Praying coach Joe Kennedy gets to return to Bremerton High School. First Liberty Institute Courtesy Photo

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Coach to return to Bremerton, will continue prayers

Bremerton High School football coach Joe Kennedy, who lost his job after praying on the 50-yard line with…

Kate Espy, right, gives remarks next to one of the many people she credited with helping develop the SANE program. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group

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SANE’s worked with sexual assault victims for 25 years

Kate Espy has built a program at St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale that protects people during the…

Two people stop to talk while taking a stroll down the Bay Street Pedestrian Pathway. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group

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P.O. forces pair out of home for $1.4 million for pathway

A longtime holdout of the Bay Street Pedestrian Pathway extension project vows to continue speaking out against Port…

Kristen Jewell talks with visitors about the homeless shelter coming to Port Orchard. Mike De Felice/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Homeless shelter for men, women, families, pets

Foes are concerned about public safety

A volunteer works to clean the headstone of a World War 1 veteran. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Clean headstones: Buried but not forgotten

Even after death, it’s important to care for war veterans.

Keaton Blair camping in the snowy Cascade mountains this summer on his Pacific Crest Trail trek. Courtesy Photos

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Happy Pacific Crest Trails to BI hiker

Keaton Blair, 23, was born and raised on Bainbridge Island and is hiking from Canada to Mexico on…

Central Kitsap High School student Cailey Wallace speaks to the crowd of students. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group Photos

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CK students protest lack of safety at school

Students in the Central Kitsap School District are joining the cry for change after they say recent events…

An outside view of the Cavatina concert hall. Courtesy Photos

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BI entry: From eyesore to eye-popping

World-class architecture, affordable housing, sustainable energy, green space, music, art — Cavatina has everything Bainbridge Islanders say they…

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Woman punched, man bit, rounds shot at Poulsbo bar

A 21-year-old man from Albuquerque, NM was arrested Oct. 21 after threatening to kill people, punching a woman…

Veterans stand together with their new lapel pins. Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Vietnam vets finally honored for their service

For at least some local Vietnam-era veterans, it did seem like it was better late than never.

The Poulsbo City Council is considering updating its fireworks ordinance to either change the days fireworks can be discharged in city limits or adopt a full ban. File Photos

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Poulsbo considers banning or cutting back days for fireworks

‘Streatery’ program extended one final year

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Puget Sound air quality among worst in the world

Due to multiple wildfires in the Cascades and a long dry season, smoke in the air caused unhealthy…

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Effort to bring minesweeper home to BI

Louis Charles Hoffmann Alloin is a visionary. He’d like to bring a minesweeper built on Bainbridge Island during…

Examples of “streateries” in downtown Poulsbo. Courtesy Photos

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Poulsbo City Council discuss future of “Streatery” program

With the Summer Fair “Streatery” program set to expire at the end of the year, the Poulsbo City…

A wooded trail on the Bethany Lutheran Church property. File Photo

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Church’s affordable housing project progressing

Protesters at Bethany Lutheran Church on Bainbridge Island have it all wrong, its pastor says.

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Best of the Best of Kitsap County

It’s time to vote for the “Best of the Best of Kitsap County.”

Woodward Middle School student Antonia Paxtor Vicente speaks with filmmaker Zach Ingrasci and eighth-grade school counselor Patricia Beers about Guatemala. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Optimist films raise awareness about issues

Filmmakers Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple returned to Bainbridge Island last month to premiere their latest film, “Free…

Mark Taylor shows visitors the process he uses to start plants in his hydroponics shed. Nancy Treder/Kitsap News Group Photos

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Pair turn sandpit into hydroponic farm on BI

Tracy Lang and Mark Taylor are turning an old sandpit into farmland by using chicken tillage, cover crops…

Examples of Danish artist Thomas Dambo’s troll sculptures. Courtesy Photos

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Poulsbo votes no on giant troll sculpture

High cost, lack of fundraising groups among concerns

JJ’s Fish House in downtown Poulsbo recently closed after 26 years. Courtesy Photos

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JJ’s Fish House closes after 26 years in Poulsbo

Owner is selling business; still expects it to be a seafood restaurant