Opinion - Port Orchard

Merit pay worth talking about for SK teachers

The city annexed into KRL — now what?

Now that Port Orchard is part of the Kitsap County Rural Library District, the city council needs to give South Kitsap voters reason to believe that approving a library district lid lift will likely result in a new library in the city.

Kitsap library system enriches lives

With technology and globalization changing the world in which we live, work and play, the mission of the Kitsap Regional Library — to serve the community as a center for lifelong learning and a steward of access to stories, information, and knowledge — is more relevant than ever.

Is Port Orchard stuck forever with the PSRC?

The Port Orchard City Council took up one of our favorite topics last week — dropping out of the Puget Sound Regional Council.

Port Orchard itching to vote against library levy

State pays the price for spending folly

Gov. Christine Gregoire is considering a special session to wrestle with Washington state’s looming budget crisis, but she’s expressed skepticism about the results. Speaking at a budget forum in Vancouver, the governor said she doubts “both parties could reach agreement on budget cuts.”

Warning: The edge of the state's economic cliff is in sight

Federal funding to support local government spending may stimulate the economy, but this effect comes with what some are calling a “funding cliff” when the stimulus spending is scheduled to end.

Port Orchard votes itself a say in library matters

Summertime, when the living is ugly

Artificial turf issue creates real dilemma