Kitsap Sun

The Kitsap Sun is a daily newspaper published in Bremerton, Washington, United States. It covers general news and serves Kitsap, Jefferson, and Mason counties on the west side of Puget Sound.^[2]

Kitsap Sun

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Gannett
Publisher	Brent Morris
Editor	David Nelson
Founded	July 15, 1935; 89 years ago (1935-07-15) (as Bremerton Sun)
Headquarters	Bremerton, Washington, United States
Circulation	16,683 (as of 2022)[1]
ISSN	2837-8547
OCLC number	60449235
Website	kitsapsun.com

History

Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA

Publication of The Sun began in 1935 as the Bremerton Sun to compete with the Seattle Star directly across Puget Sound. Four years later, the circulation of the Sun surpassed that of its competitor.

In 1940, John P. Scripps Newspaper Group acquired the newspaper. In June 1984, it formally changed names from the Bremerton Sun to The Sun.^[3] It was merged with the E. W. Scripps Company in 1986 and began publishing a Sunday morning edition in 1991.^[3] On May 22, 2005, the newspaper was renamed the Kitsap Sun to reflect the regional nature of its coverage.^[4] The company spun off its newspaper assets into Journal Media Group in April 2015.^[5]

Archive

The University of Washington Library holds copies of the Kitsap Sun from 1935 to present.

Notable staff

• Adele Ferguson, columnist from 1945 to 1993 and first full-time female reporter at the Washington State Legislature in Olympia