If you’re a hardcore biker, or maybe a duck, this year’s Chilly Hilly – held Sunday Feb. 27 – was definitely for you. The 33-mile annual trek around our beautiful island was suited more for the bold and the brave …
City Moving Forward with Former Clinic Site for Future Police-Court Facility
After years of wrangling, the Bainbridge Island City Council finally gave its nod of approval recently on a motion authorizing City Manager Blair King to proceed with advertisement bids for the former Harrison Hospital Medical Clinic site – at 8804 …
City Council Postpones Public Hearing on Next Phase of the Grow Community
Bainbridge Island Shows Up as a Jeopardy! Question
Now this is something that doesn’t happen every day, or evening, for that matter. The writers of Jeopardy! chose Bainbridge Island as a question on the long-running trivia show. Jeopardy!, as some of you undoubtedly know, is one of television’s …
Here’s Our Recipe for Escaping the Island’s Winter Blues: Head to the Sun
This is the time of year – in spite of this week’s forecast of a “false spring” – when the urge to escape the gray, rain and gloom of the Pacific Northwest may be at its peak.
Lots of Bainbridge …
Looking for a Wonderful Equestrian Property? Wacky Nut Farm is on the Selling Block
Bainbridge Island is known for its beautiful shorelines and vistas of Downtown Seattle, Mount Rainier (when the mountain is out!), the Cascades and, of course, the Olympic Mountains to the west. We also have a reputation for stunning homes, incredible …
How to Order an At-Home Covid-19 Rapid-Test Kit, Plus Island Testing
1/18/22 Update – 2:32 pm – USPS is taking orders today, click here for details.
Starting tomorrow – Wednesday Jan. 19 – islanders, along with millions of other Americans, can begin to order free at-home rapid COVID tests through a …
Pickleball to be Touted as the Official Sport of Washington State
Most islanders are probably aware that Bainbridge is the home of Pickleball. Now Legislation is being proposed to make the game Washington State’s official sport!
“If we don’t claim it some other state will,” says Clay Roberts, a spokesman for …
Omnicron Variant Spikes in Kitsap County; BISCC Reduces In-Person Activities
“We may be done with COVID, but it’s clearly not done with us,” said Reed Price, executive director of the Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center (BISCC), who recently made some significant changes to BISCC’s “participation policies” in light of …
Coyote and Other Wildlife Sightings all Part of Our Ongoing Winter Event
Depending on where you live on the island, or in Kitsap County, Coyotes are part of the natural landscape. We usually hear them at night yipping and yapping somewhere in the distance. That sound should be a gentle reminder to …





