Port Orchard News

It didn't rain on the Rhody Parade on Saturday. The highlight of the 78th annual Rhododendron Festival celebration finished with only a few drops getting in the way.

Boyd E. Shelby and Karen Shelby celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party given by their children.

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.

The boy's mother called police to her home in the 8100 block of Lariat Trail NW after discovering a gun in his backpack.

Fred and Mary Radovich of Port Orchard recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.

A 40-year-old Allyn man driving a 1996 Mercury Mystique on Lake Flora Road failed to stop at a stop sign at Highway 3. A 29-year-old Port Orchard man in a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am traveling north on Highway 3 skidded across the road to avoid the Mercury but hit it in the southbound lane.

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

CONTRIBUTED IMAGE Lee at work Lee Molenaar returns as the featured artist at Collective Visions Art Gallery, 331 Pacific Ave.

Lola L. Cummings, 93, of Bremerton passed away peacefully at home on May 1, 2013 at the Willows Retirement Apartments.

Teens helping teens is the thought behind the upcoming Coffee Oasis benefit - the third annual National Dance Week Kitsap event.

An old compass, corroded at the edges, lies on the dashboard of my car. The arrow spins quickly, like arms lurching outward, as the car navigates bends.

A 55-year-old man, who removed the front door of his rental house, was charged with first-degree criminal trespassing in Kitsap County District Court on May 3. Charging papers stated that Robert D. Cullen, of Port Orchard, has a rental home on Victory Drive and the tenants were several months behind in paying rent.

Years ago, I was walking with Chuck Semancik as he was leaving Memorial Stadium after a West Bremerton football win.

The library will get new carpet, more nooks and crannies in which patrons can read or work on laptops, and repairs on downtrodden features, such as ceiling acoustical tile.

Witnesses for Intuitive Surgical Inc. testified that heart disease, not a failed robotic procedure, killed a patient whose widow is suing the company over claims that overly aggressive marketing caused surgical errors.

Dorothy died on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at Retsil Veterans Home in Port Orchard. She was born in Swanville, Minn.

Ed Friedrich / Kitsap Sun Kristin Kinas, of Port Orchard, search for critters Sunday at Manchester State Beach with daughter Sydney, 7, and friend Endrea Karraker, 6. Ed Friedrich / Kitsap Sun Braden Kimble, 3 of Bremerton, chases giant bubbles created by dad Jeff Kimble on Sunday at Manchester State Park.

Patrick the Giant, the new police bloodhound recently added to the new Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, played a key part in recovering a "missing" youngster in Port Orchard.

Has the company that manufactures a surgical robot involved in some 450,000 operations worldwide last year pushed doctors and hospitals to use the tool with inadequate training, putting patients at risk? That's one of the questions lawyers are debating before a Superior Court jury in Port Orchard, Kitsap County, in the nation's first trial against ... (more)

Hundreds of seniors watching from the grass hill in front of South Kitsap High School as police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel attended to victims of a two-car crash on Mitchell Road.