Bremerton
Bremerton raises city hen limit; 5 now OK
BREMERTON -- Now that it has embraced chickens in the city, the Bremerton City Council is fine-tuning its poultry policy.In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the group approved Councilman Roy Runyon's motion to raise the upper limit on hens from four to five.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Man rescued from boat fire in Agate Passage
BREMERTON -- A man was safely rescued from his burning boat Thursday morning in Agate Passage, between Bainbridge Island and the north end of the Kitsap Peninsula.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Northwest
Boy in school shooting says in letter: 'I'm sorry'
SEATTLE -- A 9-year-old boy who accidentally shot and seriously wounded a classmate in a Bremerton elementary school has written a letter apologizing to the little girl.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Northwest
Girl shot at school out of intensive care
SEATTLE -- An 8-year-old girl who nearly died when a classmate accidentally discharged a gun he brought to school has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Northwest
Doctor: Girl in school shooting nearly died
SEATTLE -- An 8-year-old girl nearly died when a classmate accidentally discharged a gun he brought to school, her doctor said Tuesday, describing the trajectory of a bullet that narrowly missed the child's vital organs but tore a liver and a major vein.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Doctors leaving bullet in wounded Bremerton girl
SEATTLE -- Doctors have no plans to remove a bullet from an 8-year-old Bremerton girl who was wounded in a classroom shooting.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Northwest
Video: USS Nimitz leaves Bremerton for Everett
Video courtesy of the USS Nimitz, by Petty Officer 3rd Class Glenn Slaughter:
Date: 03/07/2012 | Local News
Contenders start race to replace Rep. Norm Dicks
BREMERTON -- State Sen. Derek Kilmer announced Monday he's running for the seat in Congress that Rep. Norm Dicks is giving up after 18 terms.Kilmer is a Gig Harbor Democrat who works as vice president of the Pierce County Economic Council. He says he's focused on creating jobs.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Northwest
Family of wounded Bremerton girl hires lawyer
BREMERTON -- The family of an 8-year-old Bremerton girl wounded in a classroom shooting has hired a lawyer to determine who is at fault.Attorney Jeffery M. Campiche told a Seattle news conference Thursday the family of Amina Bowman is considering a lawsuit.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Northwest
USS Stennis Bremerton homecoming on Friday
BREMERTON -- The Navy says the USS Stennis will arrive at its Bremerton home port on Friday, after a seven-month deployment in which it launched planes into Iraq and Afghanistan. Lt. Cmdr. Cindy Fields says aircraft carrier is expected to dock at 11:30 a.m.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Northwest
Probation possible in school shooting
BREMERTON -- A Washington state prosecutor says his office will seek probation and treatment for a 9-year-old boy who took to school a gun that accidentally discharged and critically injured a classmate this past week.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
Bremerton state trooper shot and killed in traffic stop
BREMERTON — All available officers searched early today for the person who shot and killed a Washington State Patrol trooper during a traffic stop about 20 miles west of Seattle across Puget Sound.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Northwest
Student, 8, in critical condition after shooting at Bremerton elementary school
BREMERTON -- An 8-year-old girl was in critical condition Wednesday after she shot in the abdomen at her elementary school, and one of her classmates was detained, authorities said Wednesday.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Northwest
Judge shuts down Bremerton shooting range
BREMERTON -- A judge has ordered a cease fire at a shooting range near Bremerton until it complies with all county land-use requirements.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Northwest
Woman found dead in Bremerton was homicide
BREMERTON -- Police say the death of a 61-year-old woman in Bremerton was a homicide and they're asking the public for any information that may help solve the case.The body of Melody Brannon was found Friday in a west Bremerton neighborhood where she had just purchased a house.
Date: 02/06/2012 | Northwest
Bremerton-based carrier USS Stennis in Singapore
BREMERTON -- The Navy says the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier USS Stennis is making a port visit in Singapore.It arrived Thursday with three ships from its strike group.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Northwest
2 found dead in Bremerton
BREMERTON -- The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office is investigating the deaths of two people found Sunday evening. Authorities believe the public is not in danger.The Kitsap Sun reported a neighbor entered the building and found the bodies and called 911 at 6:45 p.m.
Date: 12/26/2011 | Northwest
Arrest in Occupy Bremerton foreclosure protest
PORT ORCHARD -- For the second week in a row, Occupy Bremerton protesters have attempted to disrupt an auction of foreclosed homes.
Date: 12/11/2011 | Northwest
Kitsap passenger ferry tests wake in Rich Passage
BREMERTON -- U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, who helped obtain millions in federal dollars for the low-wake research ferry Rich Passage I, got to see the returns Tuesday.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Northwest
Ohio troopers say they find gift-wrapped pot; Bremerton man charged
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- Ohio troopers making a traffic stop say they found a pot present: a gift-wrapped package containing 25 individually wrapped packets of marijuana.
Date: 11/18/2011 | Northwest
Bremerton celebrates new Manette Bridge
BREMERTON -- The first cars drove across the new Manette Bridge in Bremerton at noon Thursday after a ceremony celebrating the $58 million bridge and the 81-year-old bridge it replaces.The old bridge closed to traffic in July and will now be demolished.
Date: 11/10/2011 | Northwest
New Manette bridge opens Thursday in Bremerton
BREMERTON -- The Bremerton High School band, Congressman Norm Dicks, state Transportation Department leaders and other officials will take the first steps and rides across the new Manette Bridge on Thursday in Bremerton.
Date: 11/09/2011 | Northwest
Kitsap couple makes own traffic speed limit sign
Associated PressBREMERTON -- A Kitsap County couple fed up with speeders on their road between Seabeck and Bremerton has put up their own traffic sign.It's a 4-by-4 piece of plywood, lit up with Christmas tree lights, that reminds drivers of the 35 mph limit.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Northwest
Bremerton to swap aircraft carriers, dispose of reactor
BREMERTON -- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility will swap aircraft carriers in a couple of months, and some groundbreaking work is planned on a third one.
Date: 10/27/2011 | Northwest
Bremerton police say drug deal ended in shooting
BREMERTON -- Bremerton police say a 26-year-old man who was shot multiple times Tuesday night in a parking lot is in critical condition at a Seattle hospital.
Date: 10/13/2011 | Northwest
Kitsap deputies respond to suicide, dangerous gas
BREMERTON -- A pastor at a church in Bremerton discovered a man's body in a pickup truck Sunday morning, accompanied by a sign warning of poisonous gas.
Date: 10/02/2011 | Northwest
Lie leads to Kitsap Co. man's arrest
BREMERTON -- A 23-year-old Bremerton man who reportedly told his grandparents that he was in a Mexican jail to get money is now behind bars.
Date: 09/29/2011 | Northwest
Kitsap environmental lawyer named to Legislature
BREMERTON -- Kitsap County commissioners approved the top recommendation of county Democrats on Monday and named environmental lawyer Drew Hansen of Bainbridge Island to fill a vacant seat in the Legislature for the district that includes Bremerton.
Date: 09/20/2011 | Northwest
Tissue samples taken from dead whale at Bremerton
BREMERTON -- Scientists took tissue samples Thursday from a dead whale on a Bremerton beach, providing information to help researchers across the country.
Date: 07/28/2011 | Northwest
USS Stennis deploys Monday from Bremerton
BREMERTON -- The USS John C. Stennis is scheduled to deploy Monday from its homeport of Bremerton. The aircraft carrier is on its way to the western Pacific Ocean and the Persian Gulf for a seven-month deployment.
Date: 07/24/2011 | Northwest
Bremerton council rejects $20 car tab fee hike
BREMERTON -- The Bremerton City Council voted against a $20 car tab fee to help pay for road repairs.The council voted Wednesday as the city's Transportation Benefit District.
Date: 07/07/2011 | Northwest
Navy upgrades munitions shipping at Indian Island
BREMERTON -- The Navy is refining its method of moving munitions in an exercise this week at Indian Island near Port Townsend.The Kitsap Sun reports it uses standard 20-foot shipping containers that arrive by truck and are loaded by crane onboard a ship.
Date: 06/14/2011 | Northwest
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