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Time: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; Kitsap Car Cruz, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; Seagull Calling Contest, 2 p.m. Sunday, registration 1 p.m. Location: Bremerton Marina & Boardwalk, Second Street and Washington Avenue, Bremerton; and Port Orchard Boardwalk/Waterfront Marina Park, Bay Street and Harrison Avenue, Port Orchard.

KITSAP TRANSIT K.T. No. 13-467 Request For Proposals Finance Software System Replacement Project Kitsap Transit, the public transportation provider in Kitsap County, WA is requesting responses from software and implementation service vendors for finance software and implementation services to replace an existing system.

Special law enforcement patrols will focus on another important traffic safety concern - distracted drivers who are texting and talking on their cell phones begining today.

Bremerton: Harborside Building Conference Room, 60 Washington Ave., second floor, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday, and an open house noon-3 p.m. June 1. Comments collected at the meetings will be forwarded to Kitsap Transit's board of commissioners before a July public hearing.

A 24-year-old Bremerton man was charged with malicious mischief and second-degree burglary in connection with a March 31 burglary at the Bremerton Sizzler restaurant and the smashing of a nearby KeyBank ATM.

Todd Best did not wait until the last minute to make the Bremerton mayor election a race, but he came pretty close.

One Bremerton man died and another Bremerton man injured and arrested for vehicular homicide, following a one-car collision around the 12500 block of Central Valley Road NW in the early hours of May 17.

A McHenry resident and current Navy corpsman received a Military Hero Award this month for performing CPR on a man who collapsed during an indoor soccer game in December.

Ferry passenger goes berserk : A man ran around the Seattle-to-Bremerton ferry last night threatening passengers with a knife before locking himself in the boat's galley.

The annual celebration of life ceremony for The Unforgotten, Run to Tahoma will honor 21 unclaimed, deceased veterans and one veteran's widow with words and music on Saturday, May 25, at the Kitsap County Coroner's Office.

A Silverdale woman whose house burned down in March was trapped in another home by a falling tree near Island Lake Monday afternoon.

MEEGAN M. REID / Scripps Newspapers Pediatric physical therapist Margaret Royce works with Maxwell Rubenstein at Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale, Wash.

A Silverdale woman is lucky to be alive after a large tree came crashing through her roof and pinned her to her bed Monday afternoon.

A man threatening suicide on the 7:55 p.m. Monday sailing of the Seattle-to-Bremerton ferry caused police and state troopers to evacuate the boat and delay its departure.

Kara L. Wilson, 25, of Poulsbo, is charged in Kitsap County Superior Court with residential burglary, second-degree theft and first-degree trafficking in stolen property.

Ever wonder why Washington has one of the highest seat-belt use rates in the country? According to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, it's due, in large part, to the highly visible "Click It or Ticket" campaign which includes publicity, extra enforcement, and signage.

A young Bremerton man was arrested earlier this month for assaulting his 74-year-old grandfather and fracturing the elder man's skull.Anthony Michael Hueske, 23, of the 6800 block of Thebes Street NE was taken into custody by Kitsap County Sheriff's Office deputies May 7, three days after the alleged assault.

The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $3.91. That's up 22 cents in a week and it's 33 cents higher than the national average.

Pam VanOverbeke, the catering coordinator at The Coffee Oasis in Bremerton, cleans tables inside.