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Superintendent: It’s ‘unrealistic’ to expect 5-year-olds to wear masks

For students who dread smelling their own breath all day long underneath increasingly damp and dirty face masks,…

Many police reforms being called for are nothing new, sheriff says

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Many police reforms being called for are nothing new, sheriff says

Deputies with the Island County Sheriff’s Office spent last Tuesday afