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Jim Larsen

This was the scene moments after the first firefighters arrived to fight a house fire on Anthes Avenue in Langley late Friday afternoon. The house appeared to be a total loss by 7 p.m. but a woman and her two grandchildren got out unharmed.

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Unexplained blaze destroys Langley home

Nobody may ever know the exact cause of a fire that destroyed a home in Langley late Friday…

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Suspect in Clinton stabbing turns himself in

A man suspected of stabbing another man multiple times in Clinton turned himself in at 2:15 p.m. Monday…

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Whidbey’s newest gun shop to open

If all goes as planned South Whidbey residents looking for a rifle or handgun won’t have to go…

With their summer home floating in the background in Mutiny Bay

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Issaquah family barges reservation house to new location on Mutiny Bay

One person’s loss is another’s gain, which means there was one happy family Wednesday when a barge brought…

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Corps: Nichols lacked permit to move ferry

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders launched the superstructure of the new state ferry Tokitae into the cold waters of…

This fuzzy photo of a mysterious footprint was taken near the body of a cow that died in the Maxwelton area Feb. 22. The skin from half its face had been removed.

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Muddy footprint adds to South Whidbey cow mystery

The mystery of the dead cow with the skin removed from half its face deepened this week with…

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Langley cow’s death remains a mystery this weekend

There’s a whodunnit on South Whidbey and it has nothing to do with Langley’s Mystery Weekend. This mystery…

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FEMA money available but Island County sheriff’s boat undecided

A $1 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency finally came through for the Port of South…

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Geoduck harvest returns to Whidbey Island

The geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) has a funny name and its appearance often elicits embarrassed laughter, but Washington’s biggest…

Adam Peterson displays two fine examples of geoducks caught near Langley last week. He estimated the harvest that day between 800 and 1

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Whidbey’s big clams pay big dividends for Washington state

The geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) has a funny name and its appearance often elicits embarrassed laughter, but Washington’s biggest…

Rabbi (Dave Hollett) and wife Rope Cutter (Tammy Hollett) make themselves at home in their Mountain Man tent set up for Rendezvous Days this weekend just south of Coupeville.

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Mountain men, women, rendezvous on Whidbey

People born a couple of centuries too late are making the best of it by reenacting the lives…

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Four men cited for exceeding Washington state crab limit

Four Bothell men were cited and their boat was confiscated when they were found with too many crab…

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Island County commissioner District 1 candidates face off in Clinton forum

Jeff Lauderdale put a little distance between himself, the tea party and even the Republican party in front…