A pilot gives a Young Eagle some instruction before taking to the air.

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Blackberry Festival offers sweet treats, activities for all

The 21st annual Blackberry Festival will fill Labor Day weekend with music, airplane rides and blackberry pie. The…

Big Wheel Stunt Show playing the Meat stage at the Harmon Tap Room in Tacoma.

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Rock band puts ‘the pedal to the metal’

The music of Big Wheel Stunt Show is difficult to classify, but one thing is for sure: it…

Garage creations vie for glory in Hansville Coaster Games

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Garage creations vie for glory in Hansville Coaster Games

Photos by Brad Camp HANSVILLE — Lou Krukar sped down a hill in Hansville Saturday, gripping the handlebars…

The Bremerton High School football team runs prints during practice Wednesday

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A winning condition in Bremerton

It’s been two decades since John Freeman was a teenager. He rarely played video games or watched television…

Members of the Olympic High School football team run an agility drill at practice last week.

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A winning condition in Central Kitsap

It’s been two decades since John Freeman was a teenager. He rarely played video games or watched television…

Joe Sommer’s garden railroad in Manchester includes three locomotives

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He’s been working on the railroad

Manchester model train enthusiast constructs quite a spectacle in his backyard garden

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Jaded Mary takes the next step

As Port Orchard band Jaded Mary prepares for its Winterland show this Friday, its members prepare to take…

The Poulsbo prize basket contains over $250 worth of gift certificates to local businesses and restaurants.

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Puget Sound port revival

A sailing contest has been set up in an effort to encourage more patronage at marinas around the…

Big Wheel Stunt Show will play this Friday along with Jaded Mary and Legend of Bigfoot

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This weekend in rock

Port Orchard favorite Jaded Mary headlines the show at Winterland, 1220 Sylvan Way, Bremerton, starting at 9:30 p.m.…

Lead guitarist Jason Flom and vocalist Mike Krushka play alongside Van Conner of Screaming Trees.

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Bigfoot comes to Winterland

Tacoma psych-rock band will sell their first EP this Friday.

Ivan Morris

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Chief Seattle Days celebrates 100 years | Photos

Suquamish celebrated the 100th year of Chief Seattle Days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Guests were treated to…

Kitsap Patriots Tea Party organizers estimated about 300 people came to hear conservative speakers and candidates at the group’s potluck Aug. 13 at the Silverdale Waterfront Park. It was the Kitsap Tea Party’s first public event.

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Kitsap conservatives turn out for the (tea) party

Jim Ullrich of Chico thinks the U.S. has been headed in the wrong direction for the last 50…

Bremerton Fire Department paramedics Sam Hernandez and Missy Griffith embarked on separate humanitarian trips to Haiti this year.

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Bremerton paramedics changed by work in Haiti

Sam Hernandez served in the Air Force and Army and has been a paramedic for 20 years. He…

Kingston High freshman Tatianna Finch pets one of her pigs Wednesday in Hansville. Finch and other students in the North Kitsap School District's Future Farmers of America program will auction their animals at the Kitsap County Fair Aug. 28 in East Bremerton.

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Hog Heaven: Teen raising pigs and money for charity

Hog Heaven: Teen raising pigs and money for charity

Not only will there be an Olalla Bluegrass Festival this year

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Bluegrass Festival back for its 19th encore

The 19th Olalla Bluegrass (& beyond) Festival is an event that came dangerously close to not even happening.…

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Quick tips for an effortless get-together

Easy Outdoor Entertaining Whether it’s simple dinner for a few friends or a big bash for a crowd,…

Instrumental metal band Steelscape plays Winterland.

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Heavy instrumental: Steelscape jolts Bremerton music scene

For Steelscape, all the traditional roles of a metal band are filled, except a singer. The Bremerton band,…

Forrest Thomson

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Going on an Alaskan adventure

Local author writes tale of adventure from the Bering Sea to the West Coast.

Freeborder Aaron Price carves down a hill in Hansville. The extra two wheels allow him to carve like a snowboard.

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Street surfing: Freeborders find adrenaline rush on the roads

Although temperatures outside have exceeded 80 degrees and the ski season is more than three months away, board…

Farm manager Scott Hall overlooks the new crops planted at the Petersen Farm in Silverdale.

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The ‘best last chance’ for Central Kitsap farming

Dorothy Lind remembers jumping in the haystacks and her brother and cousin kissing the dairy cows goodnight at…