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Bicyclists gear up for Kettles Trails events

The Kettles Trails will be teeming with mountain bike riders this weekend during two events that have grown…

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Muscles behind the mussels: Organizers plan for more crowds, better experience

The theme of this year’s MusselFest is “extra, extra, extra.” Organizers say there will be extra of just…

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Whidbey General Hospital, nurses reach contract agreement

A year after the first negotiations, Whidbey General Hospital and the nurses’ union ratified a new agreement March…

Gideon Cauffman is the City of Oak Harbor’s first staff archaeologist. Here

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Digging into history: City’s archaeologist on the job monitoring projects big and small

The city hired Gideon Cauffman in May to not only document and preserve cultural artifacts, but to make…

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Oak Harbor grads on SPU Dean’s List

Four students from Oak Harbor made the Seattle Pacific University 2015 Autumn Quarter Dean’s List.

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Church Note

Déjà vu, reincarnation and past-life therapy will be explored at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9 at Lifetree…

Rep. Jeff Morris with Violet Wolfkill-Yaple on the House floor.

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Oak Harbor student serves as page in Olympia

VIOLET WOLFKILL-YAPLE, a student in Oak Harbor School District’s Home Connection program, served as a page in the…

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Reject the fascism espoused by Trump | Letter

As a European historian by profession, fascism is not a term I use lightly. I know what it…

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Port, county need to find fair solution | Sound Off

I feel like I need to clarify the Port of South Whidbey’s position on the Island County Fairgrounds.…

A small landslide near Ebey’s Landing blocked a lane of traffic Monday.

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Ebey landslide blocks road

A small landslide near Ebey’s Landing left one lane of the roadway blocked with dirt and debris before…

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County plans to reconstruct problem intersection next year

Island County is preparing to reconstruct the intersection of Northeast Regatta Drive and West Crescent Harbor Road, on…

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Hospital, nurses ratify new contract

A year after the first negotiations, Whidbey General Hospital and the nurses’ union ratified a new agreement March…

Marc Aparicio

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Brothers tapping into demand for craft beers

Two Coupeville natives, brothers Marc and Mitch Aparicio, this week expect to see the first tangible result of…