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

The Kitsap Regional Library Board of Trustees has cleared Executive Director Jason Driver of unlawful policy violations following a three-month workplace investigation, while the WPEA staff union continues to demand his removal.

Federal and state agricultural inspectors confirmed the first Eastern Washington detection of the invasive emerald ash borer in Walla Walla County, placing the destructive beetle on both sides of the Cascades.

State regulators levied $357,326 in total penalties and response costs against the owner of the 38-foot pleasure craft Nautilus for pumping 123 gallons of diesel into Bremerton Marina.

A University of Washington Center for Human Rights study documents 356 roadside arrests following federal queries of state driver records through Nlets and WSP ACCESS, prompting calls for strict judicial warrant mandates.

Puget Sound Energy secured a $40.2 million federal Department of Energy SPARK grant to fund Project PULSE, dedicating more than $21 million to upgrade critical transmission corridors in South Kitsap and protect Naval Base Kitsap.

Washington State and Evergreen Public Schools agreed to a historic $49.33 million wrongful death settlement over the 2020 starvation death of 15-year-old Karreon Adams-Franks.

Kitsap County commissioners approve a 0.1% regional sales tax under House Bill 2015 to generate $7.7 million annually, averting layoffs of 21 sworn sheriff and jail personnel.

Bipartisan legislation championed by Washington Senator Maria Cantwell returns over 1,000 acres of federal project lands from the historic Elwha dam removals into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.