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All the comforts of home: Dwight Shappell’s model houses feature movable furniture

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Visitors are awestruck by Dwight Shappell’s miniature French village at Bloedel Reserve.

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County removes Port Gamble plan language from SMP

Responding to the pleas of many, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners has removed specific references to the…

Bill Austin’s friends Dan Fischer

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Handmade holiday lights brighten Front Street

Poulsbo booster Bill Austin volunteers much of his time and materials to projects around the city, including his…

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City opts out of collective garden permits

As the City Council nears the end of reviewing the city's new zoning code changes, it took on…

The Kotelnicki family filling shoeboxes at the Community Packing Party Nov. 17.

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North Kitsap helps send 8,100 gifts to needy children

North Kitsap has been a part of brightening the lives of millions of children around the world for…

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County drops 60 pot cases

Kitsap County Prosecutor Russ Hauge is dismissing 60 pending marijuana-related cases, based on new legal framework from Initiative…

Amanda Dixon at a 2011 trial hearing.

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Former police clerk gets 18 months, wants to get on with her life

Former Poulsbo Police clerk Amanda Dixon said at her sentencing hearing she was sorry for the crimes she…

The Norseman will be ‘awakened’ Friday at Viking Avenue and Lindvig Way.

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Don’t miss the ‘awakening’

The new Viking statue — a 12-foot-tall sculpted warrior — will be unveiled Friday at Viking Avenue and…

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Kingston Port says no to doughnut stand

Bowing to pressure from downtown business merchants, the Port of Kingston Board of Commissioners voted on Monday to…

A house fire in Suquamish was reported at 12:30 p.m

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Fatal house fire caused by log that rolled out of fireplace

A woman was found dead and a home sustained significant damage in a fire in Suquamish on Nov.…

Newly-appointed Poulsbo Police Deputy Chief Robert Wright is sworn in by Mayor Becky Erickson during the Poulsbo City Council meeting Wednesday. Wright presented the police budget later in the evening.

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Budget, program requests presented to council

Many city departments have soldiered on with slashed budgets the last few years, but the Poulsbo staff and…

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No longer ‘separate, but equal’

Kitsap’s same-sex couples look forward to the benefits of marriage.

Sedimentation buildup urged the port's need for a maintenance dredge for Appletree Cove. Staff hopes to dredge in January.

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Bay soil being tested, could affect dredge

The cost and timing of the Appletree Cove dredge will depend on the health of the bay’s soil.

Environmental science students from Central Kitsap High School are ready to paddle into Chico Creek for a salmon watching tour Nov. 6.

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Kayakers greet spawning salmon on annual tour

If you want to experience what life is like for salmon, try kayaking against the wind and current…

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Poulsbo City Council, OPG irked by testimony

The Poulsbo City Council is unhappy that Mayor Becky Erickson spoke out against a proposed development plan for…

Washington voters chose to legalize small amounts of marijuana on Tuesday.

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Marijuana legalized: What happens next?

Like medical marijuana, this new law, which takes effect Dec. 6, will cause complications for law enforcement because…

Rob and Jennifer Forbes

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Superior Court: Forbes elected judge; will be court’s youngest jurist

Jennifer Forbes, an active judge pro tem and former deputy prosecutor, was elected Tuesday to the Kitsap County…

Film stacks from the sunken Hexagon capsule

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Uncover a real spy satellite mission at Keyport’s navy museum

Keyport has an impressive collection of U.S. Navy-related Cold War artifacts and information, but one in particular captured…

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Appletree Cove temporarily closed after sewage spill

UPDATED: Kingston residents are warned to stay away from Appletree Cove until Nov. 13, following a sewage spill…

The Pope Resources mill site is under contention.

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Port Gamble shoreline plan upsets bay neighbors

Although the county has nearly 300 miles of marine, lake, river and stream shoreline to account for in…