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Graduates from Bainbridge are most likely to attend four-year colleges.

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What do you plan to do after graduation?

High school seniors around Kitsap County will soon be tossing graduation caps in the air, marking the end…

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Hyla Middle School science teacher Caroline Little reviews the filtration process in the HyLab classroom.

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BI teacher one of 8 in country to be launched into suborbit

Hyla Middle School science teacher Caroline Little will be one of eight teachers from across the United States…

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Current volunteer firefighter/EMT Devin James.

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Dwindling volunteer firefighters leads BIFD to re-evaluate program

Since its founding in 1942, the Bainbridge Island Fire Department has relied on volunteers to serve the community.…

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A rendering from the deck point of view of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Visitor Center.

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BIJAEM Visitor Center construction planned for late summer

Delays that have plagued the new visitor center at the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial on Bainbridge Island may…

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Bainbridge Island Transit Center.

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Electric bus charging station coming to Bainbridge

Proposed fare increases also discussed at KT meeting

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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…

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An oil painting by Fatima Young.

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Bainbridge Island briefs

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

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IslandWood conference sparks City Nature Challenge

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

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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A horse and rider in Grand Forest.

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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…

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Kitsap Transit buses at the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

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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…