Vyraa — Local News for Bremerton, Kitsap County & Washington State

As Kitsap County confronts a $9.4 million structural budget deficit, Sheriff candidates Brandon Myers and Rick Kuss clash over license plate readers, reviving WestNET, and state qualification laws.

Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove adjusted his order protecting older state forests from 77,000 to 55,000 acres, calling the initial target a false start amid timber revenue deficits.

A federal audit from the Government Accountability Office reveals the Navy's shipyard modernization will cost over $200 billion through the 2070s, citing Cascadia seismic retrofits at Bremerton's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

State officials dedicated the rehabilitated Joel Pritchard Building on the Olympia Capitol campus on Thursday, completing a $131 million modernization project that restores the 1958 Paul Thiry landmark to active legislative service.

Port Orchard Police Department issued a formal statement clarifying strict compliance with Washington's Keep Washington Working Act after an unannounced daylight ICE worksite arrest near McCormick Village.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom authorizes linking California and Washington carbon markets as Washington Ecology adopts final administrative rules, paving the way for joint 2027 emissions auctions.

Kitsap County concludes three days of 2027 budget hearings confronting a $9.4M General Fund structural deficit, weighing a 0.1% public safety sales tax against 60 staff cuts.

A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed with prejudice the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking unredacted voter registration files for 4.8 million Washington residents.