Kitsap Sun
Model shows design of new U.S. dry dock
As the Navy plans to build a new dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the surrounding area of PSNS is going to get busier at some point during the next 12-year construction period. More data and images that could describe the scope of this...
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KICKING THINGS OFF
Bareback rider Bryce Eck, of Refield, Kan, rides a horse named Willy Jack during the opening night go the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede on Aug. 26. RIGHT: The Kitsap Stampede Starlets professional rodeo drill team ride through Thunderbird arena...
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Iran urges opposition to new sanctions
DUBAI – Iran condemned the United States’ new economic sanctions on Aug. 28 as “state terrorism” and said other countries were legally obliged not to implement them. The Iranian foreign ministry’s statement came as mediators stepped up efforts to...
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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ editor plans special screening
A special screening of “Coyote vs. Acme” is coming to the historic Lynwood Theatre on Bainbridge Island on Aug. 30, following its national release on Aug. 28. The 7 p.m. event will feature a live Q&A with Bainbridge native Ned Thorne, who served as the...
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Kitsap County Fair & Stampede underway
The annual fair returns to the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Central Kitsap this week, with many of the staples returning to this celebration of summer. Come out to watch professional rodeo and the Xteme Bulls, walk through the barn exhibits, check...
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New Mount St. Helens license plate available
Bored of the standard Mount Rainier license plate? Washington’s special license plate options are expanding this month, with a new Mount St. Helens design featuring the state’s landmark and a mountain goat. Last week, the Department of Licensing...
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Navy families irate at Trump comments
A senior Navy machinist aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln pinged a family group chat in early May, asking her sister and mother whether they’d taken time off to be at her son’s graduation at Morehouse College. Getting the 22-year-old kinesiology major...
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‘The Chick Fil Ain’t’
Often in life, the outcome doesn’t look like the original plan. A career path, relationships, maybe where “home” turns out to be. In this case, it’s a chicken sandwich that wasn’t originally created as a chicken sandwich. Even its name -- “The Chick...
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Above-average temps in fall forecast
The nation’s scorching summer – which featured the hottest July on record – is almost in the rearview mirror, and attention now turns to the season of pumpkin spice, falling leaves and (hopefully) mercifully cooler temperatures. However, it may take...
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Iran vows ‘devastating’ response to U.S. threat
DUBAI – Iran said on Aug. 21 that its response to any new U.S. threats would be “devastating” after Washington pledged to impose the toughest financial penalties in history with the aim of toppling the Iranian leadership. Washington prepared for...
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Firefighters lead prescribed burn on Bainbridge Island
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – The Bainbridge Island Fire Department led a prescribed fire at the Bloedel Reserve on Monday afternoon, clearing thick brush to reduce the fire risk while also fostering greater biodiversity in the area. Around one acre of...
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CRUNCH TIME
A great blue heron flips a crab around in its beak before gulping it down off the shore of Oyster Plant Park in Poulsbo on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
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Longtime storefront along Silverdale Way gets a new look
A stucco building along Silverdale Way that dates back to the community’s former farming days, more recently home to Silverdale Antiques and before that Silverdale State Bank, will reopen this fall as a retail flooring store. The building at 9490...
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COLLECTIVE EFFORT
PORT ORCHARD — Twenty-seven aging boats — 21 of them that had been floating on the water — were handed to Kitsap County’s vessel turn-in program this summer, preventing them from becoming the next Dominion or Cairdeas, the two aging boats sank and...
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U.S. tells Iran it will step up the pressure
LONDON – Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Aug. 14 after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely. A senior Iranian source said...
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Revenue forecast from WA income tax increases
A new analysis from the state Department of Revenue shows Washington’s high-earner income tax will be paid by thousands of additional households and produce hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously assumed – if voters don’t ditch it this...
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GPC pauses plan to demolish aging barn
Plans to demolish a historic barn on the Petersen Farm are now on pause, after pushback from some in Kitsap’s agriculture community. An online petition and planned rally outside the farm in Silverdale had been announced in protest of the aging barn’s...
