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Layoffs affect 50 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

A local contractor providing labor on a weekly basis at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard recently cut its shipyard…

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‘Don’t Ask, Don’tTell’ ends, stories remain — Service members tell of experiences

Medical corpsman Josh Masters didn’t decide to give up his career in the Navy until the second time…

Customers enter Puffin Sam Smoke Shop on the 4200 block of Kitsap Way Wednesday. The smoke shop is one of the many local retail outlets for synthetic canibis now sold as incense.

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Navy faces off with spice — Former dealer says drug is pervasive among sailors and Marines

Naval Base Kitsap has implemented no new training in response to orders from the Navy Surgeon General that…

A player on the NSSC Raindevils flag football team loses his flags Tuesday. In flag football

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No Harm, No Foul — Navy flag football league preseason begins with jamboree

“If you’re in the league,” a voice bellowed across the field, “get over here!”

Rudy Muriel

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Vets face struggles in quest for employment — Military credentials may not transfer to civilian world

qualifications to the civilian world, leading in some cases to extended periods of unemployment.

Kitsap resident and retired nuclear submarine commander Capt. Tom Rogers stands next to a military awards shadow box displayed in his Poulsbo home.

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Sub commander is now an anti-nuke activist — Tom Rogers was arrested while blocking Bangor gates

Tom Rogers, a former submarine commander turned antinuclear protester, was arrested Aug. 8 while blocking the gate at…

Daryl Casson leans against the now-closed bar at Bremerton's American Legion Post 68.

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Bremerton’s American Legion Post 68 sells its regalia to get out of bankruptcy

Bargain hunters, restaurant owners, and more than one Kitsap charity looked for deals, even as other community members…

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Kitsap voters will decide tax levy for veterans, homeless

Kitsap County’s three county commissioners Monday unanimously called for a special election for a property tax increase to…

Will Buss

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Kitsap homeless veterans counting on levy

Will Bus is a normal guy. He likes Dr Pepper, helps the old janitor where he works change…