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Kitsap’s wrestling teams will field some of the top talent in the state.

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Kitsap boys wrestlers prepare to take down its competitors

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A perfect pooch rides down Bay Street in the 2022 parade.

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Festival of Chimes and Lights ready for 25th year

The holiday spirit is returning in full force to downtown Port Orchard Dec. 2, and while City Hall…

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Abbi Deyoe was one of many teachers who got to go on a free shopping spree for items for her classroom.

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Teachers at SK school go on shopping spree

Christmas came early this year for teachers at Olalla Elementary school.

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King Tides flooded areas all around Kitsap County in January.

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Prepare for flooding during King Tide season

At this time of the year, the combination of abnormally high tides, heavy rain, and the gravitational pull…

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Help sought to close, consoliate BI schools to save money

The Bainbridge Island School District is seeking the public’s help in trying to decide if it needs to…

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Sgt. Trey Holden launches one of the crime-fighting drones, which can go places officers can’t because of the danger involved.

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Law enforcement using drones to catch crooks

Police around Kitsap County have taken to the air to find bad guys hiding in the woods, locate…

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Visitors were fenced off so they couldn’t get too close to the waters to see the fish because of problems in the past.

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Fence makes it tough for viewing salmon on annual tours

Some fishy behavior from visitors in years past led to creeks being fenced off during the Kitsap Annual…

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Donations sought to help those in need this holiday season

The Poulsbo Lions Raab Foundation North Kitsap Bellringer Fund is raising money to help those less fortunate during…

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A look at the new roundabout on the intersection of Bay Street and Bethel Avenue.

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PO roundabout to open this winter, won’t be done until spring

The state Department of Transportation has delayed its anticipated completion of the roundabout at the intersection of Bethel…

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Kitsap’s Randall, Franz to run for Congress

Rep. Kilmer previously announced he won’t be seeking re-election

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Dead murder suspect, woman identified following police-involved shooting

A man who was the suspect in a Pierce County murder, along with his ex-girlfriend of Bremerton, were…

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Klahowya’s Peyton Leifeste passes a ball to a teammate on the near side of the field in a late offensive pursuit in the first half.

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Klahowya falls to Seattle Academy 2-1 in title match

A second-half rally came too little, too late from the Klahowya Eagles in their quest to repeat as…

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Police discover 2 dead bodies in PO home

A weekend welfare check led to the discovery of two dead women in a potential murder-suicide at a…

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Jeff Wiley (back left) and Elizabeth Doll (back right) stands among the Kitsap residents standing up for election workers in the county.

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Bipartisan effort takes stands against mail-in threats

In a rare but welcome showing of bipartisanship, residents briefly organized in Port Orchard Nov. 14 to show…

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Spartan quarterback Jack Grant earns Offensive Player of the Year.

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Kitsap prep athletes named to all-league teams

Leagues that Kitsap County high schools are in recently announced their all-star teams for the fall season.

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Footage from the Nov. 14 South Kitsap School District meeting shows Director Jeff Daily (standing) approach Director John Berg in the midst of a tirade against the district and board members.

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Daily’s tirade forces recess in his, Berg’s final SKSD meeting

The Nov. 14 South Kitsap School Board meeting briefly spiraled out of control after outgoing director Jeff Daily…

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Central Kitsap finishes 1-2 at the 3A state volleyball tournament.

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CK comes close to making history at state

Central Kitsap entered the 3A state volleyball tournament as the lowest seed at 18th, but ended up going…

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Viking Alex Hitchings gave up a catch on this play but later made the game-winning interception against Lynden.

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NK beats Lynden in OT thriller, advances to state semis

North Kitsap avenged state playoff losses to Lynden the past two years with a 34-28 overtime win in…

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‘Only a fool’ would believe no terrorists cross border

From the Oval Office, President Biden made an impassioned mid-October address that laid out the stakes for Americans…

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Follow the law, but arriving safely is even more important

Q: There is an intersection I use that is a two-way stop, where the cross-street does not stop.…