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First in line
EAST BREMERTON — Norman Jaques and five of his buddies from Olympic High School got breakfast without paying for it on Tuesday morning, but it was hardly free. Over the weekend Jaques dropped $130 on inflatable cow suits for the crew, delivered by an...
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City weighs enhanced McCormick parks and open space
PORT ORCHARD — Residents can attend a hearing Aug. 11 on whether to waive city requirements to build multiple nearby smaller parks in the McCormick area, as larger regional parks have already been built or planned, and as mitigation work from the...
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ORCAS UP CLOSE
A pod of transient orcas swim past the onlookers on the Lemolo shoreline as they exit Poulsbo’s Liberty Bay on August 5.
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Reports: U.S. missile supply badly depleted
The war on Iran has severely depleted key U.S. missile stockpiles and left the nation and its allies in a vulnerable position for potentially years to come, several experts and reports say. U.S. missile stockpiles were low before President Donald...
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Bremerton-based film makes SXSW
A modern take on “carpe diem,” filmed entirely in Bremerton, is making the rounds at national film festivals and will next show at the Roxy Theater as part of the annual West Sound Film Festival the first weekend of August. The independent movie,...
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UNDER THE SEA
ABOVE: Sophie Harris, left, is reflected in the dressing room mirror surrounded by cast wigs as she gets her Ariel wig adjusted by volunteer Jessica Voigt prior to the CK PAC All-Youth Summer Musical rehearsal for The Little Mermaid. Performances of...
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HAZY DAYS AHEAD
Kitsap County will continue to see smoky and hazy skies in the next few days, and that will probably stay until Thursday due to the wildfires in Spokane and the northeast wind that brings the smoke to Kitsap Peninsula and the Seattle area, the National...
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Trump says he will hold off on new Iran attacks
CAIRO – President Donald Trump has said the United States will hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal can be reached quickly to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said late Aug. 1 on his Truth Social...
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Embrancing song and dance
SILVERDALE – On the field beside Kitsap Regional Library on Thursday, July 30, parents and children set up their lawn chairs and blankets. In front of them, 10 drums were ready to be played while four performers from The School of TAIKO waited for...
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Tolls on some highways are dropping for some drivers, based on income
Drivers with low incomes will soon be able to pay less to travel on two of Washington’s newest tolled roadways. After months of conversation, the Washington State Transportation Commission approved a new program last week offering a 50% discount on...
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Whaling Days gets its gray whale
Silverdale got its whale tail, just in time. The Whaling Days parade on Saturday, July 25 had a new entry this year, one with a colorful backstory and, at least to one man, a legacy that goes all the way back to the community event’s origin. Frank...
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A WELCOME STOP
The Samish Indian Nation canoe, center, paddles for the shore as participants in the Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch 2026 canoe journey land in Suquamish on Monday. The stop in Kitsap was for two days, as paddlers from tribes around the...
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Iran appears to test latest U.S. pause
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq reported drone attacks on July 27, two days after the United States abruptly suspended a two-week campaign of air strikes against Iran, as Tehran appeared to put President Donald Trump’s latest strategic U-turn to...
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SILVERDALE’S SPECTACLE
Members of the Golden Retriever Club of Kitsap make their way down Silverdale Way for the Silverdale Lions Grand Parade during Whaling Days on July 25. Danny Slover ties an inflatable rubber duck onto The Kids Dentist Silverdale vehicle prior to the...
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U.S. strikes shipping point on Red Sea
DUBAI – U.S. missiles struck targets across Iran, reaching as far as its Caspian coast, on July 24 after President Donald Trump vowed “major military punishment” for Tehran and its Houthi allies in Yemen for extending the war to a second major shipping...
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Kitsap favorite Silver City reaches 30 years
Silver City Restaurant and Ale House, known for its diverse menu, iconic microbrews and love for the local Kitsap community, is celebrating its 30year anniversary this September. At the same time, the restaurant’s original owner, Steve Houmes, has...
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SEAL PUP SEASON
ABOVE: A harbor seal pup snores while leaned up against their mother on the log breakwater. A harbor seal pup rides on the back of its mom as she swims toward the log breakwater.
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GIVING GARDEN
WSU Master Gardener volunteer Dave Greene pulls ripe carrots from one of the many vegetable beds during the Wonderful Water and Wildlife children’s program at the Raab Park Learning Garden in Poulsbo on Monday, July 20, 2026. All the produce grown...
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‘Do you know someone who could use a bouquet?’
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – While out on a delivery in the sweltering heat, MaryAnne Keane, a volunteer with Island Volunteer Caregivers, knew there was only a matter of time before the eight bouquets would start to wilt. Island Volunteer Caregivers (IVC), a...
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Ericksen Community creates more housing
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — The Ericksen Community, a permanently affordable 18-unit multifamily rental complex on Bainbridge Island, is complete after just over a year of construction. Comprised of 12 one-bedroom, one-bathroom units, with six three-bedroom,...
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A remodel with a leader who’s done it before
POULSBO – The North Kitsap Senior Center is putting the finishing touches on a new front entrance with the capacity to welcome more of the community. The center on Front Street is undertaking its first major renovation project in more than four...
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LA-class sub arrives in Bremerton from San Diego
BREMERTON — The Los Angelesclass fast-attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) arrived in Bremerton on the evening of July 13, shifting its homeport from San Diego to Bremerton for its decommissioning, the Navy confirmed. Escorted by two U.S. Navy...
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Downtown renewal begins
Early planning has begun for a multi-million project to renovate downtown Poulsbo streets, with construction that could start by 2030. During a Poulsbo City Council meeting July 8, city staff shared preliminary ideas and logistics as the city plans to...
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Judge: ICE facility subject to inspections by the state
The private company that runs a Tacoma immigrant detention center must allow state inspectors inside after years of refusing, a federal judge ruled Thursday, July 9. But U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle ruled the Florida-based operator of the...
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USS Nimitz arrives at Norfolk
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, previously homeported in Bremerton before an extension of its service life was announced, arrived at its new home in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 9, according to Marine Traffic. The ship will not come back to the Pacific...
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Ceasefire falls apart as Iran buries slain leader
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared to have fallen apart over continued strife over the Strait of Hormuz as Iranians buried their supreme leader, killed by U.S.-Israel forces at the outset of the war. There were no new...
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Turning the page
POULSBO -- When you enter the doors of Verse & Vine, you’ll likely find Carmen Garringer behind the bar brewing tea, while she chats with visitors about their latest read. Her mother, Jaci Bryant, meanwhile, doesn’t stay in one place, curating...
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LOOK IN THAT NOOK
A raccoon pauses on the mossy limb of a maple tree after being spooked by humans in a yard near Keyport on July 1.
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Olympic National Park reopens Staircase
Some recreational use areas near Lake Cushman will reopen for the first time since the Bear Gulch Fire a year ago, though hiking trails near the Staircase area are not all reopening yet. Olympic National Park announced the Staircase area and access...
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A SALON THAT’S REALLY ON THE MOVE
Rebecca Elser-Furr drives a truck for work, but not one that’s typical. Its wide glass windows on one side separate it from a delivery vehicle or industrial use, which is obvious if you’d spotted it driving between Poulsbo and Bremerton. On closer...
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It’ll be another round for Bremerton’s Quincy Square
“This is cool, I didn’t know Bremerton did stuff like this.” The comment was overheard among the crowd below the Roxy Theatre’s marquee in downtown Bremerton’s Quincy Square July 1, where World Cup fans were packed too tightly and too involved in the...
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Native nations weigh America’s birthday
HALIFAX, NC – Marty Richardson descended into the wooded grove, weaving through a crowd of onlookers attending a local America 250 celebration. When Richardson began to speak, the crowd went silent. The Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, he told them,...
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From homelessness to a place of hope
SILVERDALE – For years, Ana Velez, 51, Candace Woodhead, 66, and Denise Walsh, 72, have stood by each other. Walsh and Woodhead started living together in 2001 after meeting at a Seattle Central College in 1980. Years later, in 2012, Velez joined them...
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Bremerton’s air show is in July, but without Navy jets
There will be no Navy aircraft performing at this year’s Bremerton Air Show in July, after a recent EA-18G Growler crash in Idaho, and this year’s show at Bremerton National Airport on July 11 and 12 will primarily feature classic aircraft. h Two U.S....
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COMPETING CROWDS
A great blue heron gives a squawk as bald eagle comes in to steal its fish in the oyster beds at the mouth of Big Beef Creek in Seabeck on Monday. See more photos from the morning's feeding in a gallery at www.kitsapsun.com. An adult great blue heron,...
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Washington budget forecast shows $1.5 billion from capital gains tax
A windfall of capital gains tax payments is providing temporary relief for Washington’s budget, but other collections are down, and lawmakers still expect to face financial difficulties next year. A revenue forecast released June 26 shows Washington...
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Had a BLAST
Bremerton kicked of the area’s Independence Day celebrations June 27, with the annual Bridge Blast above the Manette Bridge. Here’s what else is coming up this week in Kitsap for the Fourth of July. Fathoms ‘O Fun fireworks: Port Orchard also gets a...
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‘We really do play a little bit of everything’
SILVERDALE – A scatter of horns and whistles can be heard bellowing through the doors of Silverdale Lutheran Church on a warm Tuesday night. Inside is The Hometown Band, warming up as soon as they set up stands and unfold sheet music, in preparation a...
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Iran reasserts right of control in Hormuz
DUBAI – Tehran reasserted its right on June 26 to control shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and warned Gulf states against siding with the Unites States, a day after an attack on a ship near Oman highlighted the fragility of a preliminary deal to end...
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Waterfront apartments debut in Port Orchard
PORT ORCHARD — Construction of a four-story waterfront apartment complex that changes the skyline of downtown Port Orchard forever has been completed, and interest is already brewing for units. The BJC Group has finished building the Kashi Building at...
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Fourth of July events set to take place
Independence Day activities around Kitsap County are coming soon, including a new event in Poulsbo to mark the Fourth of July and Bremerton’s annual early kickoff to fireworks. Here’s what’s going on to celebrate the holiday, and America’s 250th...
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GARDEN SPOT
A spotted towhee looks out over the flowering plants while perched on an arbor in the Anna Smith Children’s
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States, territories contribute to ‘America’s Time Capsule’
“America’s Time Capsule” has been officially sealed in commemoration of the United States’ 250th birthday. The 900-pound steel cylinder contains more than 200 artifacts, records and objects to tell America’s story when it is opened 250 years...
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‘THEY HAVE NEVER FAILED TO RESPOND’
Dana and Lance Walters had been captains of the Bremerton Salvation Army for fewer than eight months when Washington issued its first stay-athome order of the pandemic. Days later, they got the call that would end up defining much of their time in...
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Next round of Iran peace talks on hold
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire that was set to begin at 4 p.m. local time June 19 after escalating violence between Israel and Lebanon complicated President Donald Trump’s efforts to reach a final peace agreement with Iran. Still, the next...
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U.S. riding high, but wary of Australia
SEATTLE – The United States will hope to keep the party going after starting the World Cup with a fluid attacking display, but must be wary of an Australia side which began with a famous victory and have been fired up by misplaced disrespect. Few...
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U.S.-Iran draft deal calls for troop exit
President Donald Trump said June 17 that if he doesn’t like the deal that the United States and Iran negotiate to halt the fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, he’ll resume his bombing campaign in the Middle Eastern country. The declaration came...
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