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Repentant Coupeville home invader sentenced to prison
A senseless and aborted home invasion robbery of an elderly Coupeville woman cost Quintin Raines five years of…
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Charge against Oak Harbor police officer dismissed
A felony theft charge was dismissed Monday against an Oak Harbor police officer accused of lying on his…
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Picnic puts focus on beach access
A community picnic planned for Saturday is shining a hot spotlight on an unresolved controversy over beach access…
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Central Whidbey studies takeover of parks
The fate of five Central Whidbey parks hang in the balance as leaders in both Island County and…
Life
Veteran animal control officer battles cancer
For the last quarter of a century, Carol Barnes has been a friend to creatures great and small…
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Armed robber hits Oak Harbor drugstore, arrest made
A couple of men involved in an armed hold-up of Oak Harbor's Walgreens pharmacy Sunday morning were caught…
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Knifing ruins transients’ night of pizza, beer, movie
A fight over a jacket apparently precipitated a stabbing at a covered barbecue area in Oak Harbor’s Windjammer…
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Commissioners will pay for their own rides
The Island County commissioners have found a crafty way around a clause in the state constitution that prevents…
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Car dealer jailed, faces drug charge
The owner and operator of an Oak Harbor car dealership is being held in jail on $50,000 bail…
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$9,000 in methamphetamines found in car dealer’s safe
The manager of a car dealership on Goldie Road had $9,000 worth of methamphetamine in his office safe,…
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Navy bomb unit investigates suspicious package on North Whidbey
A man in a green moon suit riding a Segway vehicle is helping to investigate suspicious packages delivered…
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County budget deficit deepens
A new budget projection by Island County officials dramatically increases revenue shortfall this year to at least $1.8…
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Ebey’s Landing, Freeland top planners’ to-do list
The Island County Planning Commission will tackle a series of high-interest issues this year that include regulations to…