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    Articles by Jessie Stensland
    Homola leads, hand count next
    Homola leads, hand count next
    By Jessie Stensland • November 14, 2008 7:55 pm

    With vote counting nearing an end, there is still no official winner in a remarkably tight race for a seat on the Island County Board of Commissioners.

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    Board sides with county on APZ issue
    Board sides with county on APZ issue
    By Jessie Stensland • November 14, 2008 7:49 pm

    Island County officials won an important victory in a battle over zoning around Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, but the land-use war may not be won.

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    ‘Lord Sparta’ gets jail term
    ‘Lord Sparta’ gets jail term
    By Jessie Stensland • November 14, 2008 4:45 pm

    A 23-year-old Oak Harbor man was jailed for sending weirdly threatening messages, which he signed “Lord Sparta,” to his ex-girlfriend and her roommate.

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    Cocaine dealer steals past prosecutor’s credit card
    Cocaine dealer steals past prosecutor’s credit card
    By Jessie Stensland • November 14, 2008 4:44 pm

    A 30-year-old Oak Harbor resident is going to prison for dealing cocaine and using the credit card of a former deputy prosecutor.

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    30 Island County employees could be axed
    30 Island County employees could be axed
    By Jessie Stensland • November 11, 2008 8:54 pm

    Some Island County department heads were surprised, even outraged, to discover that next year’s budget projection is in the red by $2 million and that 30 jobs cuts have been proposed by county commissioners.
    “It’s looking pretty challenging for Island County,” Island County Commissioner John Dean said. “It’s less than surrounding counties, but we’re a little smaller, so it’s pretty significant for us.”

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    Local man jailed for door kicking
    Local man jailed for door kicking
    By Jessie Stensland • November 11, 2008 7:58 pm

    A 28-year-old Oak Harbor man is in jail for kicking open his ex-girlfriend’s door early in the morning on Aug. 10.
    Renante Delfinado pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Nov. 3 to malicious mischief in the third degree with domestic violence and criminal trespassing in the first degree.

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    Islanders celebrate ‘Obama time’
    By Jessie Stensland • November 7, 2008 3:53 pm

    Array

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    Homola, Knue barely hanging on
    Homola, Knue barely hanging on
    By Jessie Stensland • November 7, 2008 6:51 pm

    Ballot counts are so close in two elections affecting Island County that candidates’ fingernails have reason to be afraid. Very…

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    Fran and Joyce Einterz own the historic Jenne Farm in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve. They farm the land and have preserved the 100-year-old structures.
    Central Whidbey celebrates 30 years of Ebey’s Reserve
    By Jessie Stensland • November 5, 2008 8:44 am

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    Democratic women take over Island County
    Democratic women take over Island County
    By Jessie Stensland • November 5, 2008 11:40 am

    It looks like history was made in Island County on election day with two big upsets. In a county that’s…

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    It’s all over but the voting
    It’s all over but the voting
    By Jessie Stensland • October 31, 2008 3:36 pm

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    Oak Harbor police officer charged with theft for allegedly lying on timecards
    Oak Harbor police officer charged with theft for...
    By Jessie Stensland • October 29, 2008 9:21 pm

    A long-serving Oak Harbor police officer is facing a felony charge that could spell the end to his career. Island…

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    Whidbey: Find a sex offender before Halloween
    Whidbey: Find a sex offender before Halloween
    By Jessie Stensland • October 28, 2008 8:17 pm

    Just in time for trick or treating, Island County Sheriff Mark Brown announced the launch of a new Web site for monitoring registered sex offenders in the community.

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