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Concert makes a difference for Oak Harbor families

Oak Harbor families are in need, and an evening of good times for a good cause can help…

Sparks fly as Joel Griffith welds a metal leaf onto a wooden table he’s custom building for a couple from Canada. View his wooden bowls

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Art makes the sparks fly at Garry Oak Gallery

Their media of choice may be at opposite ends of the spectrum, but both Mike O’Connell and Joel…

Pete Berg and Richard Johnson point out the water system installed by Johnson and Maurice Aasland at the site of the new Nordic Lodge on Jacobs Road in Coupeville.

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Whidbey Island Nordic Lodge finds place to call home

A group with a heritage stretching from Sweden to Iceland finally found a place to build new traditions…

JR Russell is one of three magicians who will perform at the Whidbey Playhouse Oct. 27 to raise funds for a theater facelift.

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Magical fundraiser kicks off Whidbey Playhouse renovations

The Whidbey Playhouse needs a facelift and magical plans are under way to make it happen.

The Whidbey Playhouse cast of “Gypsy” stands with the chair they set up as part of the Julia’s Chairs movement to remember a beloved community theater stage manager.

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Whidbey Playhouse joins worldwide movement of remembrance

The Whidbey Playhouse isn’t just for play. When tragedy struck, Playhouse volunteers were quick to join an international…

James and Priscilla Croft

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Oak Harbor frozen yogurt shop offers 80 toppings and many flavors of fun

Walking into Toppins is like entering a childhood fantasy: heaps of chopped Kit Kats sit near gleaming gummy…

Dayne Herron and Sadie Strain

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Ready to rumble: Wildcats prep for Homecoming by bringing the excitement downtown

Even the weather embraced the spirit of Oak Harbor High School Homecoming as the rain let up just…

At last year’s first Homecoming Parade

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Show some spirit: Oak Harbor High School Homecoming Parade lights up downtown

It’s a party on Pioneer as Oak Harbor High School students bring the homecoming spirit downtown. The excitement…

C.J. Booth holds his first novel

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Murder is no walk in the park…except for this Oak Harbor author

IT STARTS WITH A BANG and from there, the action never stops: a 13-year-old boy and his sister’s…

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Oak Harbor Dalmation seeks votes to win Seattle’s CityDog Magazine cover contest

This spot-covered dog is in the spotlight as she competes to be on the cover of Seattle’s CityDog…

While cheering on Marti Malloy as she earned a Bronze medal for judo at the Olympic Games

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Unstoppable: Olympic medalist’s parents speak on community, spirit

Overjoyed, proud, elated — Marti Malloy’s parents certainly experienced these feelings as they watched their daughter earn a…

Koraley Orritt shows a painting created in adult oil painting classes at her new business

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Getting to the art of the matter: New Oak Harbor school helps first-time artists hone their skills

A new art school in Oak Harbor promises to transform people who can hardly draw into painters whose…

Eleven-year-old Emily Lang shares her K-Kids experiences with Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia as her mother

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‘Capitol’ Champion: Oak Harbor 11-year-old earns trip to Washington, D.C.

Emily Lang of Oak Harbor sat in the White House Press Briefing Room in a spot where presidents…