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Whidbey News-Times ad rep Sarah Felger packs up for the move to offices in Coupeville. The newspaper’s new office should be open for business next Wednesday. The South Whidbey Record staff will share the space.

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Newspaper staffs move to Coupeville Wednesday

The Whidbey News-Times and South Whidbey Record will move into new, shared office space in Coupeville on Wednesday,…

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Panel to scrutinize Island County budget

Two former county commissioners are among the members of a citizen financial review committee charged with scrutinizing Island…

The 664 acres of the irregularly shaped Trillium property is located on South Whidbey

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Whidbey Camano Land Trust challenge: $4.2 million by June 10

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust is attempting what is probably the biggest fundraiser in Whidbey history in order…

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Parks tops list of Island County planning priorities

Updating Island County’s parks plan will be the planning commission’s highest priority task this year under the preliminary…

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Oak Harbor man had a plan in abusing women, court rules

The Washington state Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction last week of an Oak Harbor man who raped…

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Marine alleged to have violated court order 106 times

A 24-year-old Marine sergeant stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station is accused of violating a court order…

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Child rape included threat with gun

A 27-year-old Coupeville man was recently sent to prison for having sex with an underaged girl, pointing a…

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Census forms lead to more grant money for Island County

Ten years ago, only 59 percent of residents of Island County filled out their census forms, which means…

Island County Animal Control Officer Carol Barnes gets some affection from Tessa

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Owner abandons lovable pit bull in Oak Harbor

Island County’s animal control officer is looking for information about a female pit bull that was apparently abandoned…

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Unsolved murder of Deborah Palmer will be on “Washington’s Most Wanted”

Washington's Most Wanted, the Q13 FOX TV program, is airing a story on the unsolved murder of Deborah…

Deborah Palmer

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Oak Harbor police renew search for Deborah Palmer’s killer

Island County Coroner Robert Bishop cradled the child’s lifeless, covered body in his lap as the tiny helicopter…

Madeline Palmer and her son

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Mother of Deborah Palmer holds out hope that closure nears

It’s been 13 years, but Madeline Palmer still has to force herself to look away when she walks…

A meth-contaminated Honda Civic that Oak Harbor police seized from a suspected drug dealer was crushed at Christian’s Auto Thursday.

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Meth car suffers crushing experience

A methamphetamine-contaminated car that Oak Harbor police seized in a drug bust last December was turned into a…