Today, there is an unavoidable urge to let government engineer our lives in the name of climate change.
We all know that children take their cues from adults.
Infused with new blood and wiser after years and scars from intra-party battling, Kitsap Republicans passed a nice, clean platform at their county convention Saturday — one guaranteed to offend nobody — and left vowing to keep the White House and take back Congress, the governor’s office, the Legislature and the courthouse.
The first column I ever wrote about Ellen Craswell was in August 1976 when she was running for the Legislature in the 23rd district and handing out sponges with her campaign slogan on them, “Let’s Clean House.”
I love meeting new people and coaxing out their stories, although sometimes I wonder what it would be like to assemble the wild, hodgepodge of unique and occasionally crazy characters who share their stories all together in the same room.
Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, Mark Musser, stormwater field representative for the Building Industry Association of Washington, compares Hitler’s Nazi party to modern environmental extremists.
There’s no denying events like the Halloween Family Fun Night at Givens Community Center are popular.
Well before the doors were scheduled to open Wednesday night, a crowd of children and adults had already lined-up to go inside and were barely able to stand still while waiting.
And that was before the candy was handed out.
Through the doors at the Gallery School of Music & Dance’s new location is a world of possibilities.
“We are a full performing-arts school, as well as a creative-arts learning center for little ones,” explains co-founder Kara Morket, who runs Gallery with her sister, Erin Brinkerhoff.
Slideshow: See a slideshow of Erin Brinkerhoff’s Ballet 3 class at the Gallery School of Music and Dance.
They loaded a dishwasher, swept the floor and poured the leftovers into plastic containers. It looked like any other group of roommates cleaning up after lunch, but these students are participating in an educational program preparing them for life beyond high school.
With a new independent theater on the way and a major chain purchasing South Sound Cinema 10 last March, the Port Orchard City Council has turned its attention to admissions taxes.
In the aftermath of the general election earlier this month, the Port Orchard City Council will welcome a number of new faces, and fewer long-time members.
The completion along Mile Hill Drive and the South Kitsap Mall is about to change.
Real Assets Property Services, Inc., a Seattle-based real-estate company run by Adam Simon and David Aron, purchased the vacant lot on the left-hand side of the mall and are building a 12,000-square foot shopping center.
The owner of a local daycare center accused of putting a 4-year-old Port Orchard boy into the truck of her car has had her license suspended pending an investigation, according to the Washington State Department of Early Learning.
U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Ferguson answered a series of questions, one piling upon the other, from a group of Cub Scouts at the Elim Lutheran Church Thursday evening.
Perhaps no one deserves a vacation more than the parent of a teenager — particularly one who took on that role overnight.
Several terms back, Port Orchard Councilman Robert Geiger made his first attempt at retiring from public life and focusing on his family-owned business, Geiger Pharmacy.
The turkey has been stuffed, carved and is now facing a week of sandwiches, which means it’s time for Port Orchard to break out the trees and lights.
On Monday afternoon members of the Port Orchard Bay Street Association took to the streets to line the covered walkway with yards upon yards of icicle lights.
A 5 percent admissions tax increase was passed by the Port Orchard City Council Monday evening — but the ordinance won’t get very far, because Mayor Kim Abel will use her power to veto for the first time since taking office in 2004.
Port Orchard’s Downtown Overlay District (DOD) will face scrutiny when two city residents bring it before the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, citing a number of housing and environmental concerns.
This week’s flood fell short of epic disaster proportions, but not because Mother Nature didn’t pull out all the stops. Instead, the county’s preparedness level and careful planning served to mitigate the damage.
One of the first actions of Kitsap County’s Department of Emergency Management is to connect to 911 and filter out the life-threatening situations for immediate attention.
Video: Emergency personnel discuss flood effort
