Bainbridge Island Post

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Thursday, November 12, 2026 (UTC) · No. 2
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Outdoors

Chico Creek's salmon run is the payoff of three bridges built in ten years

A tribal bridge in 2014, a county bridge in 2020 and the state's $56.8 million highway bridges in 2024 took the barriers off Kitsap's most productive wild salmon stream. This November is the second run since the last one came out.November 11 · 7 sources
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Outdoors

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Southern resident orcas grow for a second year in the Salish SeaThe 2026 census counted 76 whales, up two, and J35's new calf J65 arrived in October after the count closed.November 11 · 7 sourcesMount Rainier heads into winter without timed-entry reservationsThe park dropped its reservation system for 2026, upgraded its lahar warning network, and the first heavy snow has reached the North Cascades.November 11 · 2 sources
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Pacific Northwest

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Washington's first hybrid ferry cuts its fuel burn 13 percent in a yearThe converted Wenatchee saved about $1 million in fuel as riders returned, steel was cut on the Wishkah and a third new boat moved ahead.November 11 · 8 sourcesBainbridge sets two hearings before its 20-year growth plan goes to a voteIslanders can speak Nov. 24 and Dec. 8 on the Comprehensive Plan and the Winslow plan. The council votes Dec. 8.November 12 · 2 sourcesA Southworth berth would save Kitsap's fast ferry $1.6 million a yearThe boat now runs to Bremerton four times a day just to tie up. The fix waits on a state terminal rebuild due by 2031.November 12 · 2 sourcesWinslow's holiday calendar opens Saturday with the Cove art marketThe Cove Holiday Art Market is Saturday, a free talk on Chicano art is Sunday at the museum, and the Town Square tree is lit Nov. 28.November 12 · 2 sourcesBainbridge gets its last permit for the Winslow Way ferry-lane fixCrews start Nov. 16 on four nights of work removing the right turn lane and adding bike markings at Olympic Drive.November 11 · 2 sources
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The Arts

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Puget Sound's fall art season is made by handPlaster casts of real people at SAM, basketry at the Frye, school ofrendas at BIMA and Stephens House work on Winslow Way.November 11 · 8 sourcesWinslow Way hangs 31 works that skip acrylic on purposeJG Art Gallery's Beyond Paint runs through Dec. 3, BIMA opens two winter shows Nov. 21, and BARN hosts a writers' conference Nov. 13 to 15.November 11 · 3 sourcesThe Frye is the last stop for a century of Indigenous artAn Indigenous Present, with 15 artists and work spanning 100 years, is on view on First Hill through Feb. 14, 2027, next to My Body Is a Basket. Admission is free.November 11 · 2 sourcesBainbridge Island Film Festival opens its fourth year Nov. 12More than 36 screenings and events run through Nov. 15 at the Lynwood and Bainbridge Cinemas, $12 on every date, with an award-winning documentary on opening night.November 11 · 2 sources
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Sports

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Three Kitsap teams win their state openers in five daysBainbridge girls soccer rallied past Lindbergh 6-2, Olympic shut out Foster 46-0 and North Kitsap beat East Valley 29-6.November 11 · 3 sourcesBainbridge senior Ryan Dodge wins the 2A boys state cross-country titleDodge won by more than 16 seconds in Pasco, and two Kingston runners set marks of their own.November 11 · 3 sourcesSeahawks hold Arizona to a field goal and win 17-3 at Lumen FieldTight end AJ Barner scored both Seattle touchdowns, the offense did not turn the ball over, and the Seahawks are 5-4.November 12 · 2 sourcesBeniers wins it in overtime as Seattle Kraken edge Calgary 2-1The winner came 55 seconds into the extra period, 25 saves from Joey Daccord and a debut for Matthew Wood at Climate Pledge Arena.November 11 · 2 sourcesBainbridge girls swim team wins its district title by nearly 400 pointsThe team swims next at the state championships in Federal Way on Nov. 13 and 14.November 11 · 2 sources
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Local Cuisine

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Seattle's fall restaurant class is counters, markets and food hallsNolu Hall split one Purple into three concepts on one counter, Bar Dojo moved into the art museum, GoodMart is a seafood market with a counter, and the next wave includes a Pike Place cafe and a Bellevue food hall.November 11 · 9 sourcesSeattle's next kitchens serve dumplings, Afghan and Egyptian foodCheng's Dumplings and Noodle Co. is coming to Yesler Terrace, Shah's Kitchen has opened in the Chinatown-International District, and Cairo and Pearl Diver are due in Ballard and on Capitol Hill.November 11 · 3 sources
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Dance

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Pacific Northwest Ballet premieres Kyle Davis's The Raven in Ghost Stories at McCaw HallThe four-work program runs through Nov. 15 and brings back Balanchine's La Sonnambula after almost 20 years.November 11 · 3 sourcesSeattle's Out There festival pairs a local choreographer with a visiting oneVelocity Dance Center's second-year experimental festival opened Oct. 1 at 12th Ave Arts with Akoiya Harris of Seattle and Jay Carlon of Los Angeles, both working in tulle.November 11 · 2 sourcesThirteen choreographers open eXit SPACE's season with five-minute works at LAUNCH 2026 in SeattleThe Oct. 23 to 25 run at the Erickson Theatre gave each artist one rule, and every ticket dollar went to the studio's artist programs.November 11 · 2 sources