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Kitsap County Sheriff Simpson to leave office June 30

Public announcement has yet to be made by second-term official

Various pharmacies and health care centers will be hosting a drug take-back event Saturday throughout Kitsap County and the state. (File illustration)

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Want to take back drugs? Go to website for nearest location

UPDATE: The Bainbridge Island Police Departments and Rite Aid store in BI are not part of Saturday’s program,…

Capitol Police subdue insurrectionists who illegally entered the halls of the Capitol Building. (Courtesy of KUOW)

Opinion

Kilmer at the Capitol: Surviving an insurrection and preparing for impeachment

6th District congressman says American democracy prevailed on a pivotal day in Congress

“Amelia and J.P,” a homegrown series on YouTube, features a digital nomad couple living and touring Ecuador, nestled in northwest South America’s Andes Mountains. (YouTube image)

Life

Mediascape: YouTube channels are the next best thing to traveling the globe

Slice-of-life home-grown series offer a refreshing take on life elsewhere

The former St. Michael (Harrison) hospital in East Bremerton will become Kitsap County’s new COVID-19 vaccine clinic beginning Tuesday, Jan. 26. The clinic is under the auspices of Kitsap Public Health District and Kitsap County Emergency Operations Center, in partnership with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Registration for vaccine appointments will begin via <a href="https://kitsappublichealth.org/CommunityHealth/CoronaVirus_Vaccine.php" target="_blank" title="kcowa.us/vaccine"><em>kcowa.us/vaccine</em></a> at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 25, for vaccine slots on Tuesday through Thursday, Jan. 26-28. (Virginia Mason Franciscan Health photo)

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Kitsap Public Health launches COVID-19 vaccine clinic

Appointments for Tuesday through Thursday are quickly reserved

Opinion

Diversified ranks haven’t always been that way

Diversity in the ranks has been the lifeline of our all-volunteer military, but it wasn’t always that way.…

League of Women Voters - Kitsap members Cynthia Shick and Alicia Vause encourage people to vote. Courtesy photo

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Kitsap voters flooding Elections Division with returning ballots

Up to 90 percent of those registered expected to vote

Kitsap County seeks survey input for sales tax treatment strategy

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Kitsap County seeks survey input for sales tax treatment strategy

Deadline to complete survey is Oct. 15

Second-half 2020 property taxes are due Nov. 2

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Second-half 2020 property taxes are due Nov. 2

Multiple methods to make payments to county

County commissioners to hear 2021 budget requests

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County commissioners to hear 2021 budget requests

All-day presentations set for Sept. 14, 16

As of Tuesday morning, 45 cases of COVID-19 have been found at St. Michael CHI Franciscan Medical Center in Bremerton. (photo courtesy of CHI Franciscan)

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Health District confirms 45 COVID-19 cases at St. Michael

30 of the cases are from staff and 15 cases are from patients

<em>K-9 Cooper learns how to traverse on elevated, narrow pathways during his three-month police K-9 training.</em> KCSO photo

Life

Facebook reports: ’Hi there. K-9 Cooper here …’

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office canine in rigorous training to become a certified K-9 police dog

Deputy involved in fatal shooting also part of 2017 BI case

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Deputy involved in fatal shooting also part of 2017 BI case

KCSO deputy at center of South Kitsap shooting was involved in Eagle Harbor incident