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

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan completed post-maintenance sea trials following an 18-month overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.

Sound Transit and WSDOT are investigating the deaths of approximately 2,000 fish in Lake Washington after an impressed current cathodic protection system on the I-90 floating bridge created localized electrical fields near the lakebed.

Following a $30,000 shortfall and the absence of military jet headliners, organizers and Port of Bremerton commissioners are weighing whether to move the annual air show to an every-other-year format.

Kitsap County emergency officials have downgraded the peninsula wildfire ban from Stage 2 to Stage 1, allowing small recreational campfires while keeping general burn permits frozen.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed Executive Order 26-03 to shield Washington Apple Health and over 600,000 residents from federal H.R. 1 Medicaid cuts.

The 36th annual Bremerton Blackberry Festival opens along the Sinclair Inlet waterfront for Labor Day weekend, drawing tens of thousands to downtown Bremerton as merchants seek seasonal sales.

Douglas County detectives arrested 18-year-old Michael Yakimov of Kent on first-degree manslaughter and arson charges after fireworks allegedly ignited the 10,000-acre Chelan Hills Fire, killing one resident.

The University of Washington School of Oceanography has leased space at Olympic View Industrial Park to host the NSF-backed Seafloor Sampling Facility.