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Firefighters injured responding to North Whidbey blaze Thursday

A house, two vehicles and a boat were all destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning.

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Commissioners want some climate action

Island County may finally make some progress on addressing the climate crisis.

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Town of Coupeville to swap parcels with land trust

The council voted in favor of the trade after a public hearing to declare the property surplus.

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Woman facing charges in Dec. 18 crash that killed two

A judge found probable cause existed to believe Danielle C. Cruz committed vehicular homicide.

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Well-known wreck is history

The owner of a burned and brightly painted Chrysler van arranged for it to be towed to recycling.

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Dancing while driving alleged | Island Scanner

Wednesday, April 20

Navy Search and Rescue lands a Sikorsky MH-60S Nighthawk during Monday’s training. Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue has two MH-60S helicopters and can conduct both overwater and mountain rescue including helicopter rappel, hoist and mountain landing. (Photo by Karina Andrew/Whidbey News-Times)

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Touching down

Island agencies conduct combined training

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Woman allegedly tried to run down trash truck driver

A woman tried to run down an Oak Harbor garbage truck driver with a U-Haul van.

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Emailed threat shutters college campus on Whidbey

The Oak Harbor campus of Skagit Valley Community College went into lockdown Monday morning.

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County COVID uptick levels off

Between April 28 and May 5, the number of new cases reported decreased from the previous week.

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Police investigate ‘potential assault’ in daycare video

Video captured by a daycare employee showed another employee inappropriately spanking a child.

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Man accused in knee stabbing

An Oak Harbor man stabbed his roommate in the knee during a fight May 4.

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Public Works employees work overnight to fix water main

The Public Works Water Division was notified at 6:45 p.m. on May 4 about the broken water line.