The Port Orchard Independent is a weekly newspaper serving Port Orchard and southern Kitsap County, Washington.
It is owned by Sound Publishing, an imprint of Black Press,[2] and is part of the Kitsap News Group's weekly publications.
[3] In 1890, there were two local newspapers serving Port Orchard: the Broad Ax and the Kitsap County Pioneer.
Wheeler remained the owner and publisher of the paper until he sold it to W. L. Thompson & E. E. Brooks in 1899.
[4] The Port Orchard Independent has won multiple awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for its news, advertising, special sections and photography.