Kitsap

As Kitsap County confronts a $9.4 million structural budget deficit, Sheriff candidates Brandon Myers and Rick Kuss clash over license plate readers, reviving WestNET, and state qualification laws.

A federal audit from the Government Accountability Office reveals the Navy's shipyard modernization will cost over $200 billion through the 2070s, citing Cascadia seismic retrofits at Bremerton's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

Port Orchard Police Department issued a formal statement clarifying strict compliance with Washington's Keep Washington Working Act after an unannounced daylight ICE worksite arrest near McCormick Village.

Kitsap County concludes three days of 2027 budget hearings confronting a $9.4M General Fund structural deficit, weighing a 0.1% public safety sales tax against 60 staff cuts.

Bremerton opens public review on $325,900 in 2027 CDBG recommendations, funding sewer fixes across four parks, Dibb Street ADA curb ramps, and local business training.

A Kitsap County Superior Court jury in Port Orchard has awarded $30.18 million to former deputy Matthew Murphy after a training rifle entanglement led to leg amputation.

Washington State Ferries launched its fall 2026 sailing schedule on Sunday, but the planned two-boat Seattle-Bremerton service dropped to single-boat operations after the MV Kaleetan tied up early, causing multi-sailing vehicle delays and terminal backups.

Kitsap County commissioners convene three days of budget review hearings facing a $9 million General Fund deficit, weighing a public safety sales tax against 45 to 60 staff layoffs.

Naval Base Kitsap officially opened its newly constructed Child Development Center at Bangor, nearly doubling childcare capacity with 16 classrooms across a three-phase rollout.

St. Michael Medical Center is funding an advanced registered nurse practitioner across three Kitsap Fire CARES teams to provide in-home and mobile clinical care, diverting non-emergent 911 calls.

The City of Bremerton and Kitsap County have joined a Pacific Northwest coalition suing the Trump administration to block executive directives conditioning federal municipal grants on immigration and diversity policies.

Kitsap Transit has launched its Fall 2026 service update, introducing 619 weekly bus trips and 15-minute service on Route 108 while trimming weekend foot ferry runs.

Kitsap County will temporarily close the Silverdale Recycling and Garbage Facility from September 21 through April 1 for a $15 million civil overhaul, diverting self-haul traffic to Olympic View in Bremerton.

Poulsbo is consolidating municipal public works operations at a modern 20 million dollar campus on Viking Way, retiring a WWII-era Quonset hut on Iverson Street.

Emily Vranic and Heather Marquis received federal prison sentences after stealing personal records from over 250 Puget Sound victims to fund personal expenses and home mortgage payments.

An 18-month Port of Bremerton study outlines $24M in needed upgrades to launch commercial passenger flights at Bremerton National Airport, ruling out cargo.

A late-night altercation two blocks from Bremerton High School left three young men wounded and multiple homes and vehicles damaged by gunfire, prompting Bremerton Police to appeal for neighborhood security video.

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.

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.

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.

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

Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Tina Robinson announced her resignation effective February 2027, opening a second judicial appointment for Governor Bob Ferguson.