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

Unofficial returns show South Kitsap School District Proposition 1 trailing by 1,037 votes, defeating a $72.6 million capital levy for school safety, tech, and facility upgrades.

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a formal solicitation to lease up to 3,700 acres at the Hanford Site for clean energy, manufacturing, and computing.

Kitsap County planners are analyzing rural land-use patterns and watershed health under a 03,878 state Commerce grant to balance housing growth with salmon stream protections.

The Washington Department of Ecology has proposed new restrictions on PFAS, lead, cadmium, and toxic solvents across 14 consumer product categories under the Safer Products for Washington Act.

The U.S. Navy prepares for a December 1 proposal deadline on a $15 billion construction contract for the Multi-Mission Dry Dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard following the early completion of the Shop 26 welding facility in Bremerton.

A powerful autumn gale cut electricity to more than 115,000 customers across Western Washington, toppling trees and straining emergency utility crews in Puget Sound.

Kitsap Transit indefinitely halts its Annapolis foot ferry after an irreparable lithium-ion battery failure on the hybrid M/V Waterman, turning to the historic 1917 Carlisle II ahead of a Coast Guard drydock deadline.

The Washington Department of Ecology and Governor Bob Ferguson confirm that statewide production capacity has crossed the 20-million-gallon statutory threshold, activating Senate Bill 5447 Business and Occupation tax credits of up to $2 per gallon for alternative jet fuels.