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Oak Harbor Memorial Day to be held in person this year

Veterans will be honored during a Memorial Day service May 31 at Maple Leaf Cemetery in Oak Harbor.

Photo courtesy Whidbey Island Grown Cooperative

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Eat local this Memorial Day weekend

The Whidbey Island Grown Cooperative is encouraging people to eat locally this Memorial Day weekend.

The new interpretive panels that explain the story of the former World War I era Army post have been installed in recent months at Fort Casey State Park near Coupeville. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Fort Casey’s ‘Big Guns’ get a facelift

The two “Big Guns” at Fort Casey Historical State Park are undergoing a major makeover for the first…

Oak Harbor High School seniors James Hart, left, and Lawrence Zapanta, right, with ret. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Vincent Quidachay, after they learned they had earned ROTC college scholarships. Photo by Oak Harbor Public Schools

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Two Oak Harbor High School seniors earn ROTC scholarships

Two Oak Harbor High School seniors with the goals of a military career received major scholarships to college.

Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
Capt. Matthew Arny, middle, and his wife Samar greet first lady Jill Biden during her visit in March. Arny told Oak Harbor City Council members he will be leaving Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in July.

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NAS Whidbey Commander to retire in July

Capt. Matthew Arny’s change of command ceremony will be on July 9. He got the top job in…

The city of Oak Harbor plans to do a public survey about the “Angel de la Creatividad” sculpture, a 37-foot-tall modern depiction of an angel, and its proposed location at Windjammer Park in early June. Rendering provided.

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Public survey about ‘Angel’ sculpture coming in June

City council members discussed the idea of a public survey at Tuesday night’s meeting along with other updates…

Two Oak Harbor residents were injured when one driver suffered a medical episode and crashed head-on into a pickup truck. The woman was airlifted to the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett and the driver of the pickup was taken to Island Hospital in Anacortes. (Photo provided by Washington State Patrol)

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Oak Harbor woman airlifted following car crash near bridge

The woman was airlifted following a medical episode that caused her to crash head-on into an oncoming car.

Photo courtesy Preston Howard
Scouts BSA Troop 4058 and Coupeville Cub Scout Pack 4058 collected over 1,000 items of food from the community to donate to the Gifts from the Heart Food Bank in Coupeville.

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Scouts donate 1,000 items to food bank

A Coupeville food bank was the recipient of a sizable donation after 25 Scouts BSA members collected more…

Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
Seniors Anthony Pierzchala, right, and Charlie Dubois working with junior Eric Lindsey, back left, during teacher Chris Whiteman’s advanced engineering class. Someone stole $1,000 worth of tools from the program earlier this month.
Seniors Anthony Pierzchala, right, and Charlie Dubois working with junior Eric Lindsey, back left, work on projects during teacher Chris Whiteman’s advanced engineering class. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times

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Community steps up to replace stolen tools

School officials expressed thanks to those who donated.

Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
Chopped garlic and parsley and salt and spot shrimp in 2020.

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Shrimping season opens in waters off Whidbey

All shrimp species are open to harvest on Wednesday, May 19 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in…

Synnove Svendsen and her boyfriend Landon Pohlman pose for a picture at a prom hosted in her family’s backyard last Saturday. (Photos by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times)

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A Year to Remember….

… and an unforgettable prom

Lt. j.g. William McIlvaine, left, celebrates after graduating from flight school. McIlvaine’s uncle has donated a monument in his nephew’s honor after he was killed in 2013. Photo courtesy Phelps McIlvaine

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Windjammer new home for Prowler crash memorial

Phelps McIlvaine donated the monument to the city in honor of his nephew, who died in a plane…

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Interest in virtual classes expected to persist

Enrollment in Oak Harbor Virtual Academy, the school district’s asynchronous virtual learning model, is expected to stay fairly…