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Popular Bay Street Bistro closes after 13 1/2 years

A downtown treasure and a spectacle in Port Orchard’s fine-dining scene closed its doors Nov. 30 after 13…

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The four people the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office is looking for in connection with the killing. Elkins has since been contacted and interviewed.

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KCSO seeks 3 regarding killing in NK

Kitsap County sheriff’s detectives are asking for assistance with locating three people so they can be interviewed about…

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Matthew Boisson uses a car wash hose to spray off multiple carts in the back of a truck.

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Not-for-profit gathers, cleans carts before returning them

Of all the items left on the streets, walkways and wooded plots of Kitsap County, stolen shopping carts…

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The entrance to Black Barn Fine Art Studio in Kingston.

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Kingston’s Black Barn a sanctuary for various art forms

Eileen Sorg is a self-made artist who found success without going to art school, opening her own business…

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False report evacuates store

Employees of a Port Orchard Safeway safely returned to work and the store reopened Nov. 28, hours after…

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Danie Jay Kelly Jr. stares at the camera while sitting by his attorneys.

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Careaga family hopes for swift justice as murder trial begins

It has been nearly seven years since Seabeck was left shocked by the brutal quadruple murders of the…

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BI: No party pooper but no Woodstock either

The city of Bainbridge Island doesn’t want to be a party pooper, but it doesn’t want to be…

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PO victims of homicide-suicide ID’d

The two women found in Port Orchard Nov. 19 died from homicide and suicide.

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The holiday lights at the Kingston waterfront are always a sight to see.

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Many holiday events coming up around NK

With Christmas right around the corner, there are many holiday-related events and activities in North Kitsap to take…

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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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Adopted daughter: BI parents were ‘trying to escape me’

A suicidal girl told Bainbridge Island police her parents were “trying to escape me.”

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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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Housing, Health and Human Services director Kim Hendrickson (far left) speaks to the Poulsbo City Council at its Nov. 8 meeting.

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Poulsbo to provide services for RRC through grant program

Poulsbo is moving forward to provide medical, substance abuse and mental health services for the recently opened Recovery…

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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