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Staff photo by Larry Steagall
Members of Cub Scout Pack 540 had an emotional moment of silence for the seven astronauts killed in the space shuttle Columbia accident Saturday. Participating were, from left, Zach Arntt, 6, Andrew Vogel, 9, Reuben Schleiger, 9, and Brandon Schleiger, 7. The Scouts had gathered at the Peninsula Bible Fellowship in East Bremerton for their Pinewood Derby.
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STS107: SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA'S FINAL DESCENT
Disbelief, sorrow and deja vu gripped West Sound after the tragedy
For months, the Cub Scouts in Pack 540 had been planning a miniature race car derby on Saturday morning near Bremerton. But as word spread among the usually hyper group of 6- to 10-year-olds of the tr...
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Navy mourns loss of ex-shipmates
The tragedy of Saturday's space shuttle disaster rippled through the region's Navy community. Three of Columbia's seven crew members were in the Navy, including Cmdr. William "Willie" McCool and Capt....
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Gordon: Risks are real
The risks, even death, are something "you know" and accept as an astronaut, former West Sound resident and retired astronaut Richard Gordon said in the wake of Saturday's space shuttle tragedy....
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BELFAIR
Proposed salmon center would be one of a kind
Visitors, students and researchers literally could see eye-to-eye with spawning salmon in a world-class, $18 million "salmon center" proposed in Belfair....
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BELFAIR
Groups fishing for funds to build planned facility
The public will get a chance to view plans for the proposed Pacific Northwest Salmon Center at 7 p.m. March 11 at Theler Community Center....
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BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY
Poulsbo could be first to connect to telecommunications 'backbone'
The first of the broadband "last miles," or at least the "next mile," could be in place by the end of winter in Poulsbo. Bainbridge Island might not be far behind....
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SOUTH KITSAP
Growth, infrastructure major goals for Port Orchard in '03
Planning for potential future population growth and upgrading the city's infrastructure for that scenario are two of the main concerns for the city of Port Orchard in 2003....
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ROUNDUP
• 4-H JUDGING: Training offered this month
A daylong training of people who would like to judge 4-H competitions is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 22 at Kitsap Pavilion on the Kitsap County Fairgrounds....
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ROUNDUP
• FIRE SAFETY: Volunteer needed
A volunteer is needed to serve on the Kitsap County Fire Safety Advisory Committee, which works with the county fire marshal to improve local fire safety....
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ROUNDUP
• TELECOM: Meeting to be shown on television
The January meeting of the Kitsap Regional Economic Development Council's telecommunications committee was recorded by BKAT....
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COURT WATCH
Knife threat called 2nd-degree assault
Christopher L. Rowe, 28, of Anthony Drive in Olalla has been charged with second-degree assault for allegedly pointing the tip of a kitchen knife at the face of a woman with whom he has had two childr...
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COURT WATCH
Employee accused of embezzling
Randall W. Debolt, 20, of Spruce Street in Bremerton has been charged with first-degree theft for allegedly stealing $2,663.50 from his employer, J.C. Penney in Silverdale, by doctoring catalog orders...
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COURT WATCH
Chase and crash bring felony count
Joseph Ross Peck, 19, of Highland Avenue in Bremerton is charged with attempting to outrun police after a Jan. 15 chase and crash in South Kitsap....
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COURT WATCH
Mother was victim, says theft charge
Margaret Anne Comiskey, 50, of Clear Creek Road has been charged in the first-degree theft of money and the identity of her mother, allegedly committed between Aug. 1 and Oct. 1....
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COURT WATCH
Long fight with cops brings prison
Myla K. Hines, 27, of California Avenue in South Kitsap has gotten 15 months in prison for battling sheriff's deputies trying to arrest her for violating a no-contact order on May 12....
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COURT WATCH
Shotgun 'fun' leads to charge
Michael J. Woodlief, 25, of Pottery Avenue in Port Orchard has been charged with third-degree assault for allegedly firing a shotgun shell that slightly hurt two people on Super Bowl Sunday....
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Correspondents sought
As tensions with Iraq increase and more U.S. troops are sent to the Middle East, The Sun is looking for area people who are part of the military buildup in that region....
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SPOKANE
Police struggle to explain record murder level
SPOKANE (AP) -- After two months in a coma from a fight over a parking space, Gary Wilson died in a Spokane hospital recently, bringing to 24 the number of reported homicides in 2002 and breaking the c...
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STATE BUDGET
WSP seeks funding to repair 'critical' jet
OLYMPIA (AP) -- The Washington State Patrol is seeking $910,000 in state funds to repair a jet used for "critical air transportation," including transporting prisoners and its SWAT team....
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
Seven killed in avalanche
REVELSTOKE, British Columbia (AP) -- Seven back-country skiers from a high-school excursion group were killed Saturday in the second deadly avalanche to hit east-central British Columbia in a month....
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HYDROELECTRICITY
Power companies may feel chill from warm winter
SEATTLE (AP) -- Weather forecasters expect Washington's mild winter to continue, which has hydroelectric power officials worried about electricity prices later this year....
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STATE SENATE
Conservative Stevens still seeks change, but sees government of grays
OLYMPIA (AP) -- Val Stevens stormed into the Legislature in 1993, full of conservative fire and bold plans for dismantling the Department of Social and Health Services and getting bureaucrats out of pe...
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Tighter border security holding back regional economy
BELLINGHAM (AP) -- Cross-border trade bottlenecks caused by tightened security are one more drag on the struggling Pacific Northwest economy, regional business leaders say....
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STATE BRIEFS
Golf course could double as pollutant dump...
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Lottery
Saturday's numbers...
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VIEW OF THE WEATHER
Robbie Wood Age 4, Belfair...
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