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BI to continue participating in low-income grant program

The Bainbridge Island City Council agreed May 27 to let BI continue participating in a federal program that…

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BI Council to vote on utility rate hike at June 10 meeting

The Bainbridge Island City Council will vote on its first major utility rate hike in over a decade…

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Youth lion dancers performed during the festival, part of the event’s all-day musical programming.

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Sights from BI’s 2nd AAPI Heritage Festival

The second annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Festival brought smiles and community to Bainbridge Island.

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A city employee uses an electric-powered leaf blower.

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Council to vote on banning gas leaf blowers at upcoming meeting

The Bainbridge Island City Council discussed an ordinance at its May 27 meeting, which, if approved, would ban…

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Lane-cutting traffic cameras on Highway 305.

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BI launches new pilot program to collect data on ferry lane cutting

The city of Bainbridge Island has begun a pilot test program with a third-party contractor, Jenoptik, to install…

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Demonstrators silently pose in BIMA’s Power of the Presses exhibit, holding signs with the word ‘resist’ and wearing tape or masks over their mouths with the word ‘censorship.’

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Protesters cite censorship at BIMA due to cancelled Palestinian play

About 100 people protested outside the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art May 31 in response to the sudden…

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Students Arthur Simpson (left) and two friends at Leaps and Bounds Montessori Preschool play together during project time.

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Longtime BI Montessori preschool closing at end of school year

Leaps and Bounds, a Montessori preschool in the center of Bainbridge Island, will be closing its doors at…

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U.S. Rep. Emily Randall of the 6th Congressional District in her Washington, D.C. office.

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A look into how U.S. Rep. Randall is settling into her new role

Kitsap News Group freelance reporter Mike De Felice was recently in Washington, D.C. to spend a week with…

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King wears a crown on her last day of treatment.

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Organization helps ease burden of travel costs for cancer patients

2020 was a difficult year for the whole world. For Lori Durham of Silverdale, it was even more…

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Informant helps Bremerton police catch major drug dealer

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Perennial pepperweed

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The Bainbridge Island City Council inside the new Emergency Operations Center.

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BI council gets glimpse of new Emergency Operations Center

The Bainbridge Island City Council received a tour of the new Emergency Operation Center May 20, located at…

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The Ted Spearman Justice Center on BI.

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BI council receives update from judge on municipal court changes

The Bainbridge Island City Council reviewed a presentation from judge Thomas S. Alpaugh on updates of the municipal…