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Silverdale Farmer’s Market now has room to grow

Before landing its new location at the Silverdale Waterfront, the Silverdale Farmer's Market had problems with parking, visibility…

Dump truck rolls over, two-car collision on State Highway 3

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Dump truck rolls over, two-car collision on State Highway 3

Three wrecks in Central Kitsap snarled traffic Tuesday afternoon. A dump truck on its side and a two-car…

Woodlands Elementary mosaic unveils wildcat in school entrance

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Woodlands Elementary mosaic unveils wildcat in school entrance

Vincent Ravanera, a second-grader at Woodlands Elementary School in Bremerton, takes a step back to admire the mural…

Seabeck's pint-sized pirate gets his wish for a ship of his own

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Seabeck’s pint-sized pirate gets his wish for a ship of his own

Payton Frandsen helps load wood to be cut Saturday in the backyard of his Seabeck house. The Make-a-Wish…

The exterior of the Keller House in Bremerton. The Keller House was a $4.3 million construction project and land was donated for it in 2007 by the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners.

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Bremerton’s Keller House to have more space, services

Three years in the making, mental health advocates are hailing the opening of Bremerton’s Keller House — named…

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Silverdale’s Starr will keep shooting

It's springtime softball for Starr Rodenhurst. But, come summertime, it's back to the free-throw line. In March, the…

A lifejacket loaner board was erected and dedicated April 3 at Wildcat Lake in Seabeck. The loaner board was built by members of the Long Lake Bass Club after they were approached by the family of Trenten Morris who drowned in the lake last year. Trenten’s father

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Seabeck’s Wildcat Lake gets lifejacket loaner board

A lifejacket loaner board was erected and dedicated April 3 at Wildcat Lake in Seabeck. The loaner board…

Members of the Concerned Citizens of the Chico Creek Water Basin have distributed signs around the residential area where Craig Ueland has plans to begin operating a gravel mine. Some local citizens are protesting the mine because of the potentially damaging effects to local water ways

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Kitsap Lake gravel mine’s green light has neighbors seeing red

As the rest of his Kitsap Lake neighbors decried a gravel mining operation proposed near their houses, Ken…

A glass of beer awaits a customer at Der Blokken Brewery in Manette. The brewery’s owner

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Craft beer in Kitsap: Is it the water?

Two weeks ago Ryan Hafley had his first freshly brewed beer, and not coincidentally, his last supermarket domestic…

Several inches of snow fell in Seabeck Friday

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Snow for spring break in Central Kitsap

While Central Kitsap students sleep in on spring break, several inches of snow fell in communities along the…

The 33-foot SAFE boat cost about $400

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Keyport-based sheriff’s boat cuts down water response time

When a kayak tips over in Kingston, help can get there quicker. Monday marked the beginning of an…

David Mackovjak checks a frame from a bee hive for the queen Friday in Silverdale. Local beekeepers say there is renewed interest in tending to bees as people become more interested in controlling how food arrives on their dinner tables.

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The business of bees: Renewed interest in an ancient practice has Central Kitsap residents buzzing

Jim Dunbar takes the lid off a hive in search of the queen bee Friday, one among the…

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Search for missing Silverdale mom called off

Thurston County deputies called off the search Monday for 29-year-old Shantina “Kat” Smiley of Silverdale after taking a…

Anthony Zendejas portrays seven different characters in 15 minutes during his short play about POWs.

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Klahowya student wants to make history with history

When Anthony Zendejas performs, grown men cry. It’s not just the average man either. Men who were starved,…

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Public invited to fire chief’s retirement

The public is invited to help celebrate the retirement of Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Chief Ken Burdette.…

David Mackovjak checks a frame from a bee hive for the queen Friday in Silverdale. Local beekeepers say there is renewed interest in tending to bees as people become more interested in controlling how food arrives on their dinner tables.

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The business of bees: Renewed interest in an ancient practice has Central Kitsap residents buzzing

Jim Dunbar takes the lid off a hive in search of the queen bee Friday, one among the…

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Olympic High School still closed but after-school activities on schedule

Although power was restored 35 minutes before the first bell would have rung for classes at 7:45 a.m.,…

The outside of the 19th Hole Restaurant in Chico on Erlands Point Road. The building has moved locations and has been added onto since it first opened as the Richfield Tavern in the 1940s.

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Chico landmark closes after nearly 70 years

When friends and patrons left Sunday after Barstool Bingo, “Mama” Mary Turner shut the doors to the 19th…

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Body washed ashore identified as missing Silverdale boy

The body of a boy washed ashore on Fox Island Thursday has been identified at 8-year-old Azriel Carver.…

Aumajuss McKee

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Central Kitsap students go beyond the books

Jackson Park fourth-grader Aumajuss McKee dumped “Breakfast,” “Lunch” and “Dinner” into Silverdale’s Clear Creek Tuesday morning. It wasn’t…