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Public Health ailing from uncertain funding

Island County’s Public Health Department is suffering from symptoms that seem to be part of a statewide condition…

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NAS Security Spruces up City Street

Through the City of Oak Harbor Solid Waste, 11 Security Department volunteers from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station…

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OLF training for the week of June 15

Field Carrier Landing Practice (FLCP) operations for aircraft stationed at NAS Whidbey Island are scheduled at the Outlying…

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Whidbey remembers the Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway, fought over and near the tiny U.S. mid-Pacific base at Midway atoll, represents the…

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Navy to stage aerial demonstrations June 13

Several Navy aircraft will participate in aerial demonstrations off the Navy aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz in the Strait…

Money stamped with anti-Navy rhetoric is being distributed in the community. Citizen groups that have been critical of the Navy say they are not responsible.

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Defaced bills appearing in Oak Harbor

No one is taking credit — or blame — for money stamped with anti-military messages being circulated in…

Midway Barber Shop owner David Cleary cuts the hair of long-time client Frances Hughes.  The shop has been under the Cleary family’s ownership for 25 years.

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Midway barber cuts through the competition for 25 years

Frances Hughes has been getting his hair cut at Midway Barber Shop for 29 years. He said he…

COER member Ken Pickard and other residents take an impromptu vote showing they want the Navy's Outlying Field Coupeville closed. The vote interrupted a campaign event for Congressman Rick Larsen.

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Anti-noise group upstages Larsen at campaign event

A Coupeville-based group interrupted a campaign kickoff event for Congressman Rick Larsen Tuesday by demanding he address the…

A P-8A Poseidon parks at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station during a visit last year. The base will receive 42 Poseidons starting in 2016.

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Whidbey to get 6 P-8A squadrons

The Navy announced it will be basing six P-8A Poseidon squadrons at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station at…

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Island County honors its fallen in Memorial Day events | Slideshow

Residents from all over Whidbey and Camano islands gathered in Coupeville Saturday, May 24 to celebrate and honor…

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Inspector General confirms “serious issues” with VA patient scheduling

Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan D. Gibson announced June 5 actions taken to address the recommendations outlined…

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Marines investigating California jet crash

Marines are using heavy equipment to clear the debris and wreckage caused when a military jet crashed into…

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NAS Whidbey to get six P-8A squadrons

The Navy has decided to base six P-8A squadrons at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station at the close…