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

State Representative Tarra Simmons and challenger Daria Ilgen face off in an all-Democratic 23rd Legislative District contest at Olympic College in Bremerton, debating ethics penalties, regional ferry cuts, and housing affordability.

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court decision upholding Washington State's court-ordered legislative redistricting map, remanding the Yakima Valley dispute under Louisiana v. Callais.

A sudden wave of 23 engine room sick-calls tied up 13 of 18 Washington State Ferries vessels on Monday, reducing the Bremerton route to single-boat service and suspending Bainbridge travel.

Washington wildlife managers ordered an emergency monthlong closure of the Snohomish River after critically low coho returns and drought conditions threatened spawning escapement.

The Washington State Department of Transportation reopened State Route 160 (Sedgwick Road) in Port Orchard on Saturday evening, restoring a vital South Kitsap commuter link after completing a 25-foot buried bridge over Salmonberry Creek.

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Christine Schaller permanently blocked key mandates of Washington Senate Bill 5974, ruling that state lawmakers cannot impose law enforcement experience requirements or administrative removal on elected county sheriffs.

The U.S. Navy completed a bilateral hull exchange between Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, docking USS Wyoming at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor while sending USS Pennsylvania to Georgia.

Governor Bob Ferguson and Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller push back against Canada's national priority designation for the Pacific Link pipeline, warning 92-million-gallon supertankers threaten the Salish Sea and endangered orcas.