Nell Clausen and Rick Gross of Estes Builders. The firm has received a top rating from Avid Ratings

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Estes Builders ranked high by Avid Ratings

Avid Ratings, the largest independent new-home survey company in the U.S., has awarded Estes Builders the 2013 Avid®…

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Pope Resources: $5.7 million sale to land trust

Columbia Land Trust has purchased 2,330 acres on the southern flanks of Mount St. Helens from Pope Resources.

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Multiple offers are “the new normal” for housing market around Puget Sound

Northwest Multiple Listing Service members notched their highest volume of new listings since June 2011, but the additions…

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Beautifully Polished goes beyond nail care

Beautifully Polished at Longworth Studio has expanded beyond name and space.

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REI will be welcomed to Silverdale at VCB annual meeting | Kitsap Week

The Kitsap Peninsula Visitor and Convention Bureau’s annual meeting and awards luncheon is May 22

Port Orchard Library Branch Manager Kathleen Wilson

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Kitsap Bank donates $1,000 to Friends of Library

Kitsap Bank presented $1,000 donation to the Port Orchard Friends of the Library organization, which will go towards…

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Leasing at The Sidney has begun

Rush Commercial has begun leasing at The Sidney, a collection of luxury apartment homes opening this July in…

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Kitsap Bank launches ‘Go Green’ companywide

Kitsap Bank launched an all-branches “Go Green” campaign on Earth Day, April 22.

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Two Kitsap bankers among those sued by FDIC

The federal government is suing former leaders of Frontier Bank, alleging they breached fiduciary duties and were negligent…

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Second location for Lucky Star Consignment

Lucky Star Consignment of Kingston has opened a second store — at 3276 NW Plaza Road, No. 104,…

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Pope Resources annual report available

Pope Resources’ 2012 Annual Report is available on its corporate website

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Reese joins Watson as director of sales services

Liz Reese has joined Watson, the furniture maker, as director of sales services.

Mike of Mike's 4 Star BBQ

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Mike’s Four Star BBQ celebrates another year

Mike’s Four Star BBQ celebrates another year in business with cake on May 3.

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Getting retro permit for septic system is well worth the effort | Just Ask Jan

Dear Jan: We have a home that has been in our family forever. The septic system is very…

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State disciplines health care providers

The state Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against the health care providers in…

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Funds allocated for minorities, women

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency has set aside a portion of its farm loan program…

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Edward Jones hosting free financial seminar

Pat McFadden and Jessie Nino, Edward Jones financial advisers in Poulsbo, host a free educational seminar titled “Key…

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ADA Engineering closing; survey business sold to DC Surveying

Herb and Elda Armstrong, owners of ADA Engineering, are retiring and closing the engineering business after 53 years.

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Kitsap home prices ascend

Kitsap is “the eddy” to Seattle’s fast-current market, according to Frank Wilson, Kitsap district manager for John L.…

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Attorney General says “no dice” to T-Mobile’s deceptive “no-contract” advertising

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has ordered T-Mobile to correct deceptive advertising that promised consumers no annual contracts…