1950
Continue Polio Campaign Here
3 more 28-mill levies- Hodges Island pays county’s highest tax
Bridge steel may go up in ten days
Structural steel goes upon the bridge
Something new in ferry landings at Lofall
Board seeks 2-year, 20-mill levies for school construction
Marijuana grown here, court hears
County plans for defense
Draft calls 100 men in county
State sets Oct. 7 as date for opening Agate Pass Bridge
Bridge toll to be 35 cents
1951
County orders company to run Pt. White Ferry!
Bridge, new highway help island find silver lining
Contract approval assures final completion of Commodore school
No highway to Winslow until 1953
1958
New ferry ‘Tillikum’ launched
Chamber studies secession from K.C.
New mail system brings Sunday and two daily deliveries
Third boat assigned
1960
Fort Ward logging underway
School board divides ‘Church and School’
Guard may operate Nike Ajax sites
Hood span will open August 12
1962
Rotary Sale Yields $2,200
Fair sends June ferry traffic soaring
1963
BHS German student exchange OK’d
Pier ruined, 3 ferries on island route
Creosote strike merges with area dispute
1971
County seeks sewer district for Bainbridge
Water blasts delays start of island pool
Islander in front-row seat of Apollo landing
It’s official: New post office in ‘72
Ferry crash damage set at $60,000
Bob McIlwain named in pro baseball draft
1973
Commuters debate new jumbo ferry Spokane
Eric Coderwall aided U.S. prisoners of war from Japan
1974
District gets its first lady administrator
Something new for Bainbridge: A pre-first grade
IAC approves state, federal matching funds for island’s Battle Point Park
1979
Grand Old Fourth may not continue
Storm destroys Hood Canal Bridge
Winslow to lose jumbo ferry
Board asked $7 million bond issue for school expansion
1980
Ferry workers remain out on strike
1981
Island man is sworn in as Secretary of State
Walla Walla on the beach
1982
Protestors rally; wait for the Ohio
Lottery winners flush with success
1985
State levy limits mean program cuts for school
Woman dies after Winslow accident
Ten arrests, more coming in island cocaine probe
Tiny violins plus tiny violinists make an island Suzuki school
Japan comes to Blakely school
Battle over boats brews in harbor
Peace Pagoda denied by county commissioners
School district shifts leagues
Eagle Harbor affected by Wyckoff suit settlement
Who controls island water?
Congressman Miller comes to town
BPA finds home for “Girl Crazy”production
Is arts council in the future?
Island left in dark by surprise storm
‘Tired’ is not in the vocabulary of 1985’s Mother of the Year
Mo Nakata mourned by friends
Kids nabbed for painting the town
Fire and ferries: It was a very busy 4th of July
Island daycare provider denies county rape charges
Bacteriological pollution found in Eagle Harbor
School board OKs $10.2 million budget, keep counselor’s jobs
Payphone debuts on ferries
Winslow manhunt ends with arrest
Paying the ferryman: Commission delays decision on revenue
One dies, six injured in Friday accidents
Family planning clinic evicted
BPA receives land for art center
1990
Triple murder mystery unravels
Pay’n Save opens first; about 30 more to come
Bainbridge teachers plan walkout
Winslow may annex island
Davis in the spotlight
1991
Annexation passes by 136 votes
1998
Four arrested in marijuana sting
No change to fast food law
1999
Blakely Harbor lands major grant
‘North Town’ 70 homes OK’d
Ruling leaves schools with $25k bill
We always felt safe at Columbine
Basketball season will see a gym dandy
Countdown to Sakai
Island faces mayhem with a shrug
2000
Rockefeller steps up as ferry advocate
A big day on campus
Crossing the language barrier
Bainbridge loses a leader with death of Don Nakata
Fate of ferries rests with Olympia
2001
Community responds to national tragedy
City, Suyematsu comes to terms
Roll out the roundabout
2008
‘Superdelegate’ Inslee is coy
Bainbridge takes Obama, McCain
Rolling Bay relic becomes an island instituion
New school buildings, bonds on horizon
No more ‘pop’ on Fourth of July