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Short-term rentals, affordable housing on BI agenda

Adopting a short-term rental law and subsidizing fees for affordable housing projects are the main two items on…

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BHS band members perform their marching show titled “7” at Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor.

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BHS Marching Band first at competition

The Bainbridge High School Marching Band took first place at the Peninsula Classic in Gig Harbor Sept. 30.

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Your Kitsap newspapers win 36 awards in statewide competition

Kitsap News Group newspapers won 36 awards—23 in news and 13 in advertising—at the Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association…

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VMFH CEO Ketul Patel shares remarks about the new patient tower to be constructed at St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale.

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Work set to start on new St. Michael patient tower

Leadership at St. Michael Medical Center looks to continue moving in a positive direction, the hospital officially breaking…

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Suspects Caleb R. Sloan, left, and Aksel J. Strom are still on the run following a murder near Poulsbo Oct. 3.

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KCSO: People helping murder suspects evade capture

Kitsap County sheriff’s detectives are continuing to search for two suspects in the investigation into the murder of…

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This message advising community members to not give cash to panhandlers will be put on signs around Poulsbo.

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Poulsbo encourages community to not give cash to panhandlers

The city of Poulsbo will be putting up signs around town advising the community not to give cash…

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A painting by Linda Okasaki of Port Townsend.

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Candidate forum

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Vietnam veteran Don Ray Hill of Poulsbo recounts his days in Vietnam with Akuyea Karen Vargas, an Army vet from Bainbridge Island. Hill’s recorded story will become part of the Veterans History Project.

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Project tells sometimes harrowing stories of vets

The goal of the Veterans History Project is to capture first-hand accounts of what it is like to…

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Brushing off your shoes can control the spread of invasive species.

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BI Parks thins trees to make forests healthier

Bainbridge Island Metro Parks and Recreation District is thinning trees to make the forests healthier.

Trees marked with blue paint are designated for removal as part of forest thinning planned at Morani Preserve in Winslow.

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Strategies to replace trees dying off on BI

Climate change is causing Western red cedar and Western hemlock trees to die off on Bainbridge Island. It’s…

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Dahlia Bluff cottage

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BI airbnbs: Knit retreats not party places

Airbnbs on Bainbridge Island are not party places.

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Caleb R. Sloan, left, and Azkel J. Strom are suspected in a murder investigation in Poulsbo Oct. 3.

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1 dead in Poulsbo homicide; warrants issued for 2 suspects

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office detectives have identified two suspects in a murder investigation in Poulsbo’s 3100 block of…

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Now’s the time to take action to prevent respiratory problems

Flu, and COVID, season is upon us, the Kitsap Public Health District says in a news release.