Site Logo

News

Helpline House renovations to create more space for services

Bainbridge Island’s Helpline House and its myriad social services will be relocating down the street for about a…

Fatima Young courtesy image
An oil painting by Fatima Young.

News

Bainbridge Island briefs

Inslee discussion

Islandwood courtesy photo
An event attendee surveys a pond during the City Nature Challenge in 2024.

News

IslandWood conference sparks City Nature Challenge

Environmental education center IslandWood hosted its 21st Nature Counts! conference April 13, hosting over 50 people and 11…

News

Water use varies by region on BI, conservation to continue

Elected officials on Bainbridge Island hope to continue conserving one of the island’s most precious resources, if all…

News

CCAC updates City Council on environmental work

The Bainbridge Island City Council learned about work performed by the Climate Change Advisory Committee last year and…

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers courtesy photo
The sheet pile wall at the Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Superfund site on Bainbridge Island, facing Puget Sound and Seattle during low tide. The beach in front of the sheet pile wall is a sand cap that protects the Puget Sound from creosote contamination.

News

Construction begins at Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Superfund site

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun replacing the deteriorated perimeter steel sheet pile wall at the…

Cameron Karsten courtesy photo
A horse and rider in Grand Forest.

News

Parks signs deal to buy Grand Forest parcel from BISD

Two public entities, the Bainbridge Island Metro Parks and Recreation District and the BI School District, shook hands…

Joshua Kornfeld/Kitsap News Group
Kitsap Transit buses at the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

News

KT reports 9 ‘minor assaults’ in ‘24

Using Kitsap Transit is safe as there were only nine “minor assaults” last year, the KT board learned…

KCSO courtesy image

News

Kitsap officials caution about internet scams

For many, internet scams can range from annoying texts about unpaid tolls to threatening jail time for unpaid…

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

News

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…

File photos
Numerous Earth Day booths were set up at Battle Point Park on Bainbridge Island last year to talk to visitors about the environment.

News

BI parks to call for Comp Plan input at Earth Day Expo

The Bainbridge Island Metro Parks and Recreation District will kick off its month and a half-long public comment…

WDFW courtesy photo
The existing culvert at the mouth of Cooper Creek.

News

BI approves funding for Eagle Harbor fish passage

The Bainbridge Island City Council at its April 8 meeting accepted two grants and updated two contracts for…

Kitsap County courtesy photo

News

Kitsap County Superior Court cases

Soup can first sign of burglar