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Penn Cove precinct edges into District 1
A total of 546 Island County residents within the Penn Cove precinct will be moved to another commissioner…
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Whidbey General Hospital transcriptionists dispute outsourcing pay
Whidbey General Hospital commissioners indicated that they were satisfied with a decision to outsource 10 transcriptionist positions. During…
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Whidbey General Hospital leaders scuttle February bond election
Whidbey General Hospital officials have decided to hold off on sending another bond proposal to voters. At a…
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Funding found for turn lane at Highway 20 danger spot
After at least 10 years of effort, officials from the Washington State Department of Transportation and Island County…
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Flaming toilet paper spreads, boy arrested
A 12-year-old Oak Harbor boy is in trouble for starting a fire that spread from a port-a-potty to…
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Weather warms up, brush catches fire on North Whidbey
Fireman Ray Merrill hopes that a five-acre brush fire on North Whidbey will remind people that there’s a…
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Jury tells senator’s husband to pay $50,000 for ‘battery’ in sex suit
A jury in a civil trial found that a state senator's husband battered his wife's former campaign manager…
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Big turnout urged for 9/11 ceremony
Whidbey Island residents will get the chance to commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and show their support…
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Oak Harbor man faces life for raping young girls
A 63-year-old Oak Harbor man who raped two young girls will likely spend the rest of his life…
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Whidbey General workers upset as jobs outsourced | Corrected
Ten employees at Whidbey General Hospital are being outsourced this fall in a move that’s estimated to save…
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Whidbey dermatologist held on $75,000 bail | Update
A judge set bail for Dr. Donald "Russell" Johnson at $75,000 during a preliminary hearing in Island County…
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Whidbey skin doctor is in custody for alleged domestic assault
A Whidbey Island dermatologist who was on the run from the law after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend is…
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Whidbey skin doctor now wanted for assault
Investigators with the Island County Sheriff’s Office are asking the public for help locating a dermatologist who allegedly…