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Members of various Coast Salish tribes participate in canoe races at the Penn Cove Water Festival May 13. This year’s festival was the first since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to hold the traditional canoe races.

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Festival hits high-water mark

Coupeville welcomed Coast Salish canoe racers this weekend at the Penn Cove Water Festival.

Deception Pass Bridge

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Here’s AI’s guide to a three-day vacation on Whidbey

You’ll still need a local’s help for now

Photo by Harry Anderson

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Spring finally breaks the chill and lifts a gardener’s anxiety

Like many fellow emigres I’ve met here, I quickly learned to grow tomatoes, beets and so much more.

Photo by David Welton

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Innovative business concentrates on coffee

A South Whidbey coffee roaster with decades of experience has created an innovative product.

salmon

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Into the wild

Release of salmon draws a crowd to Oak Harbor Marina

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“Spring Flowers” by Tricia Balok, a ceramicist.

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Art Market returns to South Whidbey

Art lovers of Whidbey Island may want to take Mom to a special event happening this weekend.

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Volunteer Kai Fletchers loads old fence boards into a trailer.

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Neighbors help neighbors during annual day of service

Over 300 volunteers turned out for South Whidbey’s biggest event of the year helping people in need.

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The Tokitae totem pole will be on display at the Penn Cove Water Festival this weekend.

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Water Fest returns, fetes volunteers

Canoe races are back this year at a special Penn Cove Water Festival.

Photo by Karina Andrew/Whidbey News-Times
Wynter Arndt, left, and Adrian Burrows play Tilly and Lilith in Coupeville High School’s upcoming production of “She Kills Monsters.”

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Theater troupe slays monsters

For one weekend only, Coupeville High School will take audiences on a fantastical journey.

Simpson wrote about her 24 years living at the Oopik Wilderness Lodge on Babine Lake in British Colombia. (Photo provided)

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Former Whidbey woman chronicles life in the wild

A former Oak Harbor woman published a book on the 24 years she lived in the Canadian wilderness.

Wesley Moran was the town crier this year.

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Holland happened

Holland Happening took place April 29 and 30.

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Amy Wheeler, the creator of Play Club, outside Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where members saw “Cambodian Rock Band” in San Francisco in March.

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Whidbey playwright creates ‘Play Club’

South Whidbey resident and playwright Amy Wheeler created “a book club with a theatrical twist.”

Photo by Rachel Rosen/Whidbey News-Times
Steve Layman will be giving a presentation on raptors this Saturday at the Pacific Rim Institute in Coupeville.

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Swoop into institute for raptor event

Whidbey residents have a chance to meet a falcon and learn about birds of prey this weekend.