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The Kitsap County Auditor's office on Tuesday night revealed that Central Kitsap School District's three-year educational enrichment programs and operations levy is narrowly failing. The measure received 8,019 "no" votes (50.5%) and 7,864 "yes" votes (49.5%). Central Kitsap saw a similar three-year levy proposal in February fail when only 49.6% voted to approve...

For decades, research into substance use treatment has found that a rigid focus on abstinence-only models has caused just a small fraction of those in need to seek treatment. But as the opioid epidemic surges in Kitsap and across the country, Wayne Swanson, director of Subacute Recovery Services at Kitsap Mental Health Services, says providers are beginning to examine new approaches of substance use treatment, including ways to lower barriers and better engage those in need. ...

The Kitsap Sun will continue to host a weekly poll for readers to vote for athletes of the week, drawn from athletes in spring sports, including baseball, softball, boys soccer, track and field, golf and tennis. Athletes will be nominated by their high school coaches and the top male and female vote-getters will take home the awards.

SEATTLE — Over 22,000 people were without power in western Washington on Saturday afternoon. The Puget Sound Energy Outage Map shows thousands of people lost power in King, Pierce and Kitsap county. The map shows 105 active outages as of 10 p.m., impacting approximately 3,000 customers. Eastside Fire &...

Fewer Kitsap high schoolers report depressive feelings or suicidal thoughts than at any point in nearly eight years, a recent survey found, with reports of suicidal ideations at their lowest point since at least 2012. Kitsap Public Health District officials say results from the 2023 Healthy Youth Survey, an anonymous...

Traffic slowdowns are anticipated through Gorst all day Sunday, but for a reason most drivers will appreciate: Kitsap County Public Works is leading a highway litter cleanup project, with more help on the way this year funded by a $60,000 grant to clean up the highway corridor, the department announced on Wednesday.

The Rising Stars concert on April 21st will feature phenomenal performances from some of the top musical talent in Kitsap County. These include winners and runners-up from the 2024 Young Artist Competition. Join us for musical gems and anecdotes. We all know much about Chopin, but we will also learn...

A recent letter to the editor stated that "CKSD has the money needed" and digs into the history of the McCleary decision, and says the state provides resources to fund a basic education.This is true, the state does fund a "basic" education. But then why do all but a handful of the 295 school districts in Washington have school enrichment levies? The obvious reason for this is the people of Washington, as a whole, value education and want to make our schools a better place to live and learn.The enrichment levy provides funds to make our students more successful, safer, and enables an environment that makes it easier to learn. The school district laid out exactly what the levy funds; among these are more teachers to reduce class sizes, school sports, classroom support personnel, librarians, counselors, learning specialists, and sheriff SROs.The letter stated that CKSD spends $19,000 per pupil while the Washington average is $14,000. I looked up the OSPI report card, and it showed that CKSD spends $17,656 per pupil, while the state average is $18,287. Even so, we have a higher graduation rate than average, and better ELA and Science scores. It seems like we are getting more results for less money.Finally, the writer believes we are “lavishly” funded. Bremerton, NK, Bainbridge, and SK all spend more per pupil, while we spend only $24 more per pupil than North Mason. That’s “lavish”?Vote yes. Support the students and the community.

Candidate filing week for elected officials is a little over two weeks away as election season gets started, and one sitting elected official in Bremerton has thrown his hat in the ring as a candidate for the District 2 seat with the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners. Jeff Coughlin, a...