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Trillium closure delayed; Land Trust officials say deal is still imminent

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust had been hoping to make history today by becoming the new owner of…

Pete Sill

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America’s heroes honored in motorcycle rumble

America’s prisoners of war and missing in action were honored and remembered in Oak Harbor last week by…

Orcas swim in Mutiny Bay in December of 2009 near the U.S. Navy’s Northwest Training Range Complex. The Navy is hoping to increase its activities in the area

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Navy plans complete, foes fear for whales

Whidbey environmental groups are ramping up for their last charge at the U.S. Navy’s proposal to increase operations…

Workers patch a broken sewer outfall shortly after it burst this past May. Oak Harbor city staff have since decided to turn off the outfall permanently and shuttle the water to its lagoon facility on the Seaplane Base.

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Oak Harbor moves forward with sewer outfall fix

A decision to reroute treated effluent to its lagoon facility on the Seaplane Base will solve Oak Harbor’s…

Two firefighters from the Oak Harbor Fire Department begin attacking a car fire that broke out in front of Safeway Friday

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Fire claims car in Oak Harbor Safeway parking lot

Shoppers at Safeway in Oak Harbor got more than they bargained for Friday evening when a vehicle caught…

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Waterfront trail head project moves forward

Construction of what’s being hailed as the centerpiece of Oak Harbor’s waterfront trail system may soon begin.

Island County Historical Society Museum Director Rick Casetellano holds up a wooly mammoth bone. The museum will be hosting its seventh annual Mammoth Day in Coupeville this Saturday

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Whidbey mammoths return in museum event

After an absence of about 12,000 years, one of the world's most famous but extinct herbivore species will…

A Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue firefighter wraps up after a motor home fire in Greenbank Wednesday morning.

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Whidbey man loses all but dog in battle against trailer fire

A Whidbey Island resident is without house or home following a Wednesday morning fire that consumed his car…

The Phelps family

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Oak Harbor 3 year old battles brain cancer

A little more than one year ago, the lives of one Oak Harbor family changed forever. Ben and…

Oak Harbor City Councilman Scott Dudley restates allegations that fellow Councilman Bob Severns (center) should have recused himself from votes concerning SE Pioneer Way while Councilman Rick Almberg listens.

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Oak Harbor council moves to secure $1 million Island County grant

The Oak Harbor City Council has taken its final steps to secure a $1 million county grant for…

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Oak Harbor City Council eyes years of utility rate increases

Living in Oak Harbor may soon become more expensive as the Oak Harbor City Council is set to…

Coupeville Deputy Marshal Jim Covert examines a small dinghy found mostly submerged in the waters between Camano and Whidbey Islands. The discovery resulted in at least five emergency response boats searching the area for a person in the water.

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Sunken dinghy sparks emergency search between Whidbey and Camano islands

Local and federal emergency responders scoured the waters between Camano and Whidbey Islands Tuesday morning following the discovery…

Cmdr. Johnny Miller

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Reservists get sun and spotlight at Oak Harbor picnic

Hundreds turned out for the ninth annual Military Appreciation Picnic at Windjammer Park in Oak Harbor.