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Oak Harbor firefighters Jon Jansen and Steve McCalmont saw up a makeshift repair for Off the Hook

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Another Oak Harbor business damaged by car

A downtown bar in Oak Harbor is the latest casualty in a string of recent car-versus-building collisions on…

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Oak Harbor standing committees suspended

Oak Harbor City Council is suspending its regular scheduled standing committee meetings for the next three months. Instead,…

Spectators watch as an EA-18G Growler performs a touch-and-go at Outlying Field Coupeville. A community group opposed to jet noise is preparing to take legal action in hopes of reopening a 2005 environmental assessment.

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Anti-OLF group claiming public records victory

A Central Whidbey community group that formed last year in opposition to jet-noise at Outlying Field Coupeville is…

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Island County commissioner fined by exiting planning chief

In one of his final acts as Island County’s planning chief, Bob Pederson ordered Commissioner Kelly Emerson to…

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Committee expansion proposal baffles Oak Harbor City Council

A proposal by Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley to change the makeup of the Marina Advisory Committee is…

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North Whidbey firefighters rescue dogs from West Beach bluff

Two very lucky pooches are alive and well this week thanks to the efforts of persistent firefighters. According…

Road worker Brian Jones and Foreman James Wiaczek

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County builds access road for slide victims

Driftwood Way homes marooned by a massive landslide in Ledgewood became accessible by vehicle for the first time…

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Mosolino named to Island County futures fund board

Joseph Mosolino, owner of Windermere Real Estate South Whidbey, has been appointed to the Conservation Futures Citizens Advisory…

Bret Holmes describes waking up this morning to the sound of a massive landslide that devastated Ledgewood at about 4 a.m. Holmes has lost more than 30 feet of his yard and his house is now under threat as the bluff is still sloughing off.

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Ledgewood devastated by landslide

An enormous landslide in Ledgewood this morning has severely damaged at least one home and impacted more than…

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Island County commissioners tackle recycling at night meeting

Island County Board of Commissioners will hold its first regular nighttime meeting next month and one of the…

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Pederson paid to not sue Island County

Oak Harbor resident Karen Ekberg would like to be able to look out her back windows without seeing…

Strange orange lights that appeared over South Whidbey Saturday may also have been seen in Marysville. Katie Kinman took this photograph at the intersection of Shoultes Road from 142nd Street at 10:30 p.m.

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Marysville woman confirms South Whidbey UFO sighting

A Marysville woman has stepped forward, claiming that she too witnessed strange lights in the sky last weekend.…

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Higman appointed interim Island County planning director

Health department Director Keith Higman has been appointed Island County’s interim planning chief. Higman, who also leads the…