription drugs.

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Nuchims to host candidate forums

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The Port Orchard City Council on Monday passed an ordinance that revises the city’s water rates and connection charges in order to generate more revenue and keep up with expected growth.

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Over lunch Wednesday with the Kitsap County commissioners, Port of Bremerton Commissioner Bill Mahan expressed concern that the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) project will not succeed without leadership.

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A former Port Orchard woman was arrested Wednesday for the apparent beating death of her toddler last February, the Port Orchard Police Department reported.
According to the POPD, the 22-year-old woman was booked into Kitsap County Jail May 28 for rendering criminal assistance in the suspected homicide of her 22-month-old girl in Port Orchard. She was released the following day without being charged with a crime.

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