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    KPHD board discusses vaccination efforts amid federal uncertainty
    By Joshua Kornfeld • September 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Interim health officer Dr. Herbie Duber provided the Kitsap Public Health District board with an overview of the district’s approach…

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    The Kitsap Health District Board learned at its Sept. 2 board meeting that the nurse family partnership program may lose…

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    By Joshua Kornfeld • September 4, 2025 1:30 am

    The Kitsap Transit board of commissioners was notified at its Sept. 2 meeting that the Seattle/Bremerton Saturday fast ferry service…

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    Following Rite Aid’s May 5 bankruptcy and subsequent closure of five stores in Kitsap County, the number of impacted employees…

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St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale.
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    Nurses at St. Michael Medical Center, which is owned by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, are still working on coming to…

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    New state data shows decreases in reported hate crimes in 2024
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    By Joshua Kornfeld • August 27, 2025 1:30 am

    New crime data from the Washington Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Association found hate crime incidents statewide have decreased from 576…

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M/V Wenatchee docking at Eagle Harbor.
    Wenatchee pulled from service due to mechanical issues
    By Joshua Kornfeld • August 22, 2025 1:30 am

    The M/V Wenatchee, the first hybrid-electric vessel on the Washington State Ferries fleet, has been pulled from service on the…

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Cybersecurity club members Robert Jesnionowski (left), Emile Stettler and Lauren Hall hold their diplomas at commencement.
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    Emile Stettler, a Bainbridge High School alumnus and recent Western Washington University graduate, served as a founding member of the…

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    New passport application process working well for Kitsap...
    By Joshua Kornfeld • August 20, 2025 1:30 am

    Following the introduction of requiring passport applications for some customers in March, the Kitsap County Courthouse reported between May 12…

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    WSF vehicle, passenger fares to increase starting this...
    By Joshua Kornfeld • August 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The state Transportation Commission approved new passenger and vehicle ferry fare increases Aug. 6, which will begin to go into…

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A naloxone kit.
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    By Joshua Kornfeld • August 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The state Department of Health announced July 31 the launch of a new naloxone locator tool, which aims to provide…

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Dr. Herbie Duber
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    By Joshua Kornfeld • August 7, 2025 1:30 am

    The Kitsap Public Health District Board appointed Dr. Herbie Duber, a professor of emergency medicine and attending physician at the…

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    State AG suing Trump admin over cuts to Planned Parenthood services
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    Part of the “Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law July 4 stops Medicaid coverage of medical services provided by Planned…

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M/V Wenatchee docking at Eagle Harbor.
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    By Joshua Kornfeld • July 31, 2025 1:30 am

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KCTS broadcast towers on Madison Street in Seattle.
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    Congress passed a bill July 17 that claws back $1.1 billion in previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public…

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MMR vaccine vial.
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    By Joshua Kornfeld • July 31, 2025 1:30 am

    New school data from the state Department of Health shows differing rates of immunization for K-12 students across Kitsap County…

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A rescue boat seen from the ferry car deck.
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    By Joshua Kornfeld • July 23, 2025 1:30 am

    On the evening of June 13, the M/V Walla Walla crew received a call from the U.S. Coast Guard who…

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    KT board receives updates on proposed ferry routes,...
    By Joshua Kornfeld • July 23, 2025 1:30 am

    Kitsap Transit’s board received updates on a passenger-only ferry study and the Seattle fast ferry terminal, and approved the agency’s…

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A diagram of Wenatchee following its conversion to hybrid-electric.
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    M/V Wenatchee, a Jumbo Mark-II class ferry that is the largest in the Washington State Ferries fleet, returned to full-time…

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Dr. Gib Morrow has announced his resignation as health officer of the Kitsap Public Health District.
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