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South Whidbey resident Jim Towers stands at the top of the Columbia Center after last year’s firefighter stairclimbing event in Seattle.

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Firefighters step up to challenge

A 72-year-old man from South Whidbey is set to compete in a grueling stair-climbing competition.

Photo by David Welton
Christopher Lewman takes the wheel of the Glacier Spirit for mussel raft tours during the Penn Cove Musselfest Sunday. The annual event, which was back at full strength, drew big crowds in Coupeville.

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Musselfest comes out of its shell

The Penn Cove Musselfest was back at full strength and drew big crowds in Coupeville on Sunday.

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Anabell Ramires as Lisel in “The Book of Sirens.”

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New festival ushers in one-act plays

A new festival on South Whidbey is offering a diversity in one-actor plays during the month of March

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Flying colors: Irish artist finds success on Whidbey

McCarthy has found unexpected success in his vibrant, colorful landscape paintings.

Photo by Rachel Rosen/Whidbey News-Times

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Guarding the flock: Chicken farms rely on specialized dogs

Dogs that live outside and guard livestock became a hot topic on the island back in December.

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Zeppelin Kaptian Count Nickola Lehmann (played by Matt Hoar) and Zeppelin Tours/Sales Chief Baron Phineas T. Bargun (Timon Simmons) were available to answer questions from sleuths during Langley’s 38th annual Mystery Weekend. As usual, participants of the event are tasked with finding out who among the cast of costumed characters is the murderer.

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Murder, they wrote

Love turned out to be the culprit in this year’s Langley Mystery Weekend event.

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Cross-country totem pole tour starts on Whidbey

The first leg of an important awareness campaign begins on Whidbey Island.

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Tales of the Rock

Children’s book author pens zany stories about Whidbey

Photo by Jann Ledbetter
A hummingbird alights upon a branch.

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Photography exhibit elicits ‘presence of wonder’

A Coupeville resident is bringing the “presence of wonder” to Whidbey in her first ever exhibit.

Steve Backus works on the details of a moon carving at his outdoor workshop in Clinton. A Dec. 2 fire destroyed his studio in the former sawmill on the 4-acre Glendale Road property that houses his Big Shot Woodcarving business and home. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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‘Carve or Starve!’: Whidbey’s godfather of chainsaw art rebounds from fire

New bears and gnomes now stand in the soot of their predecessors. Steve Backus credits firefighters and community…

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Mike and Margaret Croom host a brunch at their home on North Whidbey.

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A recipe for fun: Whidbey couple starts dinner club

“With Magsy” may be the first private supper club on the island.

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Ted Boesch carves an owl sculpture.

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Chainsaw art is an ode to Scooter

Ted Boesch created a sculpture of a Whidbey rescue owl.

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Costumed island trek with pub stops planned

Dustin Yongue will lead people on what he described as a “mildly pub crawl themed” walk Feb. 23-26.