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Smoky air makes for a brilliant sun over Oak Harbor this week. Photo by Jim Waller/Whidbey News-Times

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Smoke staying in our skies — and eyes — through the weekend

B.C. wildfires blanket Washington with’ worst’ air quality in the nation

At the Windjammer Park lagoon, Clayton Kester practices his flips. Monday afternoon, many kids (and adults) jumped from the raft and waded in the water or soaked up the sun. “I love the hot weather,” said Clayton’s mother, Jenny Kester. “When the sun’s out, we’re out.”

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Too hot? Too dry? Too bad. More is on the way.

Higher temperatures lead to stricter burn ban

How to close 80 open cases of building and other code violations is discussed by county commissioners and planning, health and human services, law enforcement and legal staff at a recent work session of Island County Board of Commissioners.

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New approaches explored for backlog of county code violations

Commissioner: ‘What we want to do is get people on a path to enforcement’

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Whidbey’s 360 area code now needed for all local calls

Western Washington joins the national trend of 10-digit dialing

Conservation Futures Funds finalize the 129-acres purchase for a bluff/tideland Barnum Point County Park on Camano Island. Photo by Benjamin Drummond Tractors working out on the 129-acres Penn Cove Farms that raises 1,600 dairy calves for western Washington dairy farms. Photo provided by Whidbey Camano Land Trust

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Conservation Futures Program to benefit forest, shores and farmland

County commissioners approve $1.1 million in tax-funded grants

Best of Whidbey Fraser’s ‘art of giving’ holds strong in daily life

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Best of Whidbey Fraser’s ‘art of giving’ holds strong in daily life

Ask Scott Fraser about his volunteerism spirit on view in Oak Harbor year round, and he’s sure to…

Newborn first patient at new hospital addition

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Newborn first patient at new hospital addition

$50 million wing passes its first week on the job

Joan Caldwell of Coupeville was honored for 30 years of service as a volunteer for CASA, organization that advocates on behalf of children who have been removed from homes because of abuse allegations. Judges and others she’s collaborated with over the years attended a reception for her at the courthouse July 12, 2017. A service award in her honor was also established that will be given out to outstanding CASA volunteer annually.

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Longtime CASA volunteer lauded for 30 years of caring

Coupeville’s Joan Caldwell “retires” from court advocacy program

Lt. Dan Band rocks NAS Whidbey

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Lt. Dan Band rocks NAS Whidbey

Before Capt. Geoffrey Moore welcomed a band playing in his backyard recently, he admitted he’d never heard their…

Going the distance to raise awareness of veteran suicide

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Going the distance to raise awareness of veteran suicide

Mike McCastle completes another “Herculean” task

Nathan Paul Trujillo appears in Island County Superior Court Monday, July 24. He pleaded not guilty to kidnapping in the first degree. Trujillo was shot and wounded by a police officer July 11 when he refused to drop a gun he allegedly used to threaten a woman.

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Trujillo pleads ‘not guilty’ in kidnapping charge

Suspect in police-involved shooting makes first appears in Superior Court

NAS Whidbey petty officer gets ‘pinned’ by Lt. Dan

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NAS Whidbey petty officer gets ‘pinned’ by Lt. Dan

Actor and military morale-booster Gary Sinise goes beyond concert appearance

Put down your phone while driving or face hefty fines

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Put down your phone while driving or face hefty fines

New state law cracks down on distracted driving