BIR archives: 1950 to 2010

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

1985

1985

1985 page 1

1985 page 1

Page about Agate Pass Bridge

Page about Agate Pass Bridge

Page when Hood Canal Bridge is destroyed.

Page when Hood Canal Bridge is destroyed.

Page of Bainbridge Island being annexed.

Page of Bainbridge Island being annexed.

9/11 coverage from Bainbridge Review

9/11 coverage from Bainbridge Review