The ''Kitsap Sun'' is a daily newspaper published in
Bremerton, Washington
Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington. The population was 37,729 at the 2010 census and an estimated 41,405 in 2019, making it the largest city on the Kitsap Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremer ...
, United States. It covers general news and serves
Kitsap,
Jefferson, and
Mason counties on the west side of
Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected ma ...
. It has a circulation of about 30,000 while reaching over 100,000 adult readers seven days a week.
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''.
It was merged with the
E. W. Scripps Company in 1986 and began publishing a Sunday morning edition in 1991.
On May 22, 2005, the newspaper was renamed the ''Kitsap Sun'' to reflect the regional nature of its coverage.
The company spun off its newspaper assets into
Journal Media Group
Journal Media Group (formerly Journal Communications) was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based newspaper publishing company. The company's roots were first established in 1882 as the owner of its namesake, the ''Milwaukee Journal'', and expanded into br ...
in April 2015.
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
Notes
External links
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Newspapers carried by University of Washington LibrariesEcho Media: Bremerton ''Kitsap Sun''
Kitsap County, Washington
Newspapers published in Washington (state)
Gannett publications
Publications established in 1935
1935 establishments in Washington (state)
Daily newspapers published in the United States
Bremerton, Washington
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