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Bremerton School Board member Mitchell resigns without explanation

Louis Mitchell, a Bremerton School Board member known for raising tough and sometimes unpopular questions, announced Thursday without…

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Bremerton fire merger points south

The South Kitsap Fire and Rescue is Bremerton’s fire district merger of choice, a city committee announced Wednesday.…

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No charges for Bremerton nursing home employees who took nude photos of residents

Although state investigators will look into three Bremerton nursing home employees who were fired after taking nude photos…

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Voters approve Bremerton schools levy renewal

Bremerton voters overwhelmingly approved a levy renewal in Tuesday’s special election, with more than 63 percent voting “yes,”…

Brian Watson watches his five hens feed on oatmeal in his backyard just outside the Bremerton city limits. Watson hopes Bremerton will repeal its prohibition on chickens inside city limits.

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Will the chicken cross the road to Bremerton?

City Councilman Roy Runyon is gearing up for a cockfight over city chickens. To the delight of urban…

Olympic High School senior Larry Dixon breaks a tackle against North Kitsap High School during a game in 2009.

Life

Dixon chooses the Black Knights of Army

The challenge and the prospect of immediate playing time sold Larry Dixon on the United States Military Academy.…

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Wheaton Way K-Mart to close in May

The Wheaton Way K-Mart will soon join the area’s vacant box stores. The store will close May 9…

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Federal water quality dollars flow into Gorst

A Gorst sewerage treatment project, which broke ground Friday, joins a new Bremerton ultraviolet water treatment project underway,…

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OC’s new engineering program will offer a lot, but not everything

Though Washington State University is bringing its four-year mechanical engineering curriculum to Olympic College, local high school students…

Opinion

Everything Bremerton: Bringing it all back home

Hello, Bremerton. My name is Colleen Smidt. The paper has kindly asked me to write a column on…

Bremerton native and 1998 Olympic High School graduate Bree Schaaf will compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics Feb. 23-24 in the women's bobsled competition.

Sports

Ice dreams: Bree Schaaf prepares for 2010 Winter Olympics

Bree Schaaf stood atop the tallest ice track in Germany, staring down 1,400 meters of steep, twisting slope.…

Sports

East Bremerton may host 2012 Babe Ruth World Series

By BRIAN J. OLSON North Kitsap Herald POULSBO — Kitsap County is one step closer to becoming the…

Bremerton High School boys basketball coach Casey Lindberg talks strategy during a timeout Tuesday in the Knights' 72-43 win over Olympic High School.

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Bremerton boys basketball eyeing outright league title

The Bremerton High School boys basketball team delivered another tail-whipping Tuesday to give the seniors a final victory…

Silverdale surgeon and intensivist Chris Carr holds Haitian earthquake survivor Luciano Josene

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Kitsap residents make a difference in Haiti

What Chris Carr remembers most from his trip to Haiti is not the broken lives devastated by the…

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Life

Hoping to skate through February

A short-sleeved Bryan Lejeck, 16, defies gravity at the skate park at the Silverdale Rotary Gateway Park on…

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Olympic College’s engineering program will mirror WSU’s

Despite differences in environment and student demographics between Olympic College and Washington State University, the four-year engineering program…

Mike Strube is the new face of the Manette Saloon and Side Bar and plans to extend bar hours and make it a daytime sports pub.

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New Manette Saloon manager seeks to serve side of sports

The Manette Saloon and Side Bar is well-known as a nighttime hub of live music, but new management…

Opinion

Keep supporting schools

In my first six months in Bremerton, I have found this community to be tremendously supportive of students…

Opinion

If we cared about kids, we wouldn’t have levies

In the hierarchy of evil, you have Nazis, cell phone companies and human traffickers. Hot on their heels…

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Four pounds of marijuana found in Kitsap Lake trash

A Bremerton City Parks worker found four pounds of marijuana leaves Jan. 22 while collecting garbage in the…