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Melissa Mitchell hopes to win a new adapted van. She works for a North Whidbey nonprofit training service dogs.

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Friends rally to win van for disabled Whidbey woman

Melissa Mitchell's friends and family are rallying to give her a chance to win an adapted van, courtesy…

Whidbey Island videographer Rafael Guzman is asking for photo submissions for a new project.

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Photos sought for Whidbey Island vid project

Local video production guru Rafael Guzman of Oak Harbor wants to feature your photos in a special Whidbey…

Assisted here by Traci Cellona of Service Alternatives

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Russell’s day: Disabled man turns his love of walking into a source of income

Russell Carey, 28, could walk all day. He’s a client of Service Alternatives, an organization that helps people…

Anti-jet-noise activists hold signs at the Island County Board of Health meeting Tuesday.

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COER returns to Health Board: Commissioner, health officer spar over jet noise effects

Activists concerned about Navy jet noise decided they weren’t done grilling the Island County Board of Health.

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Hit-and-run driver strikes boy on bike

He was waiting to cross at the intersection of Heller Road and Crosby at around 5:30 p.m. He…

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Public Works presents Family Fun Day

The public can see big rigs, get free treats and check out the construction site of the new…

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Oak Harbor Elementary briefly in lockdown today after parent became agitated

Oak Harbor Elementary briefly in lockdown after parent becomes agitated

Anti-jet-noise activists hold signs at the Island County Board of Health meeting Tuesday.

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Jet-noise foes confront the county Board of Health again

Activists concerned about Navy jet noise decided they weren't done grilling the Island County Board of Health. Members…

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Fossil fuels protest in Skagit County ends with 52 arrests

People living on North Whidbey worried that a planned protest of Skagit County refineries this past weekend would…

Air contamination problems are being reported in the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-18G Growler.

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Lawmaker pushing for review of EA-18G Growler air systems

Aviators who fly the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-18G Growler are reporting problems with air contamination as well as…

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District: Schools’ drinking water lead-free

Oak Harbor School District drinking water does not contain lead.

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Big bird causes bit of flap in base housing

Some Navy families in the Capehart Housing at Crescent Harbor saw quite a sight Tuesday when an emu…

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Hospital board president tenders resignation

Anne Tarrant, the president of the Whidbey Island Public Hospital District Board, handed in her letter of resignation…