Kitsap

Assessor Phil Cook and Prosecutor Chad Enright are both trailing after the Aug. 4 primary, while county commissioners must name an interim sheriff by the end of August regardless of what November decides.

A Kitsap County Sheriff's Office detective in training posed online as a 13-year-old girl. A 29-year-old Seattle man arranged to meet her, and deputies arrested him instead. The case is the first public result of a new KCSO push to train detectives to hunt online predators proactively.

A 47-year-old man is jailed on suspicion of first-degree arson and second-degree assault after investigators say he rode a golf cart onto a stranger's driveway and torched the garage, causing roughly $200,000 in damage.

A National Weather Service alert covers Kitsap and four other Puget Sound counties from noon Monday through Wednesday evening as smoke from Eastern Washington and British Columbia fires arrives alongside a genuine heat spike.

A man in his mid-20s died when an illegal M-80, a device banned as an explosive since 1966, detonated in a Manette garage Sunday, Bremerton Fire says.

Port of Bremerton commissioners extended Circuit of the Northwest's lease another year, the sixth extension since 2011, as the motorsports park still awaits financing.

Bremerton High's Jalen Davis, the nation's No. 3 combo guard in the 2027 class, will visit Gonzaga November 7 for the Zags' season opener, the final stop on a five-school official visit tour.

The Kitsap Public Utility District board placed a Nov. 3 ballot measure asking voters for legal authority to provide electric service, after months of rate pressure under Puget Sound Energy. Approval would enable a feasibility study, not an immediate takeover.

Temporary state funding ends for extra Bremerton–Seattle passenger sailings, dropping weekday round trips from 20 to 13 and opening a long mid-day service gap.

An 18-year-old faces an attempted murder charge and a 17-year-old was also arrested after a masked gunman fired at least ten shots in a Bremerton duplex courtyard Thursday night.

The 75-bed Pacific Building in Port Orchard has moved 72 people into permanent housing since opening 18 months ago. This week it won a national achievement award, even as Kitsap County's latest count shows 551 people still experiencing homelessness.

A 44-year-old Bremerton woman is in custody after a domestic dispute allegedly led to an intentional fire at a Sunn Fjord Lane apartment complex.

Jeff Weible resigns as North Kitsap baseball and football coach after a suspension involving personal device communication with student athletes.

Bainbridge Island officials will host an open house July 23 to discuss a planned five-acre controlled burn at Hilltop meadow to restore native habitat.

Calina Morgan of Poulsbo, WA, won the 'Most Runway Worthy' title in the 2026 Stuck at Prom contest with a gown made from 29 rolls of duct tape.

A 34-year-old woman died and a driver was arrested for DUI after a motorcycle and box truck collided on Bethel Road SE in Port Orchard.

Central Kitsap senior Leo Bosh recorded 13 touchdowns at the Battle at the Bay 7-on-7 tournament following a college prospect camp in Idaho.

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office released June crime data showing 5,776 calls for service, 199 property crimes, and 103 domestic violence cases.

Bremerton Police confirm Daryl Daugs is a victim of criminal impersonation, clearing him of online accusations made by vigilante group.

Bremerton police clear a local man of child exploitation allegations, revealing he was a victim of sophisticated criminal impersonation and swatting.

A woman was rescued from a Tesla in Kitsap County after pet mode locked her inside a 100-degree cabin for over an hour without air conditioning.

The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Alexandria arrived in Bremerton to begin a multi-year inactivation and recycling process after 35 years of service.

Dry Box Inc expands its fleet with sideloaders and Mule movers to navigate narrow driveways and restrictive sites across the Northwest and Florida.