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Head WGH nurse charged with assault

Prosecutors charged the chief nursing officer at Whidbey General Hospital last week with assaulting a patient.

A fire on the Fourth of July caused extensive damage  to a house in Oak Harbor. Nobody was injured in the blaze.

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Five homeless, none injured in Oak Harbor fire on Fourth of July

Nobody was injured in a fire that left five people in Oak Harbor homeless on the Fourth of…

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City to discuss sewer plans at meeting tonight

Will Oak Harbor lose any of its most valuable park land to a new sewage treatment plant?

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Whidbey General Hospital head nurse charged in alleged assault

Prosecutors charged the chief nursing officer at Whidbey General Hospital last week with assaulting a patient.

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Oak Harbor department heads plead for new hires

Oak Harbor’s police chief wants five additional officers, the fire chief wants four new firefighters and the city…

Deer in the spotlight: A questionnaire sent out this week by graduate student Rob Wingard aims to determine what Whidbey residents think of the heavy population of deer on the island. Results may help the state in deciding how to deal with the growing deer population.

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Oh deer! | Survey may steer how state handles deer population

While walking home from the Coupeville Post Office earlier this month, Theresa Carr was attacked by a deer.

A painting company van went off the road Thursday.

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Two rollover crashes reported Thursday | Three injured in Coupeville accidents

Three people were transported to the hospital and one man was seriously injured in two separate rollover accidents…

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Oak Harbor woman charged with vehicular homicide June 17

An Oak Harbor woman faces a vehicular homicide charge after a woman she hit died from blood clots…

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North Whidbey suspect charged with rape

A rape suspect who was caught hiding on North Whidbey June 14 after a brief manhunt has been…

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Former Coupeville deputy marshal guilty of disorderly conduct

Former Coupeville deputy marshal Hodges Gowdey said accusations that he handcuffed his former girlfriend during a roadside squabble…

Anacortes resident Marty Corey rides an Island Transit bus Friday morning. He relies on the transportation to get to his job in Coupeville

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Bracing for cuts in Island Transit funding

If it wasn’t for Island Transit, Marty Corey might be out of a job. The Anacortes resident has…

Oak Harbor resident and state representative candidate David Sponheim wears blackface and impersonates President Barack Obama in a video on his “America’s Third Party” online program. He said this week the video was satire and not meant to be offensive.

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State rep. candidate: Obama parody video required putting on blackface

Island County Democrats say they won’t support Sponheim

North Whidbey resident Darcy Zook took this photo of deputies arresting rape suspect Douglas Blackburn. He was found hiding in her year not far from her house.

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Rape suspect discovered hiding in North Whidbey woman’s yard | Audio clip

North Whidbey resident Darcy Zook got the scare of a lifetime when police caught a suspect in a…