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12:50 PM February 20, 2012 1

Kilmer to host telephone town hall with 26th District

State Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, will host a telephone town hall Thursday evening to discuss the current legislative session with his 26th District constituents.

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9:45 AM February 21, 2012 0

Pierce Co. court dismisses remaining Narrows Bridge toll infractions

Pierce County District Court has notified the Washington State Department of Transportation it will dismiss 14,000 Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll infractions. The court said the demands of researching, processing and responding to toll inquires have consumed a large amount of resources and resolving the remaining infractions would create a severe drain.

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4:04 PM February 20, 2012 0

Child found safe inside residence where mother died

A 3-year-old child was found safe inside the Bay Street residence where his 24-year-old mother was discovered dead Sunday afternoon.

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1:54 PM February 20, 2012 0

Book geek, now an author, visits his old school

He used to play Dungeons and Dragons with his “book geek” friends in the junior high library at lunchtime. Jamie Ford returned to the library at Marcus Whitman Junior High School on Tuesday, this time to discuss his best-selling novel and the craft of writing with students, some presumably book geeks themselves.

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updated 12:55 PM February 20, 2012 0

Interim director selected as Humane Society flap goes on

The Kitsap Humane Society’s board of directors has selected a new interim executive director for the nonprofit.

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updated 3:27 PM February 17, 2012 0

Co. commissioners consider switch to morning meetings

A decision to move Kitsap County commissioners’ twice-monthly business meetings to Monday mornings was postponed after a handful of county residents spoke in opposition of the change.

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3:26 PM February 17, 2012 0

Gig Harbor teacher will challenge Angel for 26th Dist. seat

Gig Harbor teacher Karin Ashabraner has announced she will run for state representative in the 26th Legislative District, for the position currently held by Rep. Jan Angel of Port Orchard.

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3:21 PM February 17, 2012 0

Fire chief outlines levy request to City Council

South Kitsap Fire & Rescue representatives called on the Port Orchard City Council to show support for the SKFR emergency services levy renewal that will be on the April 17 ballot.

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5:41 PM February 16, 2012 0

Wishful thinking: It would be nice not to have to vote on marriage

For once, I found myself agreeing the other day with something that the executive director of the Family  Policy Institute of Washington said. During a radio interview on one of the Seattle news/talk stations, Joseph Backholm was talking about the likely referendum next fall on the marriage equality law the governor signed this week. Near the end of...

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Blogs 5:28 PM February 16, 2012 Thinking Allowed, a Staff Blog

Kitsap Bank reports 2011 earnings tripled over previous year

Kitsap Bank recently reported that 2011 earnings tripled over the previous year.

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5:23 PM February 16, 2012 0

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