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Program helps finance Homes for Heroes

Craig McKenzie Team gives back 30 percent of profit from sales By CASSANDRA CALDERON To Craig McKenzie, heroes…

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SAR rescues elderly woman in Clallam County

A Search and Rescue team from NAS Whidbey Island’s SAR unit medically evacuated an 89-year-old woman from Clallam…

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Retired Naval flight surgeon pens novel

Capt. Edward A. Drum, MD, USNR-ret, has never been one for idle pastimes, nor has he ever been…

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Change of command ceremony held for VP-46

Cmdr. Chad J. Livingston relieved Cmdr. Matthew T. Frauenzimmer as commanding officer of Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 during…

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Search and Rescue conducts tricky mountain rescue

A Search and Rescue team of five from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island conducted a rescue mission on…

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Navy hospital commander advocates for telemedicine

By DEBRA VAUGHN Capt. Frederick McDonald envisions a time when a Navy wife worried about her sick baby…

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Battle of Midway ceremony held in shadow of ‘Gigi’

By DEBRA VAUGHN Midway is an atoll of two islands in the Pacific Ocean barely big enough to…

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Sky’s the limit

By DEBRA VAUGHN Capt. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper is one of the few humans on Earth to know what it’s…

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Kayaking on Whidbey offers immersive experience

By KYLE JENSEN The water is tranquil in the Langley Marina at 8 a.m. The morning haze is…

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Problems reported with oxygen system in Hornet, Growler: Navy to look at episodes affecting aircrews

By DEBRA VAUGHN Aviators who fly the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-18G Growler are reporting problems with air contamination…

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Veteran Voices: Oak Harbor researcher lines up subjects for National Geographic book

By Ron Newberry It’s still a little strange for Matthew VanGiesen to flip the pages of a hard…

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SR 99 to be renamed for Snohomish black Civil War soldier

By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer OLYMPIA — The state Transportation Commission agreed Tuesday to rename Highway 99 in…

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NAS Whidbey named one of top 5 bases in world

Annual Award for Installation Excellence  announced  Not only is Naval Air Station Whidbey Island the best Navy base…