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Mom kidnaps son, threatens to kill family

A 39-year-old Bremerton mom who kidnapped her son and had threatened to kill her family was in Kitsap…

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BI police take hands-off approach to homeless

“Our goal is to get everybody houses,” Bainbridge Island police chief Joe Clark told the City Council at…

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No emergency, but BI will discuss crematoriums

Tim Dinan said there is a lot of incorrect information out there about crematoriums.

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BI tries to level playing field for middle school sports

Bainbridge High School sports are at a disadvantage because there is no feeder program from the middle schools.

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A bag of beer cans and other debris lie with other piles of trash in a roadside wooded area.

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As trash piles up volunteer cleanup programs gain traction

Washington has a huge litter problem, the first state Department of Ecology study in almost two decades says.

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A Bainbridge Island fire response vehicle at the house fire in Crystal Springs April 16.

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30 fight house fire on BI

The air in Bainbridge’s Crystal Springs neighborhood was down a few carats when a house burst into flames…

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Shoe print on toilet seat leads to suspect’s arrest

Everyone knows criminals get caught because of fingerprints, but a 32-year-old Port Orchard man found out a shoe…

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Chew on this: BI eager to work with beavers

The Bainbridge Island City Council will receive a presentation on local beaver activity and also reports for city…

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BI’s 1st Asian Festival coming in May

A number of events will take place in May as part of the 1st Asian Arts and Heritage…

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Demolition began April 10 on the old Police Station on Winslow Way E. on Bainbridge Island just above the Washington State Ferries dock. The city plans to put affordable housing there. The demolition has been controversial as the city’s Historic Preservation Commission walked out en masse last week because their stance was not respected by leaders, they said.

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BI police station demolition

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Overdose training popular, even though rare on BI

Opioids are not as big of a problem on Bainbridge Island as alcohol or marijuana, but they are…