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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

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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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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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Bail $500K for man charged with rape of child

Bail has been set at $500,000 for a Bremerton man, 65, charged with first degree rape of 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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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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Julie A. Kahn, Jennifer A. Montgomery and Kelle M. Horn.

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Trio of Kitsap women excel in global shipping industry

Pacific Rim Shipbrokers, Inc., a woman-owned small business in Kitsap County, has been making waves in the global…

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Armed police officers block off traffic on NW Sylvan Way in the midst of a police standoff.

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2 dead following standoff in Bremerton

A wanted male homicide suspect and a woman who was identified as a victim were both killed following…

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center’s Peninsula Clinic opened in Poulsbo in 2019.

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Poulsbo’s Fred Hutch cancer clinic fills void in Kitsap

Fred Hutchinson recently opened its first cancer clinic on this side of Puget Sound in Poulsbo, offering patients…

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Some of the art being shown at the library.

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Briefs

Another jail death

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Red shoes, Giants logo help deputies catch Kingston suspect

Red shoes and the San Francisco Giants logo helped Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies catch a 38-year-old Kingston man…

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It was a nice enough day some of the Art in the Woods exhibits were outside.

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NK art tour boasts 61 artists at 21 locations

Cultural Arts Foundation NW held its annual Art in the Woods studio tour Nov. 10-12 in North Kitsap.

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This stretch of sidewalk on Dr. Martin Luther King Way is clear for the first time in months, signs of what was there before the Nov. 4 cleanup still implanted in the ground.

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Salvation Army shelter puts bandage on homeless crisis

Long-awaited relief appears to have arrived for Bremerton residents with the opening of the Salvation Army’s seasonal shelter,…

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The woman suspected of multiple residential burglaries and post office break-ins is brought into custody.

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Woman faces dozens of charges in postal, residential burglaries

The criminal behavior of a 48-year-old Bremerton woman allegedly extends far beyond the borders of Kitsap County, say…

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A group of Combat Veterans brought the noise by revving their motorcycles during Poulsbo’s 1st Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11.

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Poulsbo holds 1st Veterans Day Parade

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Bremerton to vote on school bond, levy early in ‘24

Cost per $1,000 valuation actually will go down