A Navy employee was flown to Harborview Medical Center after being injured on the job at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton on Sept. 25.
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Port Orchard residents may get a closer option to play pickleball by the end of next year, and one that's indoor.
A Bellevue-based company is planning to build a 12-court indoor pickleball facility in Port Orchard.
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A New York-based company that provides ship management and operation for commercial and U.S. flag vessels was issued a $32,000 penalty due to the oil spill incident that happened aboard a car carrier when the vessel was anchored in Manchester.
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The iconic shipyard building that displays the blue and yellow "Puget Sound Naval Shipyard – Building on a Proud Tradition" signage could be demolished to accommodate the construction of a new dry dock at PSNS.
More about the draft EIS:
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Joe St. Clair is believed to be wrongfully detained in Venezuela. The Air Force veteran, an airborne crypto linguist, served 9 years, including 4 tours in Afghanistan.
His family in Hansville is advocating for him, hoping to hear a plan to bring him home.
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The former Moored Training Ship Sam Rayburn (MTS 635), originally the decommissioned James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635), was towed to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for storage and recycling.
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The Nimitz sailors were seen manning the rails — a Navy tradition to render honors aboard naval vessels — when the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier passed Rich Passage at 8:50 a.m. on Friday.
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As the USS Nimitz counts down the time to say goodbye to Bremerton, the Navy announced its proposal to homeport another aircraft carrier at Naval Base Kitsap — the Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79).
More:
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The time to say goodbye to the USS Nimitz forever is getting closer — both for Washingtonians and the rest of the nation.
The Nimitz will shift its homeport to Norfolk, Virginia in April 2026 and begin its decommissioning process on the East Coast.
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🛥️ SAFE Boats' operation has been significantly disrupted after it was told to stop building ships for partnered countries and wait for a 90-day review before it can restore the manufacturing or before contracts are canceled.
That includes its contract to build 8 Mark VI patrol boats for Ukraine.
The Trump administration has directed defense agencies to turn over a list of their probationary employees by the end of Tuesday, with the expectation that many could be laid off as soon as this week.
Tip us more about how Trump's executive orders have affected the federal workers in our naval bases.
📩 pei-yu.lin@kitsapsun.com
After Trump's executive orders to end all DEI programs were issued, all activities of the PSNS's Employee Resource Groups were shut down, meaning the groups' chats were closed and no ERG activities, like the celebration of Black History Month, will be hosted, according to a shipyard's union rep.
What are the local impacts at our naval bases in Kitsap that you've seen after Trump signed the executive order to end all DEI programs in federal gov.?
Tips are welcome via email pei-yu.lin@kitsapsun.com.
How does Trump's return to in-person work order for federal workers affect staff at Naval Base Kitsap? Well, here is what we know so far…
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Here's what to expect for Kitsap-based Navy vessels, construction in 2025.
-USS Nimitz's next global deployment
-The beginning of USS Ronald Reagan's maintenance work in at PSNS
And more!👉
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During a #GovernmentShutdown, most work at PSNS & IMF will continue as normal, and gyms, child development centers, and the Navy Exchange at Naval Base Kitsap would remain open.
Take a look at the impacts on military personnel and civilian federal workers.
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What to expect in 2025: Military personnel, including Kitsap's over 14,000 active duty service members, could expect a pay raise of at least 4.5% and an increase of their basic allowance for housing by 5.4% in the new year.
Here is the annual NDAA-passed story...
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At approximately 2:30 p.m. on December 12, Thursday, the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine, USS Topeka (SSN 754), arrived in Bremerton from Pearl Harbor.
The Topeka, now serving for over 35 years, is the oldest fast attack submarine in the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
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I wasn’t paying attention on taking a good video because there were too many stuff to check on and buy…
Like all Asian in the Greater Seattle Area is here. We waited for like 35 minutes to enter.
📍T&T Supermarket :)
Canada’s largest Asian supermarket chain opens its first U.S. store in Bellevue, WA.
A Navy project to drill two wells near the #Keyport base has resulted in a large volume of #sewage_spill that affected all of Liberty Bay and some water near the west shoreline of Bainbridge Island.
Estimated spill volume: 127,500 gallons as of Monday afternoon.
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The former executive officer of Naval Base Kitsap was named Kitsap County’s new director of Department of Community Development.
Rafe Wysham served in the Navy for 26 years before his recent retirement from the service.
Here’s more:
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Hi Bluesky!
Somehow my first post here is about Starlink…
The 2 aircraft carriers home-based in Naval Base Kitsap, USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan, have been using #SpaceX ‘s #Starlink system onboard for recreational use and "on a mission dependent basis".
Here is what we know (and don’t know):
