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Hansville’s Point No Point lighthouse awarded $100,000 preservation grant

HANSVILLE — The Point No Point lighthouse didn’t win a recent preservation grant competition, but it did place…

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Stillwaters eyeing small expansion

Stillwaters Environmental Education Center eyeing small expansion

Excavators clear the way for an extension of Cliffside Road Wednesday.

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Hansville’s Cliffside neighborhood braces for summer roadwork

Hansville's Cliffside neighborhood braces for summer roadwork

A bear investigates a bird feeder Monday in the Jefferson Beach area.

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Fish and Wildlife officers capture bear in Kingston

KINGSTON — State Department of Fish and Wildlife officers trapped a black bear in the Jefferson Beach neighborhood…

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Poulsbo man files for U.S. Senate seat | Candidate filings

A Poulsbo man who has filed to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Patty Murray (D-Washington)…

Zaradhe Yach (left) in the Ghazni clinic.

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Kingston couple aiding daughter’s humanitarian work in Afghanistan

KINGSTON — When John Holdeman’s day is winding down in Kingston, his daughter’s is just beginning, in a…

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Boat aground in Port Gamble Bay provides test for spill response

LITTLE BOSTON — The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe tested its spill response tools May 20, when a 60-foot…

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The Kingston Fourth of July Celebration needs help

KINGSTON — Last year the Kingston Fourth of July Celebration planning committee met its fundraising goal with three…

The recently renovated light keeper's workshop at Point No Point will be showcased in an open house at 11 a.m. on May 29.

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Renovated workshop at Point No Point lighthouse opens to public Saturday

HANSVILLE — The U.S. Lighthouse Society tried to leave no detail spared as it renovated an unassuming Point…

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County Commission OKs Kingston park district proposal for August ballot

PORT ORCHARD — The proposal to create a park district for Kingston’s Village Green is officially bound for…

A 60-foot former navy boat rests on the beach on Port Gamble Bay on Thursday afternoon.

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1,200 gallons of diesel removed from boat grounded in Port Gamble Bay

LITTLE BOSTON — A salvage company pumped 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel from a grounded boat in Port…

Volunteers spread mulch at a recent garden work party.

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Buck Lake gardeners go native

Buck Lake gardeners go native. Hansville

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North End census numbers improve

SILVERDALE — The U.S. Census Bureau’s efforts to improve census count participation in the North End may be…

A 60-foot wooden boat washed ashore on the east side of Port Gamble Bay on Thursday.

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Boat aground in Port Gamble Bay prompts spill response | UPDATED

LITTLE BOSTON — A 60-foot wooden vessel reported aground in Port Gamble Bay on Thursday prompted an oil…

Junior Calina Lawrence tends the windmill she built with partner Charissa Sigo during the MESA engineering design competition May 7.

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Early College fueling futures | Suquamish program offers high school, college credits.

SUQUAMISH — As a classroom of peers looked on, junior Calina Lawrence watched her model windmill waver in…

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Museum effort in the home stretch

SUQUAMISH — Suquamish tribal history will have a new home in the fall of 2011. The tribe is…

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Slimmer summer ferry schedule draws fire in Kingston

KINGSTON — A new summer schedule that will trim sailings from the Kingston to Edmonds ferry route was…

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Kingston Lumber moving out of downtown after 60-odd years

KINGSTON — Kingston Lumber Millwork and Supply is moving out of the downtown location it has called home…

Rep. Inslee's Kingston health care forum subdued, compared to last one | Slideshow

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Rep. Inslee’s Kingston health care forum subdued, compared to last one | Slideshow

KINGSTON — Health care reform was still a key topic at a town hall meeting hosted by U.S.…

A county dump truck rolls over an asphalt speed table on Hansville Road. Speed tables have been a source of contention in the North End town since they were installed three years ago.

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Committee seeking speed table solutions in Hansville

County Commissioner Steve Bauer appointed the two committees of Hansville residents two years ago to study ways of…