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Puget Sound Energy gets OK for electric, natural gas rate increases
Apr 02 2010, 10:25 AM State regulators today approved a small rate increase for Bellevue-based Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) electric and natural gas customers.

The three-member Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) is allowing the company to raise electric rates by about 2.8 percent and natural gas prices by .8 percent. New rates are expected to take effect approximately April 7.

Under the commission’s decision, the average PSE residential electric customer using 1000 kilowatt hours-a-month will see an increase of about $2.80, and the average natural-gas customer using 70 therms a month will pay about 87 cents more.

Suquamish restaurant enjoys rebirth
Chef David Fricke cooks up a breakfast order in the Dockside Grill’s kitchen. The restaurant opened for family dining in March on the Suquamish waterfront and recently began serving a full breakfast menu. The Dockside Grill is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and serves breakfast 8-11 a.m. on weekends. - Brad Camp/For the Herald Apr 05 2010, 4:53 PM SUQUAMISH — The Dockside Grill has only been open a few weeks but it has already won over its toughest critic.

Gliding Eagle set for expansion | News Brief
Apr 02 2010, 10:37 AM The Port Gamble S’Klallam tribe plans to increase the fuel capacity of the Gliding Eagle Marketplace service station by 50 percent this summer.

A project to expand the popular station and store north of Kingston will begin in early April and wrap up by early June, according to a news release from the tribe.

Bremerton man dies after falling from tree near Keyport
Apr 06 2010, 11:39 AM A Bremerton man died Monday near Keyport when he fell 35-feet from a tree he was trimming.

Car hits ferry worker on the Puyallup; delays Kingston ferry
Apr 07 2010, 2:59 PM KINGSTON — A Washington State Ferries employee on board the Puyallup was hit and injured by a car in Kingston Wednesday afternoon.

Hansville toxins cleanup now targeted for September
Apr 09 2010, 2:21 PM HANSVILLE — The toxins cleanup project that threatened to disrupt downtown Hansville during its summer season is now being targeted for September.

Kingston paraeducator arrested for child rape
Apr 12 2010, 10:17 PM PORT ORCHARD — A Gordon Elementary paraeducator is in jail for alleged sexual abuse of a minor that investigators believe took place over several months.

Bridge for Kingston's Carpenter Creek included in state budget
Apr 13 2010, 10:54 AM KINGSTON — The project to bridge a creek mouth in Kingston will finally see funding this year.

A budget package passed by the state Legislature this week included about $2.8 million to replace a narrow culvert at the mouth of Carpenter Creek with a bridge, Puget Sound Partnership spokesman Frank Mendizabal said.

The project was part of a package of funding requests for Puget Sound Partnership. After the budget is approved by Gov. Chris Gregoire, the project money will be routed through the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to Kitsap County Public Works.

Former Kingston student charged in Sacramento murder
Apr 14 2010, 5:02 PM A 2003 graduate of Spectrum Community School in Kingston was charged this afternoon for the murder of 68-year-old woman in Sacramento, Calif.

Casey Daniel Brown, 25, was arrested by Sacramento Police Monday for the April 10 stabbing death of a woman in downtown Sacramento, according to a police news release. He was arraigned on charges of murder and abuse of an elder resulting in death, early this afternoon in Sacramento Superior Court, according to Shelly Orio, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento District Attorney's office.

Luggage found in dumpster delaying Kingston ferries | UPDATED
Apr 15 2010, 6:40 PM UPDATE: The Kingston ferry resumed service at about 6 p.m. Thursday

KINGSTON — An unaccompanied piece of luggage found in a dumpster at the Kingston ferry terminal is stalling ferry traffic this afternoon.