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McMansion taken off menu, house preserved
The Samuel Crockett house, built on Central Whidbey circa 1890, won’t be razed or moved after all.
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Navy confirms P-8A squadrons
Four squadrons of P-8A Poseidon jets, a total of 24 aircraft, will start arriving at Whidbey Island Naval…
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Gun threat sends man to prison
A 33-year-old Oak Harbor resident agreed to go to prison for pointing a loaded handgun at his wife…
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Harasser monitored electronically
A 49-year-old Bellingham resident accused of using racial slurs and threatening a man who allegedly beat his daughter…
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Options dwindle for those in mental health crisis
The director of Island County’s Human Services department is warning of an impending “crisis in the crisis mental…
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Man charged with molesting girl, 5
An Oak Harbor man accused of molesting a 5-year-old girl recently pleaded not guilty to a felony charge,…
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Navy man found not guilty of rape
A jury returned a verdict of not guilty last week following the trial of a 25-year-old former Navy…
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Officer finds hole in man’s doughnut story
An Oak Harbor man who stole a pink box of doughnuts from Safeway is wanted on a $5,000…
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Home sellers hit with septic fee
An Island County program aimed at ensuring septic tanks don’t contaminate surface or ground water will continue even…
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Pawn shop owner charged
An Oak Harbor businessman is accused of raping a child and threatening another juvenile with a handgun, court…
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Craigslist prostitutes arrested in Oak Harbor
Five women have been arrested in what detectives are calling the first prostitution stings in Island County history.…
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Whidbey’s neo-Nazi shootout
An armed-and-dangerous neo-Nazi leader was holed up in a cabin. FBI agents, shivering in the cold rain, surrounded…
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Navy explosives unit to leave Whidbey
A Navy unit with expertise in blowing stuff up, as well as preventing stuff from blowing up, will…