Port Orchard News

The annexation technically became effective Wednesday. A formal announcement is expected at the July 14 City Council meeting, according to Development Director James Weaver.

The reaction among customers of Geiger Rexall Family Pharmacy has been nearly universal.

A packed crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles watched a memorial service for Michael Jackson on Tuesday.

Local Sports YAHOO! Local Sports AUBURN Atta Boy Roy, the odds-on betting favorite, posted a one-length victory Sunday in the $50,000 Governor's Handicap at Emerald Downs.

An 18-month-old toddler was pulled from a Port Orchard backyard swimming pool after being found floating face down Sunday.

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By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 12:01 a.m., July 2, 2009 Updated 02:31 p.m., July 2, 2009 PORT ORCHARD - A recovering drug addict has been charged with burglary after he confessed to sheriff's deputies that he burglarized a dead man's Keyport home a year ago, according to Kitsap County Sheriff's Office reports.

The state in June imposed conditions on a Port Orchard senior-care facility's license after receiving complaints from residents about harsh treatment from a former administrator and other problems.

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Former Port Orchard City Councilman Rick Wyatt has dropped his bid to regain a seat on the council, citing family obligations.

Nationally known radio personality Delilah Rene kicked the plan to repaint downtown Port Orchard up a notch on Wednesday, visiting Bay Street and taking pictures of specific eyesores that could benefit from renovation.

A 19-year-old Port Orchard man is "fighting for his life" at Harborview Medical Center following a Monday night bicycle crash .

Four Kitsap Sun readers responded to a request from Joanna Schoner for a Bisquick-like recipe.

A North Kitsap man convicted of killing of Port Orchard woman while driving drunk last year was sentenced Friday in Kitsap County Superior Court to just under 3.5 years in prison.

The Fathoms O' Fun Summer Festival kicked off on Saturday in Port Orchard. PORT ORCHARD - The city of Port Orchard welcomed throngs of visitors on the first weekend of the Fathoms O' Fun Summer Festival, hosted jointly by Fathoms O' Fun Inc., the city, the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce and the Port of Bremerton's Port Orchard Marina.

The Port of Bremerton Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting with Chief Executive Officer Cary Bozeman to create a three-year plan for the organizationa s operations.

Al Mahaney, who is in his tenth year as the chairman of Port Orchard's Fathoms of Fun festival, washes a golf cart for use in Saturday's parade.

The Port of Bremerton Commissioners Tuesday approved paying nearly $90,000 to repair some of the pilings supporting the Port Orchard Marina.

The annexation of the McCormick Woods subdivision into the city of Port Orchard is on track for finalization in July, but the next step in building the town into a first-class city is already in progress.

The repainting of downtown Port Orchard in anticipation of Cedar Cove Days is on schedule, as announced by Mayor Lary Coppola at the Tuesday meeting of the city council.