Rob Putaansuu News Today

There are questions one never wants to need to ask when entering a school building, questions like, “What is that brown stuff caked on the door?”

Kitsap Transit is preparing to go to the public for feedback on a dedicated maintenance facility for its ferry system, but more questions than answers remain as to how feasible a local option could be.

The Port Orchard City Council is expected to approve an agreement for a new Johnsonlink Orthodontics office on Mitchell Avenue that will likely save an estimated century-old redwood tree once threatened by the development.

Rob Putaansuu, Port Orchard

The Port Orchard City Council passed an agreement between the city and the Vista Motel on Bethel Avenue to provide emergency shelter services.

Port Orchards City Council wants a three-year-old tradition for seniors to continue down Bay Street, tentatively scheduled for June 9.

Editor’s note: Some government agencies did not fully respond to Public Records requests as required by state law — even after as much as five weeks. We note that here with hopes that public pressure will encourage them to provide the information.

Water over the roads led to closures and detours along the shoreline in Port Orchard

The city paid to relocate the residence, vacation and charter business of Randy Jones and Frank Rusk to Bremerton to make way for the path.

City council members voted 7-0 in favor of a one-tenth of 1% of sales tax to start in January 2023 to fund the design and initial construction.