After snow, it’s business as usual
Greg Skinner
A Kitsap County plow scrapes days of hardpack snow from the northbound lane of Kitsap Lake Road NS Friday afternoon. The county also laid down 150,000 gallons of salt brine.
All that remained Monday from last week’s anticipated snowfall were large clumps of snow and thousands of tons of dirt mixtures piled in corners of parking lots and thin layers of snow that hadn’t melted yet in some shady areas.
Central Kitsap School District prepares for cuts — with community's help
It was like drafting for a fantasy football team, but there were no weak players. And it was unlikely that people were participating for the fun of it.
Pro parental involvement I Letter
Many thanks to school leaders. Schools are doing somewhat-academically OK — for some of our students. You are to be commended for your pay-as-you go sports fees programs along with your educational efforts!
City council forms ad-hoc parking committee
In a city of 37,000 residents, three members of the city council have banded together to find a way to deal with less than two-dozen chronic “shufflers.”
Methadone clinics can be built in Bremerton, Public Health says too late to help
Many in Bremerton felt victory last August when the city imposed a six-month moratorium on building methadone clinics. Since then, the city’s planning commission has done its work and found that clinics can be built on the very location that drew the original opposition.
No secret, students use tobacco
The Central Kitsap School District is in the midst of updating its tobacco use policy and while already prohibited from being used on school property, some students say smoking or chewing tobacco can be a problem.
Nimitz officer killed while helping motorist on icy road
It took days, but the recent stretch of winter storms and foul weather Monday claimed a life in Kitsap County.
Storm breaks bones, sends some to surgery
Harrison Medical Center orthopedics unit filled up during last weeks snow storm. Broken bones from slips on the ice around homes and in parking lots during the three-day storm that blanketed Kitsap County in snow then dumped frozen rain.
Seniors work the ice
Dennis Woody glides across the ice, his lips pursed beneath his white beard. He shifts from left to right, looking for his center of balance, tucks in his arms and jumps up like a spring, one full rotation and sticks the landing.
Storm breaks bones, sends some to surgery
The Harrison Medical Center orthopedics filled up during last weeks snow storm. Broken bones from slips on the ice around homes and in parking lots during the three-day storm that blanketed Kitsap County in snow then dumped frozen rain
Bremerton ice skaters 55 and older spin and glide past the winter blue
Dennis Woody glides across the ice, his lips pursed beneath his white beard. He shifts from left to right, looking for his center of balance, tucks in his arms and jumps up like a spring, one full rotation and sticks the landing
