Silverdale News

REI employees celebrate as the store opens at the new REI in Silverdale on Friday morning.

It's hard for Kitsap County Commissioner Josh Brown to leave his position as District 3 commissioner.

Santa came to Silverdale over the weekend, and he did it in style, riding in to Old Town on a shiny red firetruck.

Possible locations where marijuana could be grown, sold or processed might be expanded from an initial zoning proposal by Kitsap County planners.

She will be missed by her daughters Kay DuPont , Patricia Thompson and six grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

Rhylan Ferguson,11, of Silverdale gets a penguin drawn on him at Silverdale's 59th annual Christmas tree-lighting on Saturday.

Rozello Rubio and Emilie Scott star as Clara and Franz in Dance Arts Theatre's production of "The Nutcracker" ballet on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center.

There will be no residential or commercial garbage, recycling or yard waste pickup service on Thanksgiving Day for Waste Management and Bainbridge Disposal customers.

Rick and Janice Smith are celebrating their 50 years of marriage. Rick was raised in Kitsap and Janice in Sheridan, Wyo.

Up near the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula lies Port Hadlock, a somewhat out-of-the way, bucolic, and relaxing little town with a friendly vibe.

"2014 is going to be our year," said Irene Bowling. Bowling is part of a group that is working to build the West Sound Performing Arts Center.

Richard Huddy, former executive director of the CAPRI Heart and Lung Institute; John Poppe, Silverdale Water District commissioner; and Diane Robinson, owner of Elandan Gardens in Bremerton, join five other candidates for the job filling the remaining year of the term to which Brown was elected in 2010.

Kitsap County will devote more than half of its road construction budget next year to a new Bucklin Hill bridge.

Longtime resident of Silverdale, Eugene Dennis Stewart, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 17. Born April 12, 1925 to Ernest and Estah Stewart.

All city, county, state and federal offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28 for Thanksgiving.

Barnes & Noble in the Kitsap Mall will host a book fair on Nov. 24 to raise money for the Central Stage of County Kitsap, or as it is commonly known, CSTOCK.

Space near Silverdale's YMCA is considered ideal real estate for a proposed performing arts center and is one of three options for a new library.

Kendall Runyan, 6, is shown with food she helped raise through The Great Pasta Feed in Silverdale on Nov. 8. Kendall has been involved in various efforts to feed the homeless since she was 4. A dance "Zumbathon" held to raise money for the Salvation Army's food bank on Nov. 10 brought in more than 2,000 pounds of food.

Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo issued yesterday the follow statement regarding Navy Commander Nonito V. Blas Jr. earning the 2013 USS Stennis Leadership Award from the Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development.

Four Democrats gave their reasons why they think they should replace Josh Brown on the Kitsap County Commission at a meeting Monday.