Kitsap County Fire District 7 is asking South Kitsap residents served by South Kitsap Fire and Rescue to approve a bond measure to issue $4.9 million in general obligation funds through Proposition 1, which would be collected from excess property taxes annually over five years. The proposition would authorize the fire district to upgrade its apparatus, and fire and safety equipment.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 1:32:53 PM - SOURCE: Port Orchard Independent

Kitsap County Fire District 7 is asking South Kitsap residents served by South Kitsap Fire and Rescue to approve a bond measure to issue $4.9 million in general obligation funds through Proposition 1, which would be collected from excess property taxes annually over five years. The proposition would authorize the fire district to upgrade its apparatus, and fire and safety equipment.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 1:32:53 PM - SOURCE: Port Orchard Independent

A former fire chief has come out of retirement to lead Central Pierce Fire & Rescue until the district can replace Chief Keith Wright, who stepped down abruptly two weeks ago amid fears he would be ousted by the district’s board of commissioners. Board members unanimously approved Chief Jack Andren’s contract Monday while they search for Wright’s permanent replacement.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 4:05:21 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

A former fire chief has come out of retirement to lead Central Pierce Fire & Rescue until the district can replace Chief Keith Wright, who stepped down abruptly two weeks ago amid fears he would be ousted by the district’s board of commissioners. Board members unanimously approved Chief Jack Andren’s contract Monday while they search for Wright’s permanent replacement.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 4:05:21 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

An 8-year-old child from Port Angeles died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a two-car wreck on state Highway 112 near Elwha River Road west of Port Angeles. The State Patrol said Wednesday that the boy died of injuries sustained in the Tuesday wreck. His identity has not been released.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 2:57:47 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News