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A sampler from CH2M, a global engineering company and contractor for the Navy, tests water from the community wells at the Admiral’s Cove Water District Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. The tests were conducted to look for certain chemicals that might’ve come from firefighting foam at Coupeville’s Outlying Landing Field. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times.

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Navy starts second phase of well testing

The wait is almost over for the more than 1,000 residents who make up Admiral’s Cove.

Vandalized Madonna statue rattles Catholic congregation

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Vandalized Madonna statue rattles Catholic congregation

A newly installed, 5-foot-high granite statue of Mother Mary that’s the center of a Prayer Garden behind St.…

Dana Sawyers, coordinator for Island County Veterans Services, goes through a series of survey questions with Wayne Martin. Collecting more information about area veterans could lead to new assistance programs. Photo by Patricia Guthrie/Whidbey News-Times

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County counting on survey to help more veterans

Knowing the numbers helps fill needs

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Citizens: Don’t punish town for exercising free speech

Valentine’s Day was anything but sweet at an Island County commissioners’ meeting Tuesday.

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Democrats seek to shield Washingtonians from president’s executive orders

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa

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Father, daughter plead guilty in escrow case

A Freeland woman who ran an escrow company with her father is facing a year of jail time…

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Former Clinton man sentenced in federal court for possession of child porn

A former Clinton resident was sentenced in federal court this week for possession of a large amount of…

Town trying to ‘wrap heads’ around ‘unprecedented’ event

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Town trying to ‘wrap heads’ around ‘unprecedented’ event

As members of Coupeville Town Council approved their final comments for the Navy’s draft Environmental Impact Statement Tuesday…

Hospital should consider noise from Growler flights, group says

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Hospital should consider noise from Growler flights, group says

Group says patients, providers and bottom line could be affected

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Legislative proposal overhauls initiative review process to assure constitutionality

WNPA Olympia News Bureau

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Appraiser chosen to determine wharf, farm rental rates

The Port of Coupeville is hiring a Sedro-Woolley-based appraisal company to determine fair market cost for rental space…

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I-COM receives audit finding for financial statement controls

The state Auditor’s Office reports that it found I-COM dispatch center had inadequate controls over financial statements.