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Lavender Wind Festival will go on despite loss of some 2,000 plants
The pretty purple fields at Lavender Wind Farm off West Beach are a far cry from last year’s…
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Whidbey’s wicked westerly winds need a name
The westerly winds that regularly blow in from the Strait of Juan de Fuca are as much a…
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Hallahan earns Eagle Scout | Notable
Matthew Hallahan, of Boy Scout Troop No. 4059, earned the rank of Eagle Scout on June 24 after…
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Best of Whidbey 2016: Annual awards a night of celebration | Slideshow
Businesspeople, volunteers and community leaders from across Whidbey Island celebrated their accomplishments at the Whidbey News Group’s Best…
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Price Johnson giving the community her all | Letter
We are in for Helen Price Johnson. She works 24-7-8-9 for our island communities, their preservation and progression.
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Trump may get around to suppressing you | Letter
Martin Niemoller was a German Protestant pastor and social activist who spent nearly a decade in concentration camps.…
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Summer work prepares CHS athletes for school sports
Soon tiles commemorating conference championships won by the Coupeville High School girls basketball team the past two years…
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Hydroplane races to honor heroes
Hydroplanes will skip atop Oak Harbor Bay for the third consecutive year — after a nearly 40-year hiatus…
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Jail proposes nursing staff that won’t bust budget
With room for 58 inmates, the Island County Jail is small by most standards, but the responsibility to…
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Oak Harbor High School student elected ‘senator,’ going to D.C.
An Oak Harbor High School student who excels at politics and policymaking might get to meet President Barack…
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A walk through island history
National Park Service to offer rare glimpse inside Ferry House on Aug. 20