Olalla News

From left, Pat Barry of Poulsbo, Gene Mellis of Shelton, Dave Selbig of Manchester and Norm Olson of Olalla.

Doug Kingsbury and his dad, John, walk through a grove of Noble fir at their Five Springs Tree Farm near Olalla on Tuesday.

Magical Strings presents its 23rd annual Celtic Yuletide Concert in Kent at 3 p.m. Dec.

Emile Goossens loads his plate up with food in his wife Moud's shopping cart. The Goossens, from Port Orchard, were two of some 100 people who came out to try some of the Dutch dishes being presented at the Marina Market 10th annual Dutch Days open house in Poulsbo.

The Olalla Bluegrass Festival, a community staple for nearly 20 years, may grind to a halt without some new people taking over the reins.

In a few strokes with a black marker, Chris Lemke draws a pyramid to represent the values he looks for in a political position.

The new off-ramp from westbound Highway 16 to Burley-Olalla Road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday to repair a hillside that sloughed off last weekend.

Crystal Judson Family Justice Center grant manager Jackie Smith stands with some of the center's advocacy staff on Monday.

Rated: NR Running time: 1:12 Director: Scott Norwood Showing: Orchard myspace.com/timetravel0 Cris McCarthy waits apprehensively to meet the mysterious John Titor.

The Kitsap County Board of Commissioners Monday night approved taking out a $3.6 million loan to pay off an outstanding debt of the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority that the county guaranteed three years ago.

Bryan Roedder, 4, of Olalla holds up a piece of the ceremonial ribbon that he and other children cut during the celebration of the opening of the Burley-Olalla interchange.

South Kitsap resident Walt Neff got quite a birthday present Wednesday morning as he was one of the first few drivers to use the new on-ramps at the opening of the Burley-Olalla Interchange.

South Kitsap YAHOO! By Ed Friedrich Wednesday, October 7, 2009 BURLEY - Count John and Dolores Lawler among the scores of south-enders thrilled to see Burley-Olalla Road reconnected Wednesday to Highway 16.

The North Olympic Peninsula's only in-patient drug and alcohol treatment facility will close its doors for good on Oct.

Every afternoon, a school bus from John Sedgewick Junior High in Olalla drops Mackenzie Cude off at her bus stop.

Joe Serka began making wine as a hobby about 20 years ago but it took until his 2006 layoff before he decided to take in seriously.

In February, it was just another anonymous Olalla brier patch, choked with Himalayan blackberry brambles.

Doris Worland scavenges for apples in Port Orchard. Worland collects the fallen fruit from welcoming homeowners and donates them to area food banks.

All the elementary schools in the South Kitsap School District will soon be sorting and composting their garbage thanks to an expansion of the Food to Flowers program launched by Kitsap Countya s Solid Waste Division.

Kate Larrson adds the finishing touches to a painting at her Raft Island studio.