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Port Orchard police chief Matt Brown speaks to a small group of fellow officers and families during the Law Enforcement Memorial Day ceremony.

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Kitsap officers remember their own at memorial service

As the hustle and bustle of Kitsap County traffic zoomed back and forth on Highway 3, the harrowing…

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Reama Bubblez inside her store Spread Supplies.

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‘Noise music,’ art-supply exchange part of community spot

Doing the Charleston in the 1920s meant a type of jazz dance. But over 100 years later, in…

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Johnny Watson and his brother Robert sitting behind him to his right hear statements from the victims families before receiving their sentences.

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Careaga killers sentenced to life in prison

The three men convicted of ending the lives of four members of the blended Careaga family in 2017…

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The reading room at the Bainbridge Public Library was full of internet users.

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Kitsap internet customers have service after long outage

Many went to BI library so they could do their work

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A rendering shows what the regional pickleball facility in Poulsbo could look like.

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Poulsbo Pickleball facility proposed, would tie into PERC

Group’s presentation shows 6 indoor, 4 outdoor courts

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PO council expected to revisit firework laws

With less than 100 days left before Independence Day celebrations kick off in Kitsap County, some city leaders…

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The Point No Point Lighthouse at Hansville is a popular spot in North Kitsap.

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Visitors Guide shows Kitsap has much to offer

Staycations have been a popular concept for a long time—for a variety of reasons—and one look at the…

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The visage of a Great Blue Heron, complete with nest and eggs, decorates a mailbox on Lovell Avenue SW on Bainbridge Island.

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Lots for sale near herons concern many

A recent real estate listing has ruffled some feathers in Winslow.

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Penelope Sapp, shown here outside one of the cells, oversees the county jail.

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Sheriff: Many reasons for mounting jail deaths

Jail personnel no longer just have to worry about suicide while watching inmates. Drugs, medical issues and mental…

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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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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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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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Mihelia Thomas, 16, shares a smile with her sister during a tabletop game.

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PO group strengthens bond of separated siblings

Siblings belong together and are stronger for it, but when that is threatened by safety concerns or instability…

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A look into what became known as the Hospital Hill encampment behind St. Michael Medical Center, a camp that was cleared last month.

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Shelter to open in fall as homeless numbers increase

Deputy David Wolner of the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office will tell you he spends a majority of his…

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Bainbridge Island City Councilmember Jon Quitslund reacts to the announcement that the Historic Preservation Commission was resigning en masse.

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BI’s historic commission resigns all at once

The Bainbridge Island Historic Preservation Committee is supposed to guide city government in making decisions honoring the past.

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Convicted murderer Danie Kelly is ushered into the courtroom minutes before learning the decision of the jury.

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3 found guilty in Kitsap court of 4 murders

A 12-member jury delivered a guilty verdict in Kitsap County Superior Court April 5 on all counts against…

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Tina Holmes shoulders the weight of the cross for the first leg of the 30th annual Cross Walk.

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Small group shares burden of carrying cross on Good Friday

The numbers are nowhere near what they used to be, but that has not stopped a small band…

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Emanuel Calderon sits down in the jury box after being arraigned in Kitsap County Superior Court.

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Man stabbed in bloody homicide on Easter Sunday

A Bremerton man is dead and a suspect in custody in an alleged stabbing homicide on Easter Sunday.

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Indipino elder Bethany Mapanao displays the drum her brother painted for her with an image of her animal, a wolf. She is also wearing a woven cedar hat from the Lummi tribe, which she “wears with pride.”

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BI Indipino community records its oral history in interviews

For a fairly small island, the history and people of Bainbridge have a long memory.