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Car slides into ditch near Coupeville

No one was injured when a car went into a ditch near the corner of Penn Cove and…

Paul Carter uses a buffer in his shop to smooth out a small stone and create a cabochon used in jewelry

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Oak Harbor man works to educate next generation about rockhounding

Paul Carter’s final years in the Navy were largely spent working long hours on deployments.

Fran Johnson scowls at a pair of bunnies in a Langley neighbor’s yard. The longtime resident was sorely miffed with rabbits for devastating her recently landscaped yard.

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Langley unsure how to handle rabbits

Worried that a mass culling or relocation of Langley’s abundant rabbit population would be wildly unpopular, Mayor Fred…

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Thankful for the help at thrift store | Letter

We would like to thank Tony and April Maggio for the wonderful and thankless job of handing out…

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Sheriff says beware of jury duty scam | Letter

Many Island County residents are reporting being a target of a phone scam in which someone claiming to…

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Sex offender returns to prison for molestation of Oak Harbor girl

A registered sex offender who raped an Oak Harbor girl while under supervision by the Department of Corrections…

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Oak Harbor’s Hillcrest Elementary gets green award

Hillcrest Elementary School in Oak Harbor is working toward becoming a green school, and it’s well on its…

Capt. Mike Nortier discusses the Navy’s effort to mitigate jet noise at Thursday’s Community Leadership Forum with the assistance of Operations Officer Cmdr. Wallace Gaber

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Whidbey area leaders discuss new squadrons, jet noise

The coming years will be marked with broad changes at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station as it prepares…

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Both Pieris and Camellias are good for winter gardens | Sowin ‘n’ the trowel

At first glance, Pieris japonica and Camellia japonica don’t seem to have much in common other than the…

Letters to the Editor

Focus should be on replacing our leaders, not our airplanes | Letter

To all of the concerned Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve and all other noise complainers, you are looking in…

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Marshal responds to several domestic disturbance calls | Blotter

10:46 a.m., a caller requested a welfare check on her mother on North Main Street.

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Coupeville expanding class options

Coupeville Middle and High School leaders are working toward a new class schedule structure for the 2015-16 school…

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Deep Sea owner sued for $1.2 million

The owner of the Deep Sea crab boat that caught fire, sank and spilled oil in Penn Cove…