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Port Orchard City Council OKs contract, money for additional ferry hours

The Port Orchard City Council voted unanimously May 14 to approve a joint agreement with the Port of Bremerton and City of Bremerton for Kitsap Harbor Tours, Inc., to provide additional foot ferry service hours on Friday and Saturday during the summer.

ELECTION 2013 | Candidates 'toss hats into ring' during filing period

As of Thursday afternoon, 85 candidates filed to run for nonpartisan offices throughout Kitsap County.

Kitsap County prosecutors charge men with rape, possession of child porn

A Port Orchard man was charged with raping a woman who was working at his home as a house cleaner.

National Safe Boating Week is May 18-24

Washington’s Safe Boating Week runs concurrent with National Safe Boating Week, coordinated each year by the National Safe Boating Council and its boating safety partners across the U.S. and Canada to promote the importance of recreation boaters to wear life jacket.

NEWS BRIEFS | May 17, 2013

Soroptimist International of Port Orchard has announced the availability of grant funds; Seagull Calling Festival seeks contestantants; register for the Seagull Wings Cook-off, etc.

Port Orchard man throws TV out window, faces mischief charges

A Port Orchard man was charged with second-degree malicious mischief from a May 14 incident in which he tossed a television from the window a two-story apartment.

State reporting $2 billion more than expected for the 2013-15 budget

While school districts across the state are waiting to see how much money they’ll receive for education, House and Senate leaders are in a gridlock on which version of the budget to approve.

Kitsap County deputies recover skeleton, coffin from South Kitsap home

The Kitsap County Coroner’s Office is holding a human skeleton as King County deputies try to identify the remains as part of a homicide investigation.

Strode, prosecutors reaches ‘pretrial’ agreement

A Manchester port commissioner entered a “pretrial diversion agreement” with Kitsap County prosecutors concerning charges of unlawful hydraulic project activities for allegedly anchoring a log on a beach.

Burglary reports lead to Port Orchard woman’s arrest

A report of people living in an abandoned Port Orchard home led to the arrest of a 23-year-old Lakebay woman for an outstanding warrant.