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In defense of advanced practice providers in urgent care: Bridging healthcare gaps
In a recent column published in the Kitsap Sun, pediatrician Niran Al-Agba raised concerns about the quality of care provided by urgent care centers, emphasizing the involvement of “non-physician” providers. In response to Dr. Al-Agba’s opinion, we’d like to offer a different perspective. Kitsap County severely...
Driver killed in head-on collision near Hood Canal Bridge Thursday night
One man was killed and two more injured after two cars collided head-on near the east end of the Hood Canal Bridge after what the Washington State Patrol called an unsafe pass at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. A 62-year-old man from Poulsbo was driving northbound on Highway 3 near Bridgeway Lane, just south of the turn onto the Hood Canal Bridge, when he attempted to pass another vehicle around a blind corner. As he went around...
Kitsap County facing lawsuit over 2021 Horseshoe Lake drowning death
Kitsap County is facing a lawsuit involving the 2021 drowning of a 17-year-old Port Orchard man, with the victim's family claiming the county was negligent due to a nuisance dock at Horseshoe Lake. Will Huck died during the afternoon of June 28, 2021, after joining friends and coworkers at the lake on a day temperatures soared in the 100s around the region. Huck disappeared after entering the water and was eventually found unresponsive. Bystanders performed CPR on...
The first annual Asian Arts and Heritage Festival is coming to Bainbridge Island
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — Bainbridge Island residents Denise Stoughton and Stephanie Reese created the Asian Arts and Heritage Festival to honor the island's rich cultural history. "I'm part Japanese, part Filipino, part Chinese," Reese said. "She is the festival," exclaimed Stoughton, a board member for Arts and Humanities Bainbridge.
Increased calls for service deserves support for CKFR
I want to thank the Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners for placing a fire levy lid lift on the August primary election ballot. Our call volumes have increased 39 percent in the last six years – and the majority of our calls are for medical emergencies (68 percent). We need additional firefighters and paramedics to respond to higher call volumes and maintain the quality of emergency services our community requires. The additional personnel...
Poulsbo's Watson Furniture continues growth selling furniture in a post-pandemic world
POULSBO -- With a new president, a new 10,000-square-foot warehouse and the recent addition of an innovative steel-tube-cutting machine, one of Kitsap's largest manufacturers, Watson Furniture, is busy investing in the future of furniture building. Watson, a business-to-business furniture retail company, was founded on Bainbridge in the early 1960s and...
Bainbridge Island named one of the top small towns in the West
Bainbridge Island has been named one of the best small towns in the West in USA Today’s 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. USA Today 10Best, the go-to site for reader-voted and editor-recommended travel guides, solicits nominations from an expert panel to highlight the best small towns across the U.S., then readers vote for their favorites.
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