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Rotary Club names student of the month | News Brief
Rotary Club of Oak Harbor’s Student of the Month for November is senior Jared Hunt.
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Hearings boards wants more from county | News Brief
A quasi-judicial board earlier this month firmly restated its demand for an Island County status report by Dec.…
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Trees to be cut for road work | News Brief
Contractors are removing about 100 trees along Highway 20 near Coupeville to make room for a future road…
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PBY Seaplane will get its wings
Oak Harbor’s resident seaplane is about to look like its old self again.
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Retired teacher shares love of trains
There’s always something new to see during Coupeville resident Jack Tingstad’s annual model railroad open house.
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Looking Back: Park closed after sewage plant overflows
100 years ago Mrs. Amanda Jane Hannah, a Coupeville pioneer better known as Grandma Hannah, died. She was…
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One of the last local female WWII veterans dies at 93
In 1943, Eva Brown was working as a young teacher in a small town in Arkansas when Navy…
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Oak Harbor students fill school bus for Help House
Leland Deutscher isn’t exactly sure what’s in all 300 cans of food his mom dropped off — but…
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Medical pot to eventually become recreational
Washington authorized the medical use of marijuana on Nov. 3, 1998, creating a regulatory system that was completely…
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Pot’s impact on Whidbey hazy | Part 1 of 3
In November 2012, Washington state decided to “try a new approach” to recreational marijuana with Initiative 502, decriminalizing…
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City looks at ways to improve pedestrian safety
After school on a dark, blustery afternoon earlier this month, a 9-year-old boy was hit by a car…
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Freeland escrow company accused of bilking investors
A Freeland father and daughter, both principal officers in an escrow company, are accused of conspiring to steal…
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Looking Back: Young boy OK after being thrown in front of horses
100 years ago Fifty-six turkeys met their fate at the shootout at George Case’s country home. It was…