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Editorial: All persons deserve protection from discrimination
Lawmakers are acting more out of unfounded fears than simple discomfort in seeking to nullify a rule recently…
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Editorial: Kicking the can down the legislative road
Kicking the can down the road is a game that kids have played through the ages. Adults, too,…
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Opinion |‘Yes’ for SKSD bond
The Port Orchard Independent enthusiastically endorses the South Kitsap School District’s Feb. 9 bond measure to build a…
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Letter: Please donate fishing gear for veterans
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, as many of you know, helps disabled veterans through teaching them fly tying,…
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Navy marks 125 years in Kitsap
This new year marks the 125th anniversary of the U.S. Navy’s arrival in Kitsap County. During that time,…
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Sarah Smiley: That time I ordered the wrong pizza
I’ve been truly afraid a few times in my life: when I bungee jumped from a perfectly good…
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Editorial: Vote ‘yes’ for CK School District’s bond and levy
Central Kitsap School District is asking voters to support a three-year $3.47 per $1,000 assessed value levy to…
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Don C. Brunell: Thanks, Dick Spady
Seattle lost an icon earlier this month when Dick Spady, the 92-year old founder of Dick’s Drive-In restaurants,…
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Sheriff: Law officers will remember Archie Hood
When a horrific crime occurs and extreme efforts are made to conceal a homicide by hiding a victim’s…
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More four-year degree programs coming to OC
As a 2015 Aspen Prize finalist, Olympic College was recognized as one of the top 10 community colleges…
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Sarah Smiley: Are kids too busy for homework?
Have you heard about the “new” movement against assigning homework to children? I use the term “new” loosely…
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Departments must restore public trust | In Our Opinion
The Poulsbo Police and Kitsap County Sheriff’s departments are pointing fingers regarding a sheriff’s sergeant found impaired in…
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Sarah Smiley: Meeting the Amish on their turf
This fall, I wrote about serendipitously meeting a group of Amish women at our local office supply store.…
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Why we still love snow
Until I moved to Maine in 2008, when I was 31-years old, I had never seen more than…
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Citizens’ Police Academy educates, inspires
A few weeks ago, I went to jail. A few weeks after that, I graduated from the Police…
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Editorial: A New Year’s gift from Congress
Among the lumps of coal — riders attached to the omnibus spending bill that Congress passed and President…
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Legal needs of many are not met | In Our Opinion
“If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you.” It’s a constitutional right guaranteed those…
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Think globally, act locally | In Our Opinion
Negotiators from more than 190 countries on Dec. 12 approved a far-reaching agreement to slow the emission of…
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A Christmas gift from Congress | In Our Opinion
Among the lumps of coal — riders attached to the omnibus spending bill that Congress passed and President…