Bremerton PTA vice president arrested for seeking sex with teen

BREMERTON, Wash. --  A Bremerton School District PTA officer was arrested on allegations that he tried to have sex with what he thought was a teenage boy.According to Kitsap County Superior Court documents; Boyd Lee Carter, 41, was arrested on October 11 after he answered an online ad on Craigslist purportedly placed by a 13-year-old boy.However; the Craigslist ad was placed by an undercover Washington State Patrol trooper posing as a boy who was seeking sex, as part of operation ‘Net Nanny.’Carter had been listed on the Bremerton School District’s website as the vice president of the Bremerton High School Parent Teacher Association.

Man charged in Port Orchard crash that led to death of unborn baby

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. -- Prosecutors say a Washington man involved in a crash in which a pregnant woman was injured, resulting in the death of her unborn child, has been charged with vehicular assault.The Kitsap Sun reports investigators allege the Sept. 27 crash was caused when the man accelerated on J M Dickenson Rd SW to prevent a car from passing him.

Kitsap's new fast ferry hits the waters

The new Kitsap Transit Fast Ferry hit the waters Monday morning. It will cut the commute in half for travelers from Bremerton to Seattle.

Magnitude 3.6 earthquake shakes Olympic Peninsula northwest of Seattle

SEATTLE -- A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck Thursday night about 13 miles west-northwest of Poulsbo, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network said.The U.S. Geological Survey says the small earthquake occurred at about 8:55 p.m. with a depth of nearly 33 miles.It was centered less than a mile east of Quilcene.The USGS says more than 250 people reported feeling the tremor as of Thursday evening.No injuries or damage was immediately reported.