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WSP to conduct ‘Move Over, Slow Down’ emphasis patrols

Drivers in Kitsap County are being asked to make extra efforts to watch their speed as a part…

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Big water, sewer rate increases likely for BI

At the April 4 Bainbridge Island City Council meeting, it will look at raising water and sewer rates…

Tim Woolsey addresses the BISD school board and commented about the treatment of people with disabilities and how the district responded to their son’s anxiety. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Boy in cop car brings concerns from parents of special needs students

“The district is losing the trust of families with special needs.”

Inside Superior Court. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group

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City of BI in Kitsap Superior Court often last 5 years

Editor’s note: In the past five years, the city of Bainbridge Island has been in Kitsap County Superior…

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Superior Court in Port Orchard.

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BI cases in Kitsap Superior Court the last 5 years

Editor’s note: In the past five years, the city of Bainbridge Island has been in Kitsap County Superior…

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Tribe OKs BI elementary school name change

Capt. Charles Wilkes Elementary’s name has been changed to x̌alilc (Halilts) Elementary, which means marked edge or rock…

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Decline in local news hurts democracy, costs taxpayers

The League of Women Voters of Washington state has come out with a 133-page report on “The Decline…

A man stands on the curb nearby Bremerton’s Fred Meyer asking for cash from passing cars. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group

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34% more homeless in ‘unsheltered living’

Data: main homeless causes are mental health, substance abuse

A cruise ship at a dock in Bremerton. Port of Bremerton courtesy photo

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Cruise ships in Bremerton jump from 10 to 46

Bremerton could experience a major boost in tourism this year thanks to a huge increase in cruise ship…

Construction work is under way at the new Wintergreen Townhomes project near Virginia Mason on Bainbridge Island. It is just one of many affordable housing projects in the works on BI in an effort to allow people who work on BI to be able to afford to live here. That has been a focus of the City Council and city staff over the past few years. Steve Powell/Kitsap News Group

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Council effort

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3 names considered to replace Wilkes Elementary

The serious business of selecting a new name isn’t all rainbows and unicorns.

Isaiah Long (left) sits aside his defense attorney during a March 24 sentence hearing. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group

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Caldier stalker denied exceptional sentence, gets maximum prison time

The man convicted of stalking a Washington state lawmaker has been sentenced to 17 months in jail March…

James B. Hughes. Kitsap Mental Health Services Courtesy Photo

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Kitsap offers new youth mobile crisis outreach program

If a youth is preoccupied with self-harm or is having mental health struggles triggered by stress at home…