Rachel Anne Seymour | Journalist | Documentary Photographer | Reporter

  • Writing
    • From temp worker to auditor, Dolores Gilmore worked her way to the top
    • Kitsap’s first legal pot store opens
    • Fire volunteers boosting departments
    • More room to play: Bainbridge’s Calico Cat Toy Shoppe keeps expanding
    • Two NK students making noise in speech competition
    • Performing arts group quietly laying foundation for center in Silverdale
    • Kitsap superfans head to Super Bowl
    • Love of teen couple killed in wreck lasted until the end
  • Photojournalism
    • Singles: Everyday Life
    • Photo Essay: Life in Osage County
    • Photo Story: Life at the Lacinas’
  • Videos
    • God, Puppies, Seahawks make kids’ “thankful” list
    • Poulsbo welcomes its new four-legged officer
    • Fire volunteers boosting departments
    • Mural a lesson in art, Suquamish culture
    • Move over Bigfoot, Brownie is in town
    • Dogs sniff out water pollution
    • Bainbridge robotics team a well-oiled machine
    • School resource officer returns to North Kitsap
    • Two NK students making noise in speech competition
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Writing Clips

From temp worker to auditor, Dolores Gilmore worked her way to the top

New Kitsap County Auditor Dolores Gilmore started at the auditor’s office 30 years ago in a temporary job through a welfare work program. (LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)

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Kitsap’s first legal pot store opens

Aaron Boyington, of Port Orchard, was the first to make a purchase Sunday morning at Crockpot, Kitsap County’s first retail marijuan store located at Bethel and Sedgwick in South Kitsap. (Steve Zugschwerdt / Special to the Kitsap Sun)

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Fire volunteers boosting departments

Trevor Stanley, a county academy instructor and firefighter with CKFR, watches area volunteers train. Instructors are working to revamp the academy after a high failure rate. (Rachel Anne Seymour / Kitsap Sun)

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More room to play: Bainbridge’s Calico Cat Toy Shoppe keeps expanding

Calico Cat Toy Shoppe on Bainbridge Island is known for being a kid-friendly store, where children can play with many of the items for sale. The shop recently expanded its main toy store. (Rachel Anne Seymour/Kitsap Sun)

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Two NK students making noise in speech competition

North Kitsap High School senior Conrad Schauer rehearses the piece he will perform at a national speech tournament in May in Nebraska. It’s the first time the team has had students compete in a speech-only national tournament. (Rachel Anne Seymour / Kitsap Sun)

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Performing arts group quietly laying foundation for center in Silverdale

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Kitsap superfans head to Super Bowl XLVIII

Super_Bowl_fans Zana Gearllach and her mother Laurie Gearllach will be attending Super XLVIII to watch the Seahawks. (Rachel Anne Seymour/Kitsap Sun)

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Love of teen couple killed in wreck lasted until the end

David Dudley, 19, and Alena Pepi, 18, died in a Mason County car wreck after being thrown from a truck bed they were riding in with a group of friends June 1. The young couple met and started dating while attending Bremerton High School two years ago. (Contributed Photo)

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