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Layoffs worry Island County workers
The Island County Commissioners are not going to target senior employees or union members for layoffs. They aren’t…
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Kenmore quits its Oak Harbor flights
Kenmore Air will stop flying out of the Oak Harbor Airport at the beginning of next year and…
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Keen-eyed proofreader turns 100
The Whidbey News-Times has a professional proofreader who’s cute as a button, quick with a retort and beloved…
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Homola leads, hand count next
With vote counting nearing an end, there is still no official winner in a remarkably tight race for…
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Board sides with county on APZ issue
Island County officials won an important victory in a battle over zoning around Whidbey Island Naval Air Station,…
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‘Lord Sparta’ gets jail term
A 23-year-old Oak Harbor man was jailed for sending weirdly threatening messages, which he signed “Lord Sparta,” to…
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Cocaine dealer steals past prosecutor’s credit card
A 30-year-old Oak Harbor resident is going to prison for dealing cocaine and using the credit card of…
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30 Island County employees could be axed
Some Island County department heads were surprised, even outraged, to discover that next year’s budget projection is in…
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Local man jailed for door kicking
A 28-year-old Oak Harbor man is in jail for kicking open his ex-girlfriend’s door early in the morning…
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Homola, Knue barely hanging on
Ballot counts are so close in two elections affecting Island County that candidates’ fingernails have reason to be…
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Democratic women take over Island County
It looks like history was made in Island County on election day with two big upsets. In a…