Port Orchard News

Port Orchard's Bradley Hunt was tied for 24th after the first round of the Washington State Amateur Tuesday at Chambers Bay in University Place.

The agency held seven public meetings recently to obtain community input for its 2012-18 Transit Development Plan, transit officials told board members Tuesday.

The Kitsap County Elections Division is inviting the public to view its new ballot counting system at an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 19. The upgraded system which includes a new way for voters to mark their ballots.

Just about every council member opposes a plan that would have installed four stations on the public right of way across the street from the post office, at Sixth Street and Pacific Avenue.

It wasn't their first choice, according to post Cmdr. John Weatherill, but they weren't about to leave their Veterans Wall in Port Orchard Marina Park defaced by graffiti.

Vandals are blamed for up to $1500 in damages to the Veterans Wall in Port Orchard.

Engineering faculty member Jeff Brown talks about the wind tunnel in Olympic College's new engineering lab in Bremerton as Mike Connolly looks on during a tour Saturday.

A Clallam County Superior Court judge is considering whether to suppress from a jury the bloody pants that Darold Stenson was wearing after Denise Stenson and Frank Hoerner were found slain in 1993.

South Kitsap Fire Rescue was dispatched to a residential structure fire early this morning in the 7000 block of Ebbert Drive in Port Orchard.

The Village Greens Golf Course in Port Orchard has seen a major renovation in recent years.

More than 30 people attended the first of two public hearings scheduled this month for citizens comments on changing the current form of government and city classification.

Kitsap County commissioners approved a $769,000 contract Monday to remove two fish barriers - on Shadow Glen Boulevard and Mountain View Road.

Between May 20 and June 2 extra law enforcement patrolled Kitsap County roads looking for unbuckled drivers and passengers and motorists using their cell phones or other electronic devices.

A resolution that will allow for the closing of NW Bucklin Hill Road between Blaine Avenue NW and Mickelberry Road NW is on the agenda at today's meeting of the Kitsap County Commission.

Jesse E. Truax, 93, died at his home in Port Orchard on June 3, 2013 He was born Feb. 6, 1920 in Santa Rosa, Calif.

The big-box hardware company began planning for a South Kitsap store more than five years ago but abandoned its plans and put the 20.74-acre site on the market in April, according to Charlie Footh of Northwest Retail Partners Ltd. in Seattle.

The proposal would replace the mayor with a city manager. Like the mayor, a city manager directs the day-to-day operations of city government, handles personnel and prepares the annual budget.

Contributed photo GOP women raise cash for Georgia's House Silverdale Seabeck Republican Women presented a check in the amount of $300 to Georgia's House, a shelter for homeless women located in Bremerton, to help with the ongoing needs of the shelter which includes fencing for the children's outside play area.

Emily R. Hill, 88, died at her home in Port Orchard on June 3, 2013. She was born Aug. 29, 1924 in Port Orchard to Carl R. and Jane Ann Erdman.

According to court records, Robert Williams Evans, 24, was charged May 30 in Kitsap County District Court with harassment after he threatened his ex-girlfriend's father over the phone.