News - Bainbridge Island

High winds cause power outage throughout Kitsap County

Immediate search begins for next Bainbridge city manager

The City Council has decided to pursue a "change agent" who would begin as interim City Manager Lee Walton's temporary replacement with the potential of being hired permanently. "The priority is we have to make changes now," Councilor Bill Knobloch said during a rare Sunday afternoon council meeting.

High winds sweep North Kitsap; Hood Canal Bridge reopens to traffic

Bainbridge phone numbers used in international scam

Could have American Marine Bank been saved?

Bainbridge Council votes in 2010 budget reductions

It took more than a month, and six meetings, but the City Council Wednesday unanimously agreed on more than $1 million worth of budget cuts to fund reserve accounts and give the city some financial breathing room. The council concluded this round of budget discussions only a few months out from the beginning of the 2011-12 biennial budget process, when councilors say the discussion of the long-term function of the city will occur.

Governance Manual to guide Bainbridge council protocol

The City Council this week finalized its Governance Manual, a document designed to streamline council policy and guide it through the change of government that Bainbridge voters mandated last May. The council has worked with interim Deputy Manager Stan McNutt on the manual since he was hired last November.

Bainbridge man killed by falling tree

Kitsap County creates shoreline task force

As part of its long-range planning process, Kitsap County has created a 20-member task force to guide shoreline management and help create polices that set the stage for local waterways.

Bainbridge budget cuts could be finalized this week

The City Council will hold its fifth and sixth budget meetings this week, with the intention of adopting more than $1 million in cuts to this year's general fund budget.