Belfair News

The descriptions of the suspects in each robbery are "almost identical," according to a press release issued Friday night by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, which investigated the incident along with agents from the Seattle office of the FBI.

A 20-year-old woman has been arrested in the killing of Belfair native Benjamin Merrill , according to police in the town where he died.

A student at Hawkins Middle School in North Mason was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday after he was involved in a prank that went wrong.

For years, people have been advocating, opposing or simply talking about a stretch of asphalt that would give motorists on State Route 3 the option of skirting the increasingly congested retail/commercial area of Belfair as they drove north from Shelton or south from Bremerton.

Attorney Thomas Weaver also said the case hinges on inconsistent statements to police that don't match the physical evidence.

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His statements to Bremerton police detectives after his arrest, including alleged confessions, were "voluntary and reasoned decisions," Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Leila Mills said during a Friday hearing.

Robb Dressel, who went away to college before returning to work for his fathera s business, is loading gravel for a customer.

More than 100 people came to the Timberland Library in Belfair recently to hear Richard LeMieux speak about his book "Breakfast at Sally's" and his experience as a homeless person in Bremerton.

North Mason YAHOO! By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 12:01 a.m., November 9, 2009 Updated 04:10 p.m., November 9, 2009 A surveillance camera captured this image of a bank robbery at the Key Bank in Belfair on Nov.

A young man from Mason County has been found shot to death near San Francisco - but police don't have a clear motive or any suspects in his killing.

South Kitsap YAHOO! By Rachel Pritchett Monday, November 2, 2009 - Harrison Medical Center will open a new primary-care facility today to serve South Kitsap, a region its leaders say needs more basic doctors.

Tim Wing, a Theler Community Center Board of Directors member, does his imitation of a King 5 Broadcast for Theler's annual Trick or Treat on the Trails event.

Congress will provide $50 million next year for the cleanup and restoration of Puget Sound, an increase from $20 million in the current year's budget.

Puget Sound restoration and preservation efforts received a major boost this week with an increase in funding from the federal government.

Associated Press Originally published 09:50 a.m., October 30, 2009 Updated 09:50 a.m., October 30, 2009 WASHINGTON - Internal investigations into the conduct of more than two dozen House members, including Belfair Democrat Norm Dicks, have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which ...

They earned Secretary of the Navy Awards in the "large shore" and "industrial" categories, respectively.

North Mason YAHOO! North Mason at the Head of the Class in Online Communications BELFAIR - The North Mason School District has been named one of the top school districts in the nation for its use of technology to communicate with parents, students and the community.

This week I'd like for us to travel a little bit further than Kitsap and make our way all the way out to Union.

North Mason YAHOO! Code 911 BELFAIR - A 16-year-old North Mason teen has been charged with first-degree assault after a beating that sent another teen to a Seattle hospital with a brain injury.