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Port Gamble Heritage Park timber rights fundraiser underway

82 acres of forest stands already transferred to Kitsap County

Aerial view of Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park. Courtesy Photo

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$500K needed to acquire timber rights at Port Gamble Heritage park

Forterra, a local nonprofit that does conservation land acquisition, has started a $500,000 fundraising campaign to acquire the…

Kitsap County parks director Alex Wisniewski speaks about the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park framework at the July 11 county commissioners meeting. Courtesy Photo

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Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park framework discussed

Mountain bike ride park, STO trail, recreation and education campus included

Aerial shot of Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park. Photo courtesy of Russ McMillan

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Timber harvesting at Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park

Work will occur through June

Rayonier takes the reins from Pope Resources in Kitsap County

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Rayonier takes the reins from Pope Resources in Kitsap County

Rayonier’s acquisition of Pope Resources earlier this month marked the end of the latter’s 167-year history in North…

Conservancy and county team up on local tree planting

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Conservancy and county team up on local tree planting

Event is slated for Saturday, Feb. 29 from 8:30 a.m. to noon; volunteers needed

John Kuntz celebrates the completion of the Source to the Sea journey on the coast of Oregon. (Photo courtesy John Kuntz)

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After paddling the entirety of the Columbia River, John Kuntz is home

PORT GAMBLE — These days, John Kuntz is back at home, back at his store, back to his…

John Kuntz at the Grand Coulee Dam. (Photo courtesy of John Kuntz)

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Man kayaking entire Columbia River crosses US border

POULSBO — John Kuntz is back in the good ol’ U.S. of A.

John Kuntz receives postcards, food and mail from friends and followers at selected destinations during his trip. (Photo courtesy John Kuntz)

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Man traveling length of Columbia River paddles through wildfire smoke

POULSBO — While much of western Washington was experiencing cleaner air Thursday, albeit with cloudy skies overhead, John…

This poster displays the route John Kuntz will take along the Columbia River. (Photo courtesy John Kuntz)

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Local plans 1,250-mile kayak trip

Trek made to inspire children to explore outdoors

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Update | Officers pursue allegedly stolen vehicle across Kitsap County

PORT GAMBLE — A truck allegedly stolen Thursday from Bremerton went for a long ride that when the…

Coalition acquires final block of Port Gamble forest land

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Coalition acquires final block of Port Gamble forest land

1,500 acres secured by Kitsap Forest & Bay Project on Dec. 22 for $3.5 million

Pete Orbea

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Drum roll please … Port Gamble Country Christmas is here | Port Gamble Gazette

We are stocked and ready for perhaps our biggest event of the year, Port Gamble’s annual Country Christmas.

Port Gamble General Store kicks off the holiday season | Port Gamble Gazette

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Port Gamble General Store kicks off the holiday season | Port Gamble Gazette

The goblins and ghouls are being replaced by ornaments and wreaths, the brightly colored leaves will soon be…

Biketoberfest returns to Port Gamble

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Biketoberfest returns to Port Gamble

PORT GAMBLE — Sept. 29 marks the return of Biketoberfest.

Luke Thurston, KPUD staff member, shows a crowd of people what the water looks like after being treated at the Port Gamble Resource Recovery Facility.                                Michelle Beahm / Kitsap News Group

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Port Gamble Resource Recovery Facility a ‘feel-good project that was done for all the right reasons’

PORT GAMBLE — “In 1995, the mill closed in Port Gamble, and it seemed like a simple thing,”…

Nellie Thomas

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Kathleen Sutton Fund helps Bainbridge woman fight the good fight

For Nellie Thomas, battling cancer has been a 15-year fight — a long and expensive fight.

The late Kathleen Sutton was the inspiration for the fund that bears her name.

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Fund helps with transportation costs to get to treatment

PORT GAMBLE — The Kathleen Sutton Fund helped more than 90 women get to and from cancer treatments…

Changes at the General Store Café | Port Gamble Gazette

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Changes at the General Store Café | Port Gamble Gazette

In a recent social media statement, owners of the Port Gamble General Store &Café announced the selling of…

Image courtesy of Lisa Horn | An artist’s rendering of the slated second campus of the West Sound Wildlife Shelter, to be constructed in Port Gamble.                                 An artist’s rendering of West Sound Wildlife Shelter’s second campus, to be constructed in Port Gamble. Lisa Horn/Courtesy                                 Image courtesy of Lisa Horn | An artist’s rendering of the slated second campus of the West Sound Wildlife Shelter, to be constructed in Port Gamble.                                 An artist’s rendering of West Sound Wildlife Shelter’s second campus, to be constructed in Port Gamble. Lisa Horn/Courtesy

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West Sound Wildlife Shelter expands to second, Port Gamble-based facility

PORT GAMBLE — West Sound Wildlife Shelter will soon migrate from its NE Dolphin Drive location on Bainbridge…