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Four vie for Oak Harbor City Council spot

With the mailing of primary election ballots Monday, voters can now begin narrowing down the number of candidates…

AHBL Project Manager Gabe Snedeker jots down notes while Oak Harbor resident Fred Walrath talks during a community planning meeting last Wednesday night. The meeting revolved around the city’s effort to update a document that regulates development on the shoreline.

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Oak Harbor shoreline master program to be updated

The future of shoreline development in Oak Harbor was the focus of a July 22 community planning meeting…

Emergency responders from the Coupeville Marshall's Office and Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue extricate an 11-year-old boy from a three-car pileup. The accident occurred at about 2:20 p.m. on Highway 20 and NW Broadway.

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Three hurt in Highway 20 crash

A three-car pileup near the intersection of Coupeville and Highway 20 Friday sent three people to the hospital…

Scott Vogt

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Signs still torment Oak Harbor mayor

Political signs are once again proving to be a thorn in the side of Oak Harbor Mayor Jim…

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Six tribes due at Oak Harbor bones meeting

Once archeological work begins on SE Pioneer Way and Pit Road, affected tribes may have their own experts…

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Oak Harbor tweaks restrictive campaign sign law

Oak Harbor has adopted an interim ordinance that strikes a section of city code which places time limits…

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Langley driver’s life saved on Central Whidbey

A 77-year-old Langley woman was hospitalized Thursday afternoon after her vehicle veered off a section of Highway 20…

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Oak Harbor talks shoreline tonight

How shoreline development in Oak Harbor is regulated over the next seven years will be the focus of…

Kay Coolidge

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Oak Harbor again promotes Pioneer Way businesses

After being shut down for the past two weeks, a city-funded advertising campaign to promote downtown Oak Harbor…

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Blustery weather helps trim Whidbey Marathon profits

The numbers are in and while the 2011 Whidbey Island Marathon in Oak Harbor saw a rise in…

An aerial photo shows the location of a series of improvements being proposed for Flintstone Park in Oak Harbor. The city council put the brakes on the project earlier this week.

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As hope for Oak Harbor pier fades, supporting project scuttled

A pier-less pier project proposed for Flintstone Park on Oak Harbor’s waterfront may have been permanently sunk this…

Coupeville builder Ted Clifton stands before a wall of awards. He’s now building homes so sustainable that are actually producing enough energy to power electric cars.

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Homes built by Coupeville man spit out energy to power car

On some distant day in the future, dinner will make itself as the result of some technological wonder,…

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Oak Harbor City Council candidate involved in rent dispute

A squabble between an Oak Harbor City Council candidate and two of his tenants became so heated last…