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Unique treatment for depression coming available for more patients through KMHS
As the leader of Kitsap Mental Health Services, CEO Monica Bernard knows as well as anyone how easy it can be for someone facing serious mental illness to dismiss any anticipation of recovery. “Maybe their lives are weighed down by poverty, or housing instability, or chronic illness. It’s all too easy for them to give up hope altogether,” she said. “That’s where this TMS Clinic comes in.” ...
Homes in Kitsap County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here
Newly released data from Realtor.com for February shows that potential buyers and sellers in Kitsap County saw houses sell for slightly higher than the previous month's median sales price of $388,225. The median home sold for $388,875, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means February, the most recent month for which figures are available, was up 0.2% from January. ...
Playoff roundup: West Sound's top track and field athletes entering season's final stage
One step remains for the top track and field athletes in West Sound: this week's state championships, which will be held at two separate sites Thursday through Saturday: the 4A/3A/2A meet at Mount Tahoma High School and the 1A/2B/1B meet at Eisenhower High School in Yakima. Here's how things unfolded at last week's...
Port of Edmonds staff members take quick action to save a life
Port of Edmonds staff members were quick to act Friday morning when a transport driver experienced sudden cardiac arrest while backing up a truck at the port’s public boat launch. Port of Edmonds staff members Ian Todd and Luke Brisse pulled the unconscious driver from the truck and performed...
Edmonds Police Blotter: May 7-13, 2024
23400 block Highway 99: A woman had her vehicle vandalized and license plate stolen. No suspect information. 500 block Main Street: A man and woman stole merchandise from a business and fled the scene. 23600 block Highway 99: A man was booked for possession of a stolen vehicle and possession...
Scene in Edmonds: Octopus find
While on her walk along the Edmonds Pier Saturday, photographer Julia Wiese noticed two excited young boys with their father. The Lake Stevens residents, Eshaan and Nahyan, had just pulled up an octopus using squid as bait. Earlier they caught a rat fish. Both the rat fish and the octopus were returned to the water.
Kitsap health leaders urge Navy to restore delivery and obstetrics services, among others
Since closing its labor and delivery unit two years ago, Naval Hospital Bremerton – which once delivered a quarter of Kitsap County’s babies – has relied on St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale to provide delivery and obstetrics care to military patients. Kitsap Public Health officials say...
Search and rescue dog K9 Keb dies at age 14
Edmonds’ own K9 Keb, the American Humane Search and Rescue 2022 Hero Dog, has died at the age of 14. Keb’s adventures were chronicled in the award-winning bestseller A Dog’s Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team. Keb and her owner — Edmonds resident Suzanne Elshult — spent over 13 years of active service in wilderness search and rescue. During that time, they deployed on over 100 missions with multiple important finds — most notably during the 2014 Oso landslide.
Bremerton landowner's interest leads to affordable housing community
BREMERTON – Doug Whittle owned a modest plot of land tucked in the corner of S Constitution Avenue and W Preble Street on Bremerton's west side, just up the hill from the Charleston Gate to Naval Base Kitsap. Overgrown with blackberry bushes, an abandoned home in the center of the grassy lot became a transient camping spot.
Public hearing on Point Wells annexation at May 20 Woodway Town Council meeting
Whether the Town of Woodway should annex Point Wells is the topic of a public hearing and possible vote during the Woodway Town Council’s Monday, May 20 meeting, starting at 6 p.m. You can learn more about the annexation proposal here. The council will also discuss Twin Maples traffic...
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