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County considers housing goals and policies
Planning and community development staff recently presented the draft housing goals and policies to the Island County Board…
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Vehicular homicide trial starts next week
A man accused of causing a fatal accident two years ago is scheduled to go to trial next…
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Oak Harbor looking at buying land for ballfields
Oak Harbor officials are looking at the possibility of purchasing property on the north end of the city…
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Court won’t reconsider opinion on child rapist
The state Court of Appeals won’t be second-guessing its decision regarding a South Whidbey child rapist’s conviction.
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Police serve warrant in Clinton
A large number of police officers descended on a home in Clinton Saturday.
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Principal: knife-wielding 13-year-old student won’t return to North Whidbey Middle School
The resource officer for Oak Harbor Public Schools arrested a student at North Whidbey Middle School the morning…
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County weighs joining opioid lawsuit
The Board of Island County Commissioners held a round-table discussion Monday to consider whether to join multi-district litigation…
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Shank leaving for Idaho superintendent position
Coupeville schools Superintendent Jim Shank is moving to larger, not necessarily greener, pastures.
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All clear at NAS Whidbey Island after bomb threat
The all clear was set at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island just after 5:40 p.m. Friday after a…
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Measures would protect city’s Garry oaks
Planners proposed a list of changes to Oak Harbor’s Garry oak protection ordinance based on input from a…
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WEAN digs into mounds of discarded asphalt
In their effort to address large piles of crushed asphalt in three separate locations, a local environmental group…