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Ordway Elementary students bike home from school along Dana’s Trail May 16.

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Over 700 BI students participate in Bike to School Day

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Sandwich boards removed from a public Bainbridge Island sidewalk.

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BI businesses react to initial sandwich board sign removals

City of Bainbridge Island workers removed 60 sandwich board signs from the public right-of-way May 12 under a…

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Community members attend the May 8 Bainbridge Island School Board meeting.

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BISD certifies 45 reduction-in-force notices

The Bainbridge Island School District took a massive step toward fiscal stability May 8 when board members certified…

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Frankie the tabby cat gazes out from a cubby at PAWS on Bainbridge Island.

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PAWS celebrates 50 years of community pet companionship

For 50 years, the pet services nonprofit Progressive Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, has advocated for the responsible…

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Former Washington governor Jay Inslee at COP29, the 29th international climate change conference held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Inslee moderates climate change debate at BI library

A 29-year international discussion was distilled into a 2.5-hour conversation at the Bainbridge High School theater May 4,…

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Non-state revenue sources highlighted at BI school event

School was out April 30, by the state’s calculation, but the Bainbridge Island School District still has just…

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Bob Green, center, poses with Frog Rock before beginning a touch-up paint job.

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Frog Rock creators return to ‘touch up’ BI landmark

Ellen and Robert Green, the original painters of Frog Rock, one of Bainbridge’s most iconic pieces of public…

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A roundabout is planned at High School Road and Highway 305 on Bainbridge Island.

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Hwy 305, High School Road roundabout proceeding as scheduled

Pre-design process begins this summer

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A map of the proposed trails for the Strawberry Hill Bike Park.

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BI’s first mountain bike park may open this summer

The first mountain bike park on Bainbridge Island, almost four years in the making, may now open as…

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Soundgarden, iconic Seattle grunge band, inducted into HOF

Bassist Ben Shepherd has Kitsap roots

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BISD budget update in progress; full reductions coming May 8

Superintendent Amii Thompson provided an update on the Bainbridge Island School District budget at the board meeting April…

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Bull kelp

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Kitsap part of recovery effort for two Puget Sound marine species

Tribes, scientists and BI high school student help pass new law

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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…