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Hospital Commissioner Anne Tarrant chats with Commissioner Ron Wallin before Monday’s Whidbey General Hospital Board meeting alongside commissioners Roger Case and Paul Zaveruha. The commissioners unanimously approved running a $50 million expansion bond that will go before voters May 17.

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Whidbey General Hospital officials makes $50 million bond vote official

eaders will have less than two months to persuade the public to sign off on a bond to…

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Public missing at hospital bond forum in Oak Harbor

North Whidbey residents flubbed a chance to ask hard questions about an upcoming bond needed to fund expansion…

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Langley official helps Coupeville

Following an abrupt retirement, the town of Coupeville looked to its neighbor down south to temporarily fill a…

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Electrical problem knocks out Chetzemoka Tuesday night

People traveling to and from Port Townsend found themselves driving the long way around Tuesday night as an…

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Delays hamper North Whidbey’s fire district projects

North Whidbey firefighters are showing frustration with the perceived lack of progress on several construction projects. Leaders at…

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Price tag soars for Whidbey General Hospital violations

Whidbey General Hospital’s violations of a federal law will cost millions of dollars. The publicly owned hospital had…

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Coast Guard rescue swimmer helps save sailors at Deception Pass

Personnel from three agencies helped rescue a couple of stranded boaters from the rough waters of Deception Pass…

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College students assist Habitat with two-story homes on Whidbey

Students from three colleges will help build homes near Oak Harbor in March for two low-income families. The…

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Lower values increase Whidbey General Hospital bond rate

After spending several months promoting a bond proposal to fund an expansion, Whidbey General Hospital officials find themselves…

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Coupeville earmarks $3,800 for trees

The town of Coupeville will spend several thousand dollars this spring on new trees that will be planted…

Despite the rainy weather that plagued many Saturday markets

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Coupeville Farmers Market harvests greenbacks in 2010

One thing unaffected by the Great Recession is the Coupeville Farmers Market. The amount of sales made at…

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Ferry reforms proposed in Olympia

A bipartisan group of state legislators introduced a series of bills this week aimed at making the beleaguered…

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Critics say proposed Ebey’s Landing regulations vague

Despite years of work to streamline design regulations within Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve, there are a number…