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Firefighters respond to the Motel 6 explosion.

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A look back at 2015

The staff of the Patriot and Reporter wish you the best in 2016. Here’s a look back at…

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Community briefs (Jan. 8, 2016 edition)

Tracyton Library Kids Day, Free showing of Kung Fu Panda 3 for military families, Info sessions on CKSD…

Silverdale is featured in Comcast's 'Neighborhoods' program.

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Silverdale featured on Comcast’s ‘Neighborhoods’ show

Host Sabrina Register, an award-winning veteran TV broadcaster, profiles Silverdale in a monthly show called 'Neighborhoods' that highlights…

The Billie Eder Community Center.

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Community Center to be used for fire training before demolition

SILVERDALE – The Silverdale Community Center may have closed its doors to the public, but the building will…

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Aviation scholarship an opportunity for young people to learn to fly

Cascade Warbirds, an organization that promotes the restoration, preservation, operation and public display of historically significant military aircraft,…

Arnold Mafnas Cruz

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Cruz arrested in South Kitsap

SOUTH KITSAP – Arnold Mafnas Cruz, a man wanted by sheriff's detectives in connection with the robbery and…

Missing man Robert Archie Hood

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Bremerton man charged with murder in missing man case

BREMERTON – There will be no happy new year for a Bremerton man who now faces first-degree murder…

Sheriff's Office investigators are looking for Robert Archie Hood

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Detectives find body of elderly person near Belfair

BELFAIR – The body of an unidentified elderly person was found inside a container in the back yard…

The CSTOCK site (in yellow) would be located just north of the new Silverdale library site (cyan).

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Library and theater group team up for building projects

SILVERDALE – A new $4.5 million community theater could be built by 2018 just north of where the…

This cooler got hot after someone left it too close to a heater.

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Burning smell from hot cooler attracts firefighters’ attention

KITSAP – A burning smell from a partially melted plastic cooler that had been left next to a…

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Community briefs (Jan 1, 2016 edition)

Tracyton Library Kids Day, Jan. 2 Kansas club meeting, Bark in the Mew Year, Snowman swim meet Jan.…

Letters to the Editor

Alzheimer’s research funding at an all-time high

In a historic move in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 18, Congress passed the 2016 federal government appropriations bill…

Letters to the Editor

Sexual predators could take advantage of YMCA’s bathroom policy

Gender Dysphoria is a rare, but real, medical condition that can sometimes necessitate sex reassignment surgery. Were this…

Opinion

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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Kilmer named one of ten most effective members of Congress

Political scientists rated lawmakers using a formula called the ‘Legislative Effectiveness Score,’ reported on results in Washington Post

From left: Joshua Owen Rodgers Jones

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Update: Five arrested after caregiver reports man missing

SILVERDALE — Five suspects were arrested in connection to the case of an 89-year-old Silverdale man who is…

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

A Bremerton resident on Olympic Avenue decorated their home with an impressive array of colorful lights to celebrate…

Sheriff's Office investigators are looking for Robert Archie Hood

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Two more suspects sought in case of missing Silverdale-area man

SILVERDALE — A Bremerton man was arrested in connection to the case of an 89-year-old Silverdale man who…

Sheriff's Office investigators are looking for Robert Archie Hood

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Sheriff’s Office looking for missing Silverdale man

SILVERDALE — Kitsap County Sheriff's Office investigators are seeking assistance from anyone who may have information about the…

Boats with the Bremerton Yacht Club sail past the Silverdale Waterfront Park pier during BYC's annual Lighted Boat Parade Dec. 19. Several dozen people stood on the pier in the cold

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About 20 boats in annual Lighted Boat Parade motor past Silverdale Waterfront Park

Boats with the Bremerton Yacht Club sailed past the Silverdale Waterfront Park pier during BYC's annual Lighted Boat…