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Police kill Hansville man in child sting operation

A 67-year-old man with a Hansville address was shot and killed by Seattle police April 17 at a…

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An 8-foot-wide tree fell on Kim McLaughlin’s home April 20.

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Windstorm on Bainbridge partially destroys home

Power knocked out for days

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Elliott Bush ponders his answer in the second round of multiple choice.

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3 students shine in Civics Bee regional competition

Three civic-minded students qualified for state and won cash prizes at the regional National Civics Bee competition April…

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Kandace MacKaben takes to her walk up the narrow Warren Avenue walkway on the west side of the bridge.

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Bremerton council OKs narrower Warren Bridge expansion

Cyclists will still see a 12-foot-wide path advance in updates to the Warren Avenue Bridge walkways, even after…

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Suquamish Tribe outlines requests for NKSD at meeting

The North Kitsap School District held its government-to-government meeting with the Suquamish Tribal Council April 11, as the…

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Buck Giles shows a team member an app about the race on his phone.

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Summer Olympics-style race in Port Gamble

Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park hosted the Westside Mountain Bike Series’ Port Gamble Race April 21.

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Poulsbo police officer Nick Hoke and K-9 Kilo back in 2014. The department will be bringing back its K-9 program to help enhance its drug enforcement efforts.

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Poulsbo reintroducing K-9 program to enhance drug enforcement

The Poulsbo Police Department is one step closer to reintroducing its K-9 narcotic detection dog program to help…

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Jeff Wilson has resigned from the South Kitsap school board.

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SK school board president resigns

Pickard takes over as board president

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Councilmember Clarence Moriwaki and U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer with Kilmer’s official plaque in the Congress building.

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Moriwaki goes to Washington

Councilmember reflects on Japan’s connection to BI

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Cyclist hurt in hit-and-run; sent to Harborview

A 37-year-old Bainbridge Islander was arrested for hit and run after striking a cyclist and driving under the…

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Rachel Bowen handed out piles of fake poo to throw at a target to share the importance of properly disposing of such waste to protect the environment.

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‘Engagement by icky’ part of 1st Poulsbo Earth Day event at Fish Park

The first Earth Day celebration at Fish Park in Poulsbo April 20 included “engagement by icky.”

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Bullet misses woman’s head by 3 inches in drive-by shooting

A victim in a drive-by shooting just missed getting hit by a bullet by 3 inches.

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All 4 ‘Kick Door Gang’ members caught in BI, Suquamish robberies

All four members of the “Kick Door Gang” have been arrested and charged for home-invasion robberies on Bainbridge…

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The Carlisle II in Port Orchard.

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Port Orchard to host inaugural Mosquito Fleet Fest

A century-old relic of transportation in Port Orchard is set to be the focus of a new city…

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The tall ship Lady Washington will visit Port Orchard three different weeks this summer.

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Tall ship to be in Port Orchard 3 weeks this summer

The tall ship Lady Washington will dock in Port Orchard three different weeks this summer.

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Watson Furniture Group completed a 10,000-square-foot warehouse expansion in January to improve capacity and production efficiencies while safeguarding its supply chain.

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Poulsbo furniture firm adds warehouse, technologies

Poulsbo-based Watson Furniture Group, the industry leader in function-first design and respectful manufacturing, has completed a multi-million-dollar expansion…

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A bag of beer cans and other debris lie with other piles of trash in a roadside wooded area.

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As trash piles up volunteer cleanup programs gain traction

Washington has a huge litter problem, the first state Department of Ecology study in almost two decades says.

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A Bainbridge Island fire response vehicle at the house fire in Crystal Springs April 16.

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30 fight house fire on BI

The air in Bainbridge’s Crystal Springs neighborhood was down a few carats when a house burst into flames…

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A map of the April 21 cleanup area on Highway 3.

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Kitsap announces cleanups for Gorst, highway ramps

The Gorst corridor of State Route 3, considered to be the dirtiest segment of highway in Kitsap County,…

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Hannah Willis of Visiting Angels Port Orchard.

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PO senior caregiver finalist for national award

A Port Orchard woman has been named one of 10 semifinalists for an award from national in-home senior…