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County Commissioner Steve Bauer to step down
Kitsap County Commissioner Steve Bauer will resign at the end of February. - File photo Jan 11 2011, 3:43 PM In order to spend more time with family, Kitsap County Commissioner Steve Bauer will resign at the end of February, he announced during a board meeting Monday night.

Public can view State Route 104 realignment options Jan. 26
Kitsap County will float four options for rerouting traffic in downtown Kingston at a meeting Wednesday, 7-9 p.m., in the North Kitsap Fire and Rescue Station. Parking policy revisions are also up for discussion.     - Brad Camp/For the Herald Jan 21 2011, 11:06 AM KINGSTON — Kingston’s humble Community Center building may someday be replaced by a sprawling traffic roundabout.

Kitsap Transit honcho to retire early next year
Jan 21 2011, 5:18 PM After more than 27 years in he bus business, Kitsap Transit Executive Director Dick Hayes announced his retirement at the agency’s Tuesday commissioners board meeting.

“We’ve finally got to the point where the budget is stable,” Hayes, 68, said Wednesday. “It wouldn’t be fair if I tried to help create the long range plan and then hand the plan off to someone else.”

Not only is the agency at a turning point with the board wanting to develop a long range plan, he said he would also like to have more time to spend with his wife and children. He has a grandson that he wants to build a boat with. Hayes plans to retire in mid-January of 2012 to allow time for the board to find a successor.

Kingston woman airlifted following collision in Eglon
Jan 23 2011, 3:12 PM View 1/23 Eglon collision in a larger map

EGLON — A 29-year-old Kingston woman was injured Sunday afternoon when the Chevrolet Cavalier she was driving collided with a power pole in Eglon.

Two dead, two deputies wounded following shooting in Port Orchard Walmart parking lot
A Bremerton police cruiser maintains crowd control in the Port Orchard WalMart parking lot, the scene of a shooting that left two people dead and two Kitsap County deputies wounded on Sunday afternoon. - Jeff Rhodes/Staff Photo Jan 25 2011, 10:51 AM Two people are dead and a pair of Kitsap County deputies were wounded in a shooting incident on Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of the Port Orchard WalMart store.

North Kitsap deputy recovering from injury sustained in Walmart shooting
From left, Deputy Andrew Paul Ejde, a 1980 graduate of North Kitsap High School, has been identified as one of two officers injured in the Port Orchard Walmart shooting Sunday. Ejde (pronounced Jan 26 2011, 5:23 PM UPDATE: Deputy Andrew Ejde was discharged from Tacoma General Hospital on Wednesday afternoon and will be recuperating at home, according to a statement from the Kitsap County Sheriff's office.

County floats parking changes, highway realignment in Kingston
Jan 27 2011, 3:14 PM KINGSTON — County planners believe relaxed parking requirements for downtown Kingston could spur new development.

Fund established for wounded Kitsap County Sheriff's deputies
A fund has been established to help the families of two Kitsap County Sheriff Jan 31 2011, 12:56 PM A fund has been established to help the families of two Kitsap County Sheriff's deputies wounded in the Jan. 23 shooting at the Port Orchard Walmart.

Bainbridge Island woman drowns, body found near Agate Pass Bridge
Feb 01 2011, 12:54 PM SUQUAMISH — A body found on a beach in Suquamish Saturday has been identified as a 42-year-old Bainbridge Island woman.

Kitsap County Coroner Greg Sandstrom said Monday his office identified the body as Elizabeth Kaltreider. Her next of kin have been notified.

Kaltreider's body was reported at 2:10 p.m. Saturday by a boater fishing near the Agate Pass Bridge, according to a statement from the Kitsap County Sheriff's office, which is leading the investigation.

Truck rolls over on Miller Bay Road; driver airlifted
A GMC Sierra pickup rolled over on Miller Bay Road near Gunderson Road on Thursday morning. - Tad Sooter/Staff Photo Feb 03 2011, 11:50 AM SUQUAMISH — A GMC Sierra pickup rolled over on Miller Bay Road near Gunderson Road on Thursday morning.

The driver, a 63-year-old man, was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, said North Kitsap Fire & Rescue spokeswoman Michele Laboda.