Hi! I’m new to the area and was looking for any reptile shops in the area! I have a lot of isopods and I don’t want to just throw them does anyone know of a place or anyone need some for their critters! Thanks!!

Anyone have fiber from KPUD and experience random outages over the last 3 days? Who is your provider?

I have advanced stream and 1 out of 3 times I've called they were just hearing of an outage. I'm trying to figure out if it's time to switch provider or if this is just issues with KPUD fiber infra. It's been rock solid for the last 4 years, so it's odd for it to get this bad.

On the November 3 ballot, Kitsap County voters are being asked whether to grant Kitsap Public Utility District No. 1 permanent legal authority to construct or acquire electric facilities for generation, transmission, or distribution.
A “Yes” vote does not require KPUD to buy anything from Puget Sound Energy, build plants, or raise rates. It simply gives the three elected commissioners the ongoing power to decide later—without another public vote—whether, when, and on what terms the district becomes an electric utility.
I filed a public records request for the basic analytical work that should accompany a decision of this size: feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses, rate impact projections, acquisition cost estimates, financing models, risk assessments, and comparisons with other public power systems. The response showed none of those records exist.
Circulating estimates put acquisition costs in the $1–2 billion range. Kitsap is denser and less rural than Jefferson PUD (the usual comparison), and low-cost BPA Tier 1 power is not guaranteed for this load. A feasibility study is estimated around $300,000 and could be commissioned now. Once the authority is granted, it cannot be recalled.
Public comments on placing the measure on the ballot ran 62% support / 30% opposed / 8% undecided, but in-person sessions showed stronger skepticism. The piece walks through the resolution, the records response, the public-comment tally, and why the sequence of “authority first, analysis later” matters.
Full article with sources:
https://tawneecowan.substack.com/p/power-before-proof-kpud-seeks-electric

Whiskey Gulch

Tawnee Cowan, independent journalist in Port Orchard. I do not represent a newsroom. I do not endorse.
The on-record candidate interview series is published as a set. I am asking readers to judge the work, not the candidates.
Every interview and every piece where a candidate did not sit is linked on one page. Read the set there before you answer. Name the title of the piece you mean. A score with no title is not useful.
https://tawneecowan.substack.com/p/why-i-interviewed-every-contested-candidate-kitsap-ballot-2026
Ground rules for how the interviews were run:
https://tawneecowan.substack.com/p/kitsap-candidate-interviews-nov-2026-on-record
I am not looking for a compliment. I am looking for a judgment against the four pillars of journalistic integrity used by the Society of Professional Journalists: seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently, and be accountable and transparent.
Answer as many of these as you want in a comment. Name the article.
1. Favorite article. Which piece, and why.
2. Most informative. Which piece taught you something you could check, and what was it.
3. Most disliked. Which piece, and why. This is about the reporting, not the candidate.
4. Seek truth and report it, 1 to 5. Did the series keep the record straight and put answers in context a reader could verify? Name the line that drove the number.
5. Minimize harm, 1 to 5. Did any piece inflict harm that was not needed for the public record? Name it.
6. Act independently, 1 to 5. Did the series look like it worked for a campaign, or for the reader?
7. Be accountable and transparent, 1 to 5. Were the rules (on the record, quote check for spelling only, no veto, same questions in a race) visible and kept?
8. What should I stop doing.
9. What should I start doing.
You can stay anonymous. You can sign your name. This is not a poll on who should win in November.
Tawnee Cowan
Port Orchard
TawneeLynne@gmail.com

Is there anyone here that can 3D print some dustcover hinges for me? I have the original hinges and a file to start from. Thanks