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Amy Hauser

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Cultivating creativity at painting parties

Amy Hauser has made a career of empowering others. For the past 30 years, she has helped patients…

Loakal Public House opens Saturday

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Loakal Public House opens Saturday

The Loakal Public House aims to be a little bit of everything: family-friendly eatery, pub, live entertainment hotspot.

Thirteen-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Roxy tries on her new wheelchair at K9 Carts with help from owner Howard Eng.

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Whidbey-based company giving disabled pets renewed mobility

From a small office on Whidbey Island, a company is giving pets that have lost use of their…

Kris Crane

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Providing ‘Homes for Heroes’ comes from the heart

Without the Homes for Heroes program and help of Crane Financial Group, Oak Harbor residents Rebecca and George…

Owner of The Breast Baker Ever

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Oak Harbor business baking with nursing moms in mind

Jenna King has always loved baking, but it wasn’t until she had her second child that King saw…

Hilary Carpenter

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Humble beginnings: Whidbey Coffee owner is building success beyond Whidbey’s shores

Just before the lunch-time rush, a customer pulls up to the drive-through window at Freeland’s Whidbey Coffee wearing…

The founders of the Whidbey Island Small Business Association

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Association uniting small Whidbey businesses

Soap artisans, dog groomers, web designers and more — the Whidbey Island Small Business Association, or WISBA, is…

Lilian Charapich

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Stay-at-home mom turns passion into business

A stay-at-home mother of two in Oak Harbor, Lilian Charapich turned her love of crocheting into a small…

Every Thursday at the Oak Harbor Farmer’s Market

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The Weed Cream Guy: Vet sets out to help others in pain

“The Weed Cream Guy” was not a title Byron Burns of North Whidbey ever aspired to, but after…

Chris Oatley works on a project in his workshop. The Navy veteran said he finds woodworking soothing.

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A love for woodworking: Veteran’s pen business a ‘soothing’ endeavour

The scratching of sandpaper and a mechanical buzz hum throughout Chris Oatley’s small garage turned woodshop.

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Deadline for Miss Pioneer Way extended to June 30

Whidbey Island’s Pageant Wyse Inc. will hold its first one-day pageant this summer, the Miss Pioneer Way Pageant,…

Ron Wallin

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Wallin elected president of WhidbeyHealth board

Ron Wallin is the new president of the Whidbey Island Public Hospital District Board of Commissioners.

Scott Fraser

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Frasers, Whidbey Coffee recognized for charitable contributions

Scott Fraser, chef and owner of Frasers Gourmet Hideaway in Oak Harbor, and Dan Ollis, owner of Whidbey…