Tahuya News

North Mason YAHOO! By Josh Farley Wednesday, November 4, 2009 TAHUYA - Tahuya voters are narrowly approving their fire district's third request for a property tax increase to raise money for paramedic service.

Now is the time to enjoy many campgrounds and trails on Capitol Forest, as many of them will shut down Dec.

Four level 3 sex offenders have moved to new addresses on the Kitsap Peninsula, according to local authorities.

A group of state troopers spent Labor Day in the Belfair area in a federally-funded effort to disrupt drug trafficking.

Nicholas Ray Webb, 19, has recently moved within Mason County and is required to register as a sex offender due to two sex crime convictions, according to the Mason County Sheriff's Office.

A 9-year-old Port Orchard girl was injured Tuesday afternoon when the car she was riding in was struck near Belfair Elementary School, the Washington State Patrol reported.

A convicted level 3 sex offender is moving to the 100 block of NE Rainbow Place in Tahuya, according to the Mason County Sheriff's Office.

By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 12:01 a.m., September 2, 2009 Updated 12:31 p.m., September 2, 2009 BELFAIR - A 9-year-old girl was injured Tuesday night in a crash on Highway 3 near Belfair Elementary School, according to the Washington State Patrol.

By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 01:59 p.m., September 1, 2009 Updated 02:54 p.m., September 1, 2009 NORTH MASON - About 1,500 homes on the Tahuya Peninsula lost power Tuesday after a car crashed into a power pole, according to Mason County Public Utilities District No.

A special filing period is scheduled for Aug. 25 to 27 to find a candidate for position No.

Central Kitsap YAHOO! Most Recent Local News By Christopher Dunagan Wednesday, August 12, 2009 CENTRAL KITSAP - More than 2,100 acres of forestland adjacent to both Green Mountain and Tahuya state forests will be protected from development under an agreement signed this week.

Ballads and chanteys galore will waft through Port Gamble Aug. 15 when the village's Maritime Music Festival makes port from noon to 5 p.m. The festival, which claims to be the only one on the West Coast focused on maritime music, will feature performances by Tugboat Bromberg, former Able Seaman Wendy Joseph, the all-female chantey group Broadside ...

AJ Williams, 30, died Saturday at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton from complications of pneumonia.

South Kitsap Fire Chief Wayne Senter is right: creating a regional fire authority made up of Bremerton, Central Kitsap and South Kitsap fire departments has taken too much time and energy.

On a Thursday night in a small town that can feel like the end of the world, some of its inhabitants came to the end of their ropes.

Don LePere brought laughs and floated bubbles to the crowd at Saturday's Tahuya Days Parade.

By Barbara Clark Originally published 12:01 a.m., June 30, 2009 Updated 03:39 p.m., June 30, 2009 ALLYN - Redrawing Mason County's hospital district boundaries can be a straightforward process or a long one, a curious crowd was told Monday night in Allyn.

A citizens group that wants to expand the boundaries of Belfair's new Public Hospital District 2 has scheduled an informational meeting for Monday.

Another failed levy election has Tahuya teetering toward losing its paramedic service.

Friday is drop-dead day for filing to run for several local school boards, and seats in North Kitsap and North Mason still don't have candidates, according to information from the auditor's offices in Kitsap and Mason counties.