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Bremerton’s Tabatha Collins now owns a Guinness record for ultramarathons in one year

Courtesy of Kitsap Sun - BREMERTON – This record run was for Todd. Her brother’s overdose, Tabatha Collins notes, wasn’t widely known. He wasn’t famous. His body was found in a field. He’d had extreme problems with alcohol and struggled with mental health issues. She believes he had undiagnosed bipolar disorder. “I’m the one that remembers him,” said Collins, a Bremerton resident. “He’s not the type of person who died and [...]

Kitsap Mental Health Teams Offer Intensive Services For Families

Courtesy of Kitsap Sun - A former Doctors Clinic urgent care center off Highway 303 has been transformed into a hub where families of young people struggling with mental health challenges can find help. Kitsap Mental Health Services, which bought the East Bremerton property a year ago for $1.7 million, relocated its Wraparound with Intensive Services (or WISe) teams to the Bentley Drive building in February. Part of a voluntary, statewide program, [...]