Applications being taken for vacant City Council position
Dec 30, 2021A person will be appointed to serve through November 2023, completing the term of Tracie Markley, who is leaving to become the city’s mayor.
Crashes continue as Wollochet interchange awaits funding
Dec 28, 2021Money to improve the interchange was in the House transportation budget two years ago, but never made it into the final bill.
White Christmas might hinge on technicality
Dec 22, 2021By definition, a white Christmas is one in which there’s an inch of snow on the ground in the morning. Though Saturday might not qualify, there could be at least that much Christmas night and the following days.
Sale of historic Lakebay Marina nears completion
Dec 20, 2021The Department of Natural Resources will oversee the aquatic lands and lease, State Parks will manage the uplands and a boating association will renovate, maintain and operate the marina.
FISH toy drive putting Christmas presents under trees of 600 children
Dec 16, 2021The effort, which is a drive-up affair again this year, achieves success through widespread support from the community.
Fire chief recommends bond for training center, upgrades to three stations
Dec 15, 2021A live-fire training center would be constructed, the Kimball Drive fire station rebuilt, and Artondale and Swede Hill stations remodeled for about $80 million.
COVID-19 infections temporarily shut down landmark Tides Tavern
Dec 12, 2021Though nearly 90% of Tides staff is vaccinated, enough workers were stricken by the virus to make scheduling difficult.
Seahawks’ Griffin, Tides’ Cedarland named league’s top volleyball, football players
Dec 10, 2021Peninsula’s Katrina Cardinal was also cited as the South Sound 3A conference’s volleyball coach of the year and the Seahawks’ Schmidt Hall as the league’s top football lineman.
PenMet Parks board approves $31.6 million for community recreation center
Dec 08, 2021The Peninsula Metropolitan Parks District approved a $31.6 million outlay Tuesday night to construct a community recreation center on the former Performance Golf Center site. Two weeks earlier, the parks board had passed a 2022 capital budget in which $23.7 million of the $33.1 million total is devoted to the center at 2416 14th Avenue
Legislation proposes to pay off Tacoma Narrows Bridge, remove tolls
Dec 06, 2021Emily Randall, D-Bremerton, pre-filed the bill in the Senate on Monday and a companion bill was filed in the House.