The ''Port Orchard Independent'' is a weekly newspaper serving
Port Orchard
Port Orchard, part of Washington state's Puget Sound, is the strait that separates Bainbridge Island on the east from the Kitsap Peninsula on the west. It extends from Liberty Bay and Agate Pass in the north to Sinclair Inlet and Rich Passag ...
and southern
Kitsap County, Washington
Kitsap County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 275,611. Its county seat is Port Orchard; its largest city is Bremerton. The county, formed out of King County and Jefferson County on Ja ...
. It is owned by Sound Publishing, an imprint of
Black Press
Black Press Group Ltd. (BPG) is a Canadian commercial printer and newspaper publisher founded in 1975 by David Holmes Black. Based in Surrey, British Columbia, it was previously owned by the publisher of ''Toronto Star'' ( Torstar, 19.35%) and B ...
,
and is part of the Kitsap News Group's weekly publications.
History
In 1890, there were two local newspapers serving Port Orchard: the ''Broad Ax'' and the ''Kitsap County Pioneer.''
Walter L. Wheeler purchased the two papers and merged them under the name the ''Sidney Independent'', which was later renamed the ''Port Orchard Independent''. Wheeler remained the owner and publisher of the paper until he sold it to W. L. Thompson & E. E. Brooks in 1899.
Awards
The ''Port Orchard Independent'' has won multiple awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for its news, advertising, special sections and photography.
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Kitsap County, Washington
Newspapers published in Washington (state)
Newspapers established in 1890
1890 establishments in Washington (state)
Weekly newspapers published in the United States
Black Press newspapers