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A rough-skinned newt crossing a bike path Feb. 8.

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Newt crossing guards help BI amphibians survive

The life cycle of salmon is the heartbeat of the Pacific Northwest, but it’s not the only watery…

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South Kitsap boys basketball coach Anthony Lewis.

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SK basketball coach shot on I-5, in stable condition

South Kitsap High School boys basketball coach Anthony Lewis was the victim of a shooting on Interstate 5…

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Misdemeanor charge filed against NK superintendent

Court date set for Feb. 28

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Fancy Vargas next to some of the art at the display.

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Black excellence exhibit inspires BI locals

When Akuyea Vargas moved to Bainbridge Island 33 years ago, it was as one of the only Black…

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Travis Wolfe, Horticulture program manager, checks out just a portion of the park for small dogs, which is about 2 acres in size.

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BI dog park ready for bark

Strawberry Hill Park is going to the dogs.

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Acting superintendent Amii Thompson shared amended details about the school budget at a board meeting Feb. 8.

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Bainbridge won’t be closing schools

The Bainbridge Island School District numbers just didn’t add up.

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Peggy and Ronald Booth on their wedding day in 1960.

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All they need is love — for 63 years

Love is on the breeze for Bainbridge Island, but it’s the wind in the sails for this longtime…

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It was standing-room only at the Feb. 8 NKSD school board meeting, with many showing up to show their displeasure with the board and superintendent Laurynn Evans following her being named a suspect in a case involving the theft and disposal of campaign signs against the Feb. 13 NKSD bond measure.

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NK school board approves paid leave for superintendent

The North Kitsap School District board approved putting superintendent Laurynn Evans on paid administrative leave at its contentious…

A still shot from one of the videos showing a person with a sign.

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NKSD superintendent lead suspect in political sign thefts

Scott Henden hid on the side of the road and waited.

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Students enjoy arts and crafts at the annual Maker Faire.

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Correction: 2 BI levies cost $19 more a month

Residents in the Bainbridge Island School District are voting Feb. 13 whether to raise property taxes by an…

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Jen Dunlap, right, shares a loving kiss with Elliot the emu.

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4 agencies have ‘emusing’ story about bird on highway

We’re at liberty to tell you loose emu captured

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Ordway Elementary parent and self-described “data geek” JJ Blackwood holds up a bar chart demonstrating the breakdown of school closure scenario preference by school attendance at the Bainbridge Island School Board meeting Jan. 25.

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7 groups, 110 members have 10 ideas for BI school closures

The heat is on as the Bainbridge Island School district works toward a solution for a $4.5 million…

The BI Japanese American community thanks Milly and Walt Woodward at a dinner in 1963.

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Review’s epic moment: Supporting Japanese Americans in WWII

Everyone on Bainbridge Island seems to know about how the Review was the only newspaper in the nation…