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School board president is new Oak Harbor Chamber director

The Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce announced Friday that Oak Harbor School Board president and local businesswoman Christine…

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Skywarrior squadron veterans hold reunion

Veterans of Heavy Attack Squadron Two, a former Whidbey Island Naval Air Station A-3 Skywarrior squadron, came to…

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Naval Air Station Whidbey Island recognized for quality food service

The Admiral Nimitz Hall earns a 5-Star Accreditation from commander, Naval Installations Command and Navy Region Northwest for…

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Naval Air Station Whidbey Island pins more than 70 new chief petty officers

Whidbey Island Naval Air Station held their chief petty officers pinning ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Skywarrior…

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Port says not now to WSU proposal

A plan to revamp Greenbank Farm and increase its economic viability won’t be considered by the Port of…

Barc Re-tail volunteer Richard Stroter folds a tarp last week as he assisted residents who donated items to the organization

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Barc Re-tail store helps animals, environment

A year after creation, the Barc Re-tail store, charged with taking reusable items out of the garbage stream,…

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Commissioners to decide on Langley rural event center

A rural event-center permit issued to Whidbey Wayfarer Farm in Langley is being appealed by neighbors who don’t…

Island County Commissioners Helen Price Johnson and Jill Johnson speak to the Whidbey Island League of Women Voters Thursday.

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Key issues outlined at League of Women Voters meeting

Island County residents should take on the issues that affect their community.

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POW/MIA to be honored Friday

National POW/MIA Recognition Day will be observed on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. This annual event honors prisoners of…

Whidbey Island Naval Air Station staff

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Patriots honored during Sept. 11 ceremony at NAS Whidbey

Service members, firefighters and first responders bowed their heads in silence at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Thursday…

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Retiree gives back while juggling career, education

Jennifer Marzocca retired from the Navy as a chief petty officer in 2010. Since then, she’s done anything…

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Honoring lives that were lost on 9/11

Burley Funeral Home placed nearly 3,000 flags in a nearby field Sunday to commemorate the lives lost during…

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Whidbey Environmental Action Network says it will take county to hearings board

Environmental activists say they’ll challenge Island County in the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board again if major…