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A car ended up crashing through a Navy fence after a high-speed chase through Oak Harbor.

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High-speed chase through Oak Harbor ends with a crash

A 30-year-old Skagit County man caught smoking fentanyl in the Oak Harbor Walmart parking lot led police on…

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Michele Hines, the executive director of SPiN, walks into the former bank building that will become the new location for the group.

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SPiN Cafe to move into former Oak Harbor bank

An organization that provides meals, daylight shelter and other assistance to unsheltered and low-income individuals in Oak Harbor…

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Oak Harbor City Council members present an award of recognition to a Broadview Elementary School third grade class, which submitted the winning name for a new park in the city.

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Third graders name city park

A Broadview Elementary School class was recognized at an Oak Harbor City Council meeting last week.

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Langley Civil Service Commission looking for new members

The citizen-led commission is seeking more members in order to function properly.

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Three roundabouts were planned for downtown Freeland.

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Freeland roundabout projects rejected

Roundabout projects are being scuttled while federal grants will be returned because of opposition.

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Oak Harbor adopts drug possession ordinance

Possession of illegal drugs and public drug use will become gross misdemeanor crimes in Oak Harbor.

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Teen accused of crashing stolen car

A 15-year-old Oak Harbor boy is accused of crashing a stolen car while trying to elude a trooper.

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Two injured in head-on crash

Two people were injured in a head-on accident on Highway 20 on North Whidbey on the evening of…

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Bon Thayer, THiNC site manager, and Deborah Hedlund, a member of the organization’s board, shake hands at the completion of the tiny house project.

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Langley’s first affordable housing village opens this month

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Dogs, cats in limbo as animal cruelty trial delayed

A delay in an animal cruelty trial means that dogs, cats and chinchillas in protective custody at a…

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In an annual Paper Toss tradition, graduating seniors at Oak Harbor High School joyously threw hundreds of pages of homework into the air. The graduation ceremony is Saturday.

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Coupeville’s top grads look to the future

It’s the end of an era at Coupeville High School, where the class of 2023 is soon to…