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West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
In our morning report about nearby orca sightings , we mentioned the Orca Network ’s daily “sightings” e-mail ( subscribe to it here ). The latest one just arrived, and it tells the story of today’s sightings - we’ll paraphrase: *8:15 am , six orcas reported by captain of ferry Tacoma on Seattle-Bainbridge run *9 am , orcas reported off Alki Point by captain of ferry Hyak on Seattle-Bremerton...
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Sunlight Foundation (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... Alliance, which gave $100,000 to the youth foundation’s gala dinner in February honoring Dicks, a Bremerton Democrat, for his staunch support of the charity. TriWest followed that up with a $50,000 contribution to another charity event hosted by Dicks and four other members of the powerful defense-appropriations subcommittee that doled out $459 billion in contracts this year. Giving money...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
BREMERTON -- Heavy concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals have been discovered underground at an old industrial site in West Bremerton.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
BREMERTON, Wash. -- Heavy concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals have been discovered underground at an old industrial site in West Bremerton.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Heavy concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals have been discovered underground at an old industrial site in West Bremerton.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, was named as an honoree in charitable contributions totaling $478,000 in the first six months of 2008. Some say these so-called honorary contributions are one more way for companies and campaign donors to curry favor with members of Congress. Dicks says there's nothing improper about the contributions and that companies don't automatically gain favor with him for donating...
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Bull Moose Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
The long awaited Seattle Marathon was today. The fifteen weeks of training for the half-marathon came to fruition. I left Bremerton at 5 AM to be ready for the 7:30 start under the Space Needle. I achieved my first goal: A finisher’s medal. I finished in about two hours and forty-five minutes. That’s about 12.5 minute [...]
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... two catamaran-hull ferries were built in Anacortes in 1998 and 1999 and placed on the Seattle-Bremerton run, where they cruised at speeds of close to 45 mph.They routinely made the cross-sound trip in less than 40 minutes, compared with an hour by car ferry, but were taken off the Bremerton route.They were shut down several years later after beach landowners sued, alleging damage...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... two catamaran-hull ferries were built in Anacortes in 1998 and 1999 and placed on the Seattle-Bremerton run, where they cruised at speeds of close to 45 mph.They were shut down after beach landowners sued, saying there was damage from the vessels' wakes. After the state settled the case, legislators ordered the state ferry system out of the foot-ferry business because of the high cost of...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
This unincorporated town — set at the confluence of Highways 3 and 16 between Bremerton, Port Orchard and Belfair — is named for its founding family and features several small churches, two drive-through coffeeshops ("Espresso Gone Wild" and "Natte Latte"), an auto dealer, a strip club and a sprinkling of other small businesses.
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Northwest Navigator (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) returned to homeport in Bremerton, Wash. deployment-ready Nov. 21 after completing its final pre-deployment exercises. During the underway period, Stennis united with the other components of its strike group, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, to complete Composite Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) and Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX). Both...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... two catamaran-hull ferries were built in Anacortes in 1998 and 1999 and placed on the Seattle-to-Bremerton run, where they cruised at speeds of close to 45 mph. They routinely made the cross-sound trip in less than 40 minutes, compared to an hour by car ferry, but were taken off the Bremerton route. They were shut down several years later after beach landowners sued, alleging damage...
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Northwest Navigator (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Sailors gathered at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton’s Concourse West complex wrestling room Nov. 20 in hopes of being selected for the All-Navy wrestling team. All-Navy wrestling coach Rob Hermann was on hand at the complex for tryouts prior to his selecting team members. “We hold tryouts each year to search for the most experienced wrestlers who are passionate about this sport,” said Hermann,...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... Army, Everett Corps Community Center, 2525 Rucker Ave.: noon to 2 p.m.Salvation Army, Bremerton Corps Community Center, 832 Sixth St.: noon to 2 p.m.Emergency Food Network community dinner at Temple Theater in Landmark Convention Center, 47 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Union Gospel Mission, 318 Second Ave. S., Seattle: 5, 6 and 7 p.m.SUNDAYUniversity Lutheran Church, Northeast...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... Sunday, and anglers have been finding a few chinook there at Sekiu.Catch area 10, the Seattle / Bremerton region, will remain open, although it has been generally slow except for the Shilshole / Meadow Point area. Area 11 in the south Sound also remains open, and it has shown improvement at the Clay Banks of Point Defiance, "the shelf" just offshore, Point Delco on the south end of Vashon...
