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

The Washington State Department of Transportation is finalizing its Gorst Area Planning and Environmental Linkages study, evaluating two Sinclair Inlet bridge options and highway widening to fix Kitsap County's worst bottleneck without approved construction money.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and a 25-member state coalition file a D.C. Circuit petition challenging the repeal of federal carbon standards for coal and gas power plants.

D.R. Horton has submitted conceptual plans to redevelop the vacant 9.48-acre former Harrison Hospital site along Cherry Avenue into 238 townhomes and apartments.

Over 100 Washington residents testified at the Utilities and Transportation Commission hearing in Lacey against Puget Sound Energy's proposed three-year electric and natural gas rate increases.

An armed domestic violence suspect in unincorporated Bremerton died following an overnight SWAT standoff and gunfire exchange on Wildcat Lake Road, triggering an independent state review.

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck the northern Key Peninsula near Wauna at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday, sending tremors across Western Washington without causing structural damage.

The U.S. Navy opened a 21-day public comment window on a Draft Memorandum of Agreement addressing adverse effects to historic shipyard structures, including Pier 6 1933 Hammerhead Crane, during multi-mission dry dock construction in Bremerton.

Governor Bob Ferguson formally requests a federal Major Disaster Declaration from the White House, seeking $128.9 million in FEMA Individual and Public Assistance after wildfires destroyed 649 homes.