How Commissioners, County + Citizens Work Together To Move The County Forward Kitsap County faces important decisions in the coming years, decisions about land use and population growth, development and infrastructure, and who its next leaders will be. As part of our Government 101 series, …
District 1 Vacancy Renews Interest In County’s Top Jobs Local politics are getting a good dust-off post-pandemic and whether you’ve been here your whole life, or you moved here last week, you’re bound to feel the impact as Kitsap County faces important decisions about its …
Does Kitsap County need a new passenger-only ferry route connecting the existing docks in downtown Bremerton and Winslow? As reported in the Kitsap Sun this week, the out-of-the-box transportation idea that is a new Bremerton to Bainbridge foot ferry made its public debut as the …
UPDATE: 12/07/21: After reviewing documents from the state’s Redistricting Commission, the WA Supreme Court accepted its work, even though parts of it weren’t actually finished on time. That means the commissioners’ agreed-upon redistricting maps (which the commission released a day after the Nov. 15 deadline) …
The Kitsap Public Health Board is agreed about one thing – we are in the middle of a serious public health crisis. But they are far from agreed when it comes to what to do about it. At Tuesday September 28th’s special meeting of three …
As a nice follow-up to last week’s demographic data for Kitsap County in the new US Census of 2020, the County is now accepting comments on the latest draft of the Kitsap County Buildable Lands Report. For local residents, the Report contains two kinds of …
After a full decade of preparations and a system that offered online, offline, phone line and in-person data collection, the preliminary data from the 2020 Census is in. The numbers already shine some interesting light on Bainbridge Island, especially in the context of Kitsap County …
COVID-19 Vaccine Updates As the fight against COVID-19 progresses, the focus is swung into prevention, and vaccine opportunities are increasing with every week. The Department of Health is projecting that Washington’s weekly state vaccine allocations will almost double by next month – from around 350,000 …
Kitsap Digital Hour: Dig Deeper into New Business Recovery Funding Are you managing to keep up with the new business grant opportunities, and stay on top of all the most recent changes to the existing programs? If you are not, or not sure, then the …
In keeping with the times, the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance’s long-running annual event goes virtual this year with a line-up of speakers all trying to provide a clear picture of the state of the economy, both local and national. As best as anyone without a …