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Party crashers: Orcas arrive in time to steal the spotlight from gray whales
While Whidbey Island celebrates the annual return of gray whales, a large pod of Southern Resident orcas have…
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Navy accepting comments on alder clearcutting
The Navy is accepting written public comments through Wednesday, May 13, on an Environmental Assessment project to clear…
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Whidbey Island Marathon on Saturday
The festivities of the 2016 Whidbey Island Marathon won’t end when the final participant crosses the finish line…
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Oak Harbor robotics team earns top honor at regional contest
The first thing the students want you to know is that it’s NOT about the robots.
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South Whidbey businessman convicted of child rape
Guilty verdicts in a child rape trial Monday will help bring closure for two boys who survived devastating…
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Wonn Road trial date set
The Skagit County Superior Court has set Oct. 11 as the start date of a jury trial over…
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Sundberg series launches May 6
The Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series, three years in the making, will bring its first speaker to Whidbey Island…
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Property crime concerns raised to sheriff by South Whidbey builders
South Whidbey builders are fed up with property crime, and they let Island County Sheriff Mark Brown know…
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Whidbey General Hospital to start posting its board meetings online
In an effort to improve transparency and community involvement, the hospital board at Whidbey General Hospital plans to…
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Island Transit, Nortier agree on contract terms
Mike Nortier will make $120,000 a year as the director of Island Transit.
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$10.5 mil sewers planned for Freeland
If the stars line up, construction of a $10.5 million effort to bring sewers to Freeland’s commercial core…
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NAS Whidbey schedules open house for June 25
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island will hold a public open house 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June…
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Policies leaving some people in the cold | Letter
I am the daughter of a retired military man who passed away. I was born and raised here…