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Piles of garbage lie a few feet below the green grass at the Hansville Landfill site. A venting station

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State seeks comment on Hansville landfill cleanup plan

HANSVILLE — The state has released its proposal for removing toxins from a former Hansville landfill site, and…

A floating radar station passed Point No Point on Tuesday afternoon

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Floating radar station wows North Kitsap residents

HANSVILLE — Whales are a common sight in Hansville. Cruise ships, submarines and Coast Guard cutters are all…

A Toyota SUV collided with a guardrail on Bond Road Monday afternoon

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Traffic flowing again on Bond Road following dramatic rollover

POULSBO — The tremor that shook Mara Myers’ home Monday afternoon wasn’t from an earthquake. A Toyota Highlander…

Port of Kingston Commissioner Pete DeBoer (left) chats with new SoundRunner Operations Manager Ken Brazeau Tuesday outside the port office.

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Port of Kingston introduces new leadership for passenger ferry

KINGSTON — Kingston’s SoundRunner passenger ferry will get a fresh start May 31. Despite the service’s stormy debut…

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New plan emerging for Kingston Library

KINGSTON — A new Kingston Library may still be packaged with a community center at Kingston’s Village Green.…

Poulsbo firefighters douse a smoldering Kitsap Transit bus Friday night in a Viking Way parking garage.

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Parked Kitsap Transit bus burns in Poulsbo Friday night

POULSBO — A malfunctioning air conditioner caused a fire that destroyed a $263,000 Kitsap Transit bus Friday night…

New Suquamish canoe is already centuries old

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New Suquamish canoe is already centuries old

SUQUAMISH — For 10 years, Tana Stobs has been a canoe family in search of a canoe. Its crews…

An osprey delivers a stick to its nest atop a T-Mobile cell phone tower in Poulsbo

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Calling the ospreys home: Protected birds build nest on Poulsbo cell tower

POULSBO — Three steel towers on a ridge top off Fourth Avenue ensure Poulsbo cell phones keep ringing.…

Steve Lickar worries he won’t be able to keep his home. His insurance company won’t cover repairs because it considers the damage earthquake related

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Unsettling times: Sagging Kingston hillside damages road, threatens home

KINGSTON — Steve and Joellen Lickar bought a house on Washington Boulevard last fall, drawn in by water…

Transmission fluid leaks from a Dodge truck on State Route 305 Thursday after it collided with a Mercedes sedan.

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Drivers and dogs shaken but OK after Poulsbo crash

POULSBO — No major injuries were reported in a two-car, rollover collision that snarled traffic Thursday at the…

Spring is in the air at Kites Over Kingston

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Spring is in the air at Kites Over Kingston

KINGSTON — Penny Lingenfelter roved the Kingston waterfront Saturday dressed as though she’d just stepped out of Neverland.…

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Life abounds in Port Gamble Bay despite lingering contamination

PORT GAMBLE — The herring larvae squirming in a beach net on Port Gamble Bay Wednesday were about the…

A sign warns beach walkers away from contact with Lofall Creek.

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Lofall Creek contamination remains challenge for county

LOFALL — Lofall Creek gurgles through a quiet Hood Canal neighborhood, inviting but off limits. Children can’t splash…

Al Zachary’s father and uncles were taught in the Hansville schoolhouse

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The house where Hansville grew up

HANSVILLE — Hansville is in Al Zachary’s blood. More than a century ago, a few pioneer families carved…

Lenore Lynch trims an unruly plant Wednesday outside the Kingston Community Center.

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Volunteers give Kingston a spring cleaning

KINGSTON — Kitsap’s Lutheran church congregations have organized service missions in some far-flung places. Their mission on Wednesday didn’t…

Riders file onto the Spirit of Kingston in October 2010 on the first morning of SoundRunner service.

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Port of Kingston Commission approves relaunch of passenger ferry to Seattle

KINGSTON — SoundRunner will sail again this spring. The Port of Kingston Commission voted unanimously Thursday evening to…

Passengers file onto the Spirit of Kingston in October 2010 for the first morning of SoundRunner service.

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Port of Kingston Commission approves relaunch of passenger ferry to Seattle

KINGSTON — SoundRunner will sail again this spring. The Port of Kingston Commission voted unanimously Thursday evening to…

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Gelder tours district, prepares for campaign

A lot is happening fast for Kitsap County’s newest commissioner. Since taking the oath of office in Port…

A firefighter sprays down the metal sides of a pole building Wednesday off Mainland View Lane.

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Fire guts detached garage near Suquamish

POULSBO — Loran Luce kept his collections in a pole building outside the Mainland View Lane home he…

West Sound Utility District Plant Manager John Poppe displays a sample of Class B biosolid from the district’s Port Orchard treatment center Friday.

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DOE pulls plug on West Sound biosolids project

The state Department of Ecology has tossed out a controversial proposal to spread wastewater biosolids on a field…