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Oak Harbor police served a search warrant on a NE Fourth Avenue home Saturday morning. The house has been the source of complaints from neighbors upset about noise and traffic.

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‘Sting’ finds 14 living in Oak Harbor house, 7 arrested

Oak Harbor police conducted a drug sting operation early Saturday morning at a house that has been the…

Robert 'Al' Baker appeared in court Monday with attorney Peter Simpson. Baker is charged with killing his wife

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Greenbank man charged with first-degree murder in death of his wife

The Island County Prosecutor's Office charged 61-year-old Greenbank resident Robert "Al" Baker Wednesday with first-degree murder, a domestic-violence…

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Six seek Whidbey General Hospital board position

Whidbey General Hospital commissioners are scheduled to interview and choose a new commissioner the morning of Friday, June…

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Sales tax recommended to support Island County law and justice

A group of citizens, government officials and cops is recommending that Island County commissioners ask voters to increase…

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Mayor and Oak Harbor City Council clash over personnel changes

A power struggle between Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley and the City Council played out during the Tuesday…

Mel Vance wore his hat to the meeting

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Proposed hat ban squelched in a 2-4 Oak Harbor City Council vote

There were no TV cameras and no sombreros at Oak Harbor City Hall Thursday night as the council…

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Oak Harbor man may face prison for knifing stepfather

A 35-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of stabbing his stepfather in the chest with a kitchen knife…

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Sex assault victim gets $1.5 million in Oak Harbor pool lawsuit

A past member of the Aquajets swim team who was sexually assaulted by a former swim coach in…

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Bath salts linked to bizarre Camano Island crime

The bizarre and gruesome case of a naked man who ate the face off of a homeless man…

Detective Laura Price discusses the habits of sexual predators during a forum in Oak Harbor last week. Community Corrections Officer Lisa Lee

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How to protect your children from predators

During a special community meeting last Thursday night, four of the people who deal directly with sex offenders…

Oak Harbor City Attorney Bill Hawkin is out as changes continue at City Hall under the reign of Mayor Scott Dudley.

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More turmoil at Oak Harbor City Hall

Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley returned to work this week after donating a kidney and promptly fired the…

A pair of Canada geese and their three goslings are among those marked for death as they graze on a Honeymoon Lake lawn early Thursday morning. The killing has been approved by a federal agency

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Effort mounts to save geese on Honeymoon Lake

Plans to kill a few geese and goslings that annoy some residents of a Greenbank lake community have…

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Homeless sex offender burgles Oak Harbor businesses

A 24-year-old homeless man and registered sex offender was recently sent to jail for burglarizing buildings in Oak…