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Each tree is 50 feet tall.

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Test your courage at Kingston’s new tree-climbing park

A new tree-climbing park has opened in Kingston behind the Village Green Community Center, offering guests, young and…

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The original chair from the barber shop that existed in the current space that the Bainbridge Escape room fills sets the scene for the ‘Crime of the Century’ that unfolded on Bainbridge Island in 1914.

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Solve ‘Crime of Century’ at BI Escape Room

If you like solving puzzles and crimes, there’s a new escape room on Winslow Way for amateur sleuths…

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Janna Chan participates in the Zumba Dance for Maui fundraiser led by Olymar Gallagher at Town Center Aug. 25.

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Zumba class on BI helps benefit Maui fire victims

When Josh Masters learned that his best friend’s fitness studio was destroyed in the Lahaina, Maui fire, he…

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Canyon Bass out of Johnson City, Texas rides his bull.

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Kitsap Fair turns 100

It had all the appearances of your typical county fair: barns packed with animals and their owners, ribbons…

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Sean Johnson has been able to turn his life around thanks to That One Place.

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Eatery helps ex-drug addict turn his life around

That One Place restaurant is a 1950s-style diner known for being a haven of comfort food and sumptuous…

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Kitsap Public Health District inspector Susan Van Ort does food safety inspections at restaurants to ensure food is prepared and stored under sanitary conditions.

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KPHD makes sure food is safe to eat

Have you ever gone to a restaurant and had second thoughts about an open salad bar or worried…

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Kevin Martinez sends a message in a bottle from the Port Townsend shores.

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Bremerton sailor’s message in a bottle found in B.C.

Kevin Martinez has been a Navy sailor in Bremerton for the last decade. He has always been around…

Drew Hansen

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Hansen appointed 23rd District senator

The Kitsap County Board of Commissioners appointed State Rep. Drew Hansen Aug. 23 to fill the vacancy of…

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4 large spans like this one will take up the normal parking area for vehicles going to Seattle from Bainbridge Island.

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Get ready for walk-on only ferry in BI Sept. 7-13

If you haven’t already, you should be making plans on how to get to the Winslow ferry without…

Mount Rainier looms large on the horizon.

Life

A walk down Larsons Lane

An evening walk along Larsons Lane NE in the Lynwood neighborhood offers many views grand and small. Earlier…

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Recycle artist Thomas Dambo speaks about Pia the Peacekeeper troll that was made from recycled materials and completed by his team and community volunteers Aug. 18 at Sakai Park.

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Go for a stroll and meet the troll in BI

“Wake up Pia. Wake up,” a group of about 50 community members said at Sakai Park Aug. 19…

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Washington State Ferries has awarded its first shipyard contract to Vigor for the conversion of up to three Jumbo Mark II-class ferries to hybrid-electric power.

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WSF awards contract to convert largest vessels to hybrid-electric

Washington State Ferries is celebrating a milestone on its journey to zero emissions by 2050, awarding its first…

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The Bainbridge Island ferry dock.

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Kingston to get extra ferry to help during BI shutdown

And the winner is — drum roll please — Kingston.