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Melissa Riker, executive director of Oak Harbor Main Street Association, is glad to be reunited with the three wooden toy soldiers who went missing in late November. They were found on on a roadside last Saturday. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Toy soldiers get police ride home to Oak Harbor

Melissa Riker expected that her new job would take her to new and exciting places.

Arlene House of Coupeville stands before her garage that she also uses as a classroom as a life coach and tutor. Central Whidbey Hearts & Hammers has done multiple projects at her home, including replacing the garage door and roof. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Coupeville couple grateful for Central Whidbey Hearts and Hammers

As Arlene and Allen House have advanced in years, keeping up with the maintenance around their Coupeville home…

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Fire victim ‘like family’

He hadn’t worked at Penn Cove Shellfish in a few years, but Phil Harris was still considered family…

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Coupeville couple has its hands full with hummingbirds

Charles and Ruth Hammer have never seen anything like the feeding frenzy taking place on the back porch…

Phil Harris, a former longtime delivery driver for Penn Cove Shellfish, left a lasting impression on his former co-workers there. “He was one of the nicest guys you could ever meet,” said Ian Jefferds, the company’s co-owner. Photo provided by Penn Cove Shellfish

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Coupeville man killed in fire ‘one of nicest guys you could ever meet’

He hadn’t worked at Penn Cove Shellfish in a few years, but Phil Harris was still considered family…

Oak Harbor’s Ron Wilhelm, who played Santa in the Whidbey Playhouse holiday revue “Christmas at the Playhouse” last month, is missing two strings of bells he donated to the set. Santa would like the bells returned. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Playhouse Santa is looking for his Christmas bells

It would be quite un-Santa like to carry any hard feelings.

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House fire claims the life of Coupeville man

A Coupeville man perished Friday night in the third house fire in less than 48 hours on North…

Coupeville couple has its hands full with hummingbirds

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Coupeville couple has its hands full with hummingbirds

Charles and Ruth Hammer have never seen anything like the feeding frenzy taking place on the back porch…

Coupeville paddler lands spot on Team USA senior dragon boat team

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Coupeville paddler lands spot on Team USA senior dragon boat team

It’s not uncommon for Roberta Piercy to be on the water six days a week.

Capt. Jerry Helm, center, with Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue, walks away from a house where a man was found dead after a house fire in Coupeville Friday night. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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House fire claims the life of Coupeville man

A Coupeville man perished Friday night in the third house fire in less than 48 hours on North…

Whidbey elk picks wrong tarp to tangle with

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Whidbey elk picks wrong tarp to tangle with

Bruiser, it seems, can’t catch a break these days.

Dakota the Clydesdale spreads joy during holidays

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Dakota the Clydesdale spreads joy during holidays

The sight of three Christmas wreaths hung on the horse stable of Ronnie Sitko’s barn is not only…

Ivan goes after a laser at the WAIF Cat Adoption Center in Oak Harbor. Ivan will be spending his fourth Christmas as a shelter cat. Photo by Ron Newberry

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WAIF’s ‘independent’ longtime resident needs home for the holidays

Resting snugly on a sun-lit bench, Ivan was drifting slowly into cat dream land when a red dot…