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Attorney Mark Theune listens during a 2008 hearing taking place in Island County Superior Court. Theune died Monday in a diving accident in Michigan.

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Diving accident in Michigan claims Oak Harbor attorney

A longtime Oak Harbor attorney was killed in a diving accident in northern Lake Michigan Monday. Mark Theune,…

Archaeologists work behind an enclosure on SE Pioneer Way in Oak Harbor. The remains of three more Native American's were identified by state officials this week

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Corrected: More Native American remains found in Oak Harbor; total count rises to 7

State experts have identified the remains of at least three more Native Americans under SE Pioneer Way in…

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Bailey, Smith take salary cut; Haugen to retain her ‘fair’ pay

Washington lawmakers approved 3 percent pay cuts for most state workers earlier this year but it appears only…

Newly appointed Oak Harbor Arts Commission member Peggy Darst Townsdin holds up a copy of the Whidbey News-Times during a Monday meeting at City Hall. She and local artist Wayne Lewis (center) are proposing a bronze sculpture to honor the city’s pre-settler past. Oak Harbor Administrative Assistant Karen Crouch is in the background.

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Proposed sculpture runs into ‘Stumbly Ducklings’

The vision is clear but the future of the bronze Native American man being proposed for downtown Oak…

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Oak Harbor pays $30,000 to solve Erie Street flooding

Flooding at a major intersection in Oak Harbor that has been a headache for years may soon be…

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Oak Harbor’s bone costs add up

The discovery of Native American remains on SE Pioneer Way in Oak Harbor will cost taxpayers at least…

Oak Harbor artist Wayne Lewis works on a bronze sculpture of a Native American man who

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Statue proposed as tribal tribute in Oak Harbor

A grass roots effort has begun to honor Native Americans and Oak Harbor’s newly rediscovered pre-contact heritage. Amateur…

Oak Harbor City Council hopeful Paul Brewer responds to a question during the League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island’s primary forum at Skagit Valley College Thursday. Beside him from the left are fellow candidates Tara Hizon

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‘Gadfly’ vs. Oak Harbor’s establishment

“You like being known as a gadfly, an irritating fly or annoying person who provokes others into action…

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Construction policy challenged as ferry fares rise

A proposal to hike ferry fares was the focus of a community meeting in Coupeville Tuesday, July 26,…

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Oak Harbor sewer plant could cost $100 million

The cost of building a new wastewater treatment plant in Oak Harbor could top $100 million, according to…

Mercy Speth

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Oak Harbor’s Pioneer Way dig permit ends project halt

Oak Harbor received good news this week when it learned that state regulators had green lighted archeological work…

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Third Oak Harbor site reveals no human bones

An anonymous tip that sparked a state investigator to begin investigating an alleged third Native American bone site…

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Third bone site in Oak Harbor acknowledged, city cleared of wrongdoing | UPDATE

State state regulators have begun an investigation this week into a third site that might contain Native American…