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Port Orchard, Washington is located in Kitsap County. Zip codes in Port Orchard, WA include 98367, and 98366. More Port Orchard information.

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13 hrs ago | KING-TV Seattle

Port Orchard man missing since Wednesday

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. - Police are looking for a Kitsap County man who's been missing for four days.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

Kitsap Sun

Remember when: Feb. 12, 2012

The committee is calling for the purchase of the span by the state at a price of $325,000, a figure near the state's Highway Department appraisal.

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The Stranger

'I want to love my neighbor WELL,' by Republican Representative Jan Angel

Yesterday's last stop on our tour of ?!?!?!?!???? arguments against gay marriage was Republican Representative Mark Hargrove, of Covington, who cited a Jack in the Box commercial as proof that gays shouldn't be married.

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Kitsap Sun

Man dies of injuries suffered in May 2011 fight

Kitsap County prosecutors dropped charges against his alleged assailant in August and do not plan to file new charges, despite his death.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Kitsap Sun

Port Orchard man accused of setting fire to the Bethel Tavern

Two men are in the Kitsap County jail after they allegedly tried to set fire to the Bethel Tavern.

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Port Orchard Orchard

Humane Society silent on recent shakeup

An online petition started last week on the website www.change.org demanded that the Humane Society's nine-member board of directors be elected positions, voted on by donors and volunteers.

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Port Orchard Independent

Humane Society needs to be more forthcoming | Editorial

It's hard to know for sure what's going on these days with the Kitsap Humane Society, because the entire board of directors seems to be lying low since the nonprofit's executive director left suddenly and an online petition leveled accusations of mismanagement.

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Port Orchard Orchard

UGA revisions: Living on a rural-urban fault line

Scaling back the Urban Growth Areas within Kitsap County is a complicated task, but for a group of neighbors in a rural spot south of Port Orchard, it's a simple issue.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

KOMO News

Search is on for missing Port Orchard man

A search is underway for a 65-year-old Port Orchard man who vanished from his Port Orchard home on Wednesday.

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Port Orchard Orchard

95th birthday extends Kiwanis Club member's perfect attendance record

Lee Daly has been a member of the Kiwanis Club of Port Orchard since 1968. And in nearly half a century since he first signed up, the 95-year-old Daly has not once missed out on credit for one of the club's weekly meetings.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Port Orchard Orchard

Bill would outlaw bulk smoke-rolling machines

Anti-tobacco legislation making its way through Olympia would close a downtown small business, as well as many others around the state, if passed into law.

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Port Orchard Orchard

Woman with baby on board causes multi-vehicle crash in Gorst

A Port Orchard woman with a baby in her BMW sedan lost control of her car Monday morning and caused a multi-vehicle crash that temporarily closed State Route 3 in Gorst near Division Avenue.

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

Kitsap Sun

Local Theater: Madcap performances light up BCT's 'Black Comedy'

KATHY BERG, BREMERTON COMMUNITY THEATRE / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Brindsley, played by Chris Dolan, sneaks a chair out of the darkened apartment occupied by Miss Furnival, played by Katrina Hodiak, and Harold, played by Raymond Deuel.

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Minot Daily News

Fr. James W. Pommier

A celebration of life service was held Thursday at Rill's Life Tribute Center in Port Orchard, Wash., for Fr.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

Central Kitsap Reporter

Soup swap

Megan Shelton, a Bremerton resident, samples butternut squash soup and talks about healthy eating at the Silverdale Soup Swap Jan.

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Port Orchard Orchard

PSE begins installation of new transmission line to area substations

Puget Sound Energy recently began construction above existing electric distribution lines in Port Orchard in an effort to improve electric reliability in the area.

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The News Tribune

Kent man convicted in fatal shooting of boy, 12

A 35-year-old Kent, Wash., man has been convicted of fatally shooting a 12-year-old boy in the back as he walked home from a store.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Port Orchard Independent

Fire district's standard of coverage | Guest column

How does your fire department determine where to put staffing and equipment in the community? South Kitsap Fire and Rescue , as an accredited fire agency, maintains and operates under a document called the Standard of Coverage .

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Kitsap Sun

Ada Mae Hughes, 95

Ada Mae "Grandma" Hughes, 95 of Port Orchard, Washington died January 30, 2012. She was born May 12, 1916 in Eveleth, Minnesota to William and Ethel Davey.

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North Kitsap Herald

Pole fitness: The sexy side of health and fitness | Balance Guide

Adrienne McLaughlin got into pole dancing on accident. An athlete all her life, she said she loved going dancing with her friends, and one day installed a pole in the house she shared with friends.

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