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Island Transit narrows new director choices

Mike Nortier, the former commanding officer at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, is one of three finalists for…

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Moonlighting: Sailor finds success with video production company

By Debra Vaughn By day, Rafael Guzman is a sailor stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. When…

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Navy League welcomes new president

By Debra Vaughn  The Oak Harbor Area Council of the Navy League has a new president. Retired U.S.…

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Military flyers invited to swap stories over lunch

By Kari Bray Herald Writer CAMANO ISLAND — Bob Blank is rallying veterans who have taken to the…

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Society offers loans, grants to sailors, Marines

By Debra Vaughn Most sailors earn enough in pay and allowances to get by, but it doesn’t take…

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Contaminated water at Camp Lejeune linked to diseases

By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer EVERETT — After enlisting in the Marines in 1979, Doug Jones spent time…

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Club names teen military youth of year

By Debra Vaughn Oak Harbor High School junior Ashley Serna is the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Boys…

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VA makes changes to Veterans Choice Program

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a number of changes to make participation in the Veterans Choice Program…

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VA and PenFed Foundation unite to prevent veteran homelessness

The Department of Veterans Affairs is teaming up with the Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation, or PenFed Foundation,…

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War stories and coffee

By Ron Newberry As the clock approaches 9, they begin showing up at a long table in the…

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Island County Auditor concerned about discrepencies in ballot deliveries

Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider believes that scant or nonexistent mail delivery on Tuesday, coupled with the general…

Workers set the last sheet pile for the new sewage treatment plant last Monday.

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Oak Harbor sewer rates may double by year 2021

Sewer rates for Oak Harbor residents may more than double over the next five years according to a…

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Inspectors looking into alleged assault of Oak Harbor mail carrier

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is looking for witnesses to an alleged assault of a mail carrier in…