33 Canceled Sailings Rock Kitsap's Kingston-Seattle Ferry, With No Backup Boat
, according to <a href='https://www.theurbanist.org/bremerton-fast-ferry-headed-for-35-weekday-service-cut-this-fall/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener'>The Urbanist</a>. The bill would let other Washington cities and counties create their own voter-approved passenger-only ferry taxing districts; currently, state law grants that special taxing authority only to King and Kitsap counties.</p><h3>How Kitsap Pays For Its Ferries</h3><p>Kitsap Transit's approved 2026 operating budget allocated $28.7 million to its dedicated Ferry Fund and $69.65 million to its Transit Fund, with labor contracts accounting for roughly 85% of operating costs, the same report noted. Sales taxes remain the primary revenue source for both funds.</p><p>That sales tax dates to a narrow win at the ballot box. Kitsap County voters approved a 0.3% sales tax in November 2016 to fund the passenger-only ferry system, passing with 51.7% support after two earlier ferry tax measures failed in 2003 and 2007, according to <a href='https://www.kitsapdailynews.com/2016/11/10/voters-narrowly-approve-kitsap-transits-fast-ferry-plan/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener'>Kitsap News Group</a>.</p><p>For commuters who've built their routines around the fast ferry schedule, the timing is rough. Hoodline previously reported on how 30-minute crossings have fueled a <a href='https://hoodline.com/2026/06/priced-out-seattleites-hop-the-ferry-to-bremerton-s-half-off-housing/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener'>Bremerton housing boom</a> among Seattle transplants, and on the systemwide increases that hit riders in <a href='https://hoodline.com/2026/04/seattle-ferry-commuters-soaked-with-may-1-fare-hike/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener'>May's fare hike</a>.</p>
Mystery Blackout Plunges Greenville County Into Dark, Knocks Out Power for 2,900 Duke Customers
Nearly 2,900 Duke Energy customers lost power in Greenville County Tuesday night, with repairs estimated by noon Wednesday. The outage cause remained unclear.












