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BI school boardmember resigns before election

Leadership at the Bainbridge Island School District saw a sudden change Oct. 1 with the announcement that school…

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Helpline House launches fundraiser to complete capital campaign

Helpline House, Bainbridge Island’s nonprofit food bank, social services provider, and no-fee mental health counseling agency, has launched…

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The contractor continued work this week, pouring the concrete barricades for the box culvert bridge for the Eagle Harbor Drive fish passage project.

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Fish passage updates

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Public hearing on BI’s 2026 mid-biennium budget to be held Nov. 12

The Bainbridge Island City Council unanimously approved an ordinance at its Sept. 23 meeting, which will set a…

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Bainbridge School Board approves new AI policies

At the Sept. 25 Bainbridge Island School Board meeting, district leaders approved policy updates and heard reports from…

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Schweabe, designed by Suquamish tribal member and master carver Randi Purser, was unveiled at the entrance to the Sound to Olympics Trail on Bainbridge Island.

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Suquamish Tribe responds to Winslow project’s impact on Welcome Pole

Affordable housing is welcome here, per the Suquamish Tribe.

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CVS Pharmacy has taken over the former Bainbridge Island Rite Aid.

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Former Rite Aid on BI converted to CVS Pharmacy

On Sept. 29, the Rite Aid on Bainbridge Island closed its doors and reopened Sept. 30 as a…

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Environmental appeal temporarily pauses Winslow project

The public will have to wait for a chance to make their voices heard before one of the…

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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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Results are in for Best of Bainbridge Island

The results are in for the 2025 Best of Bainbridge Island!

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Rena Fitzgerald, executive director of behavioral health at Salish Regional Crisis Line.

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A look into how local crisis line helps when people need it

Salish Regional Crisis Line handles calls ranging from a depressed person with a loaded gun in their lap…

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Alexa Nachreiner, a crisis line program coordinator at Salish Regional Crisis Line, which handles calls from throughout Kitsap County.

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Former crisis line counselor reflects on tough, rewarding job

Alexa Nachreiner put in three years answering calls to the Salish Regional Crisis Line, talking with distraught individuals…

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Construction crews recently completed pouring the concrete approach slabs on both the north and south sides of the Eagle Harbor culvert.

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Fish passage progress