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Cares of WA connects those with disabilities to job opportunities

Cares of Washington is helping residents with disabilities find meaningful employment while celebrating 45 years of community service.

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Lori Durham of Silverdale has been cancer-free for the last five years.

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Early detection, advanced treatment improve breast cancer survival

Breast cancer remains the most diagnosed cancer in Kitsap County, accounting for about 30% of all cancers in…

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Kitsap Transit is offering free services for federal employees starting Oct. 24 through the duration of the government shutdown.

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Kitsap rallies to support those impacted by government shutdown

Kitsap Transit offering free services for federal employees

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(left to right) Retired U.S. Navy Capt. George Bieda, Bremerton Mayor Greg Wheeler, retired Master Chief Petty Officer Rick D. West, Rear Adm. Christopher A. Nash, Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council president of the U.S. Navy League Patty Lent, and Pastor Peter Voorhees of City Chapel of Bremerton attended the U.S. Navy’s 250th birthday celebration at the Puget Sound Navy Museum in Bremerton Sept. 26.

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Puget Sound Navy Museum celebrates military branch’s 250th birthday

The Puget Sound Navy Museum celebrated the U.S. Navy’s upcoming 250th birthday Sept. 26, which featured speeches from…

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Community members gathered Sept. 11 at Evergreen Rotary Park for the 9/11 remembrance ceremony.

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Bremerton ceremony honors those who died in 9/11 attacks

Community members gathered Sept. 11 at the Kitsap 9/11 Memorial at Evergreen Rotary Park in Bremerton for a…

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Kitsap Humane Society at capacity, urgently seeking fosters

The Kitsap Humane Society is once again operating at full capacity, and then some, with every dog kennel…

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The Kitsap Mural Finder Map, created by Reama Bubblez of Spread Supplies, helps users explore public murals across the county.

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Online mural map a database of local art in Kitsap

When Reama Bubblez began documenting Bremerton’s murals, she never expected it would grow into a community-driven map spanning…

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Former nurse Julie Harper (center) reads a poem she wrote titled ‘Labor Room Walls’ at an event honoring the 25th anniversary of St. Michael Medical Center’s Family Birth Center July 8.

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St. Michael’s Family Birth Center celebrates 25 years, 45,000 births

Long before sunrise and well past midnight, the Family Birth Center at St. Michael Medical Center has been…

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The mobile museum event May 3 combined drop-in activities such as creativity, science, and interactive play.

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Kitsap mobile museum brings play-based learning to families

Permanent facility planned for the future

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Local and state agencies joined together April 13 to clean up litter along Highway 3 in Gorst.

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Agencies team up to clean up litter in Gorst

In a collaborative effort to fight roadside litter and promote environmental responsibility, multiple local and state agencies joined…

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1 dead, another injured in single-car accident in Bremerton

One person is dead and another seriously injured following a high-speed crash April 12 in Bremerton.

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The Fairview Middle School Jazz Birds were the top band at that level.

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After 50 years, event returns as Quincy Square Jazz Festival

Sparked by a desire to fill a void in the local arts scene, Bremerton was alive with the…

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Citizens Academy offers insight into Kitsap public safety

The Kitsap Public Safety Citizens Academy is a collaborative effort between Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue and the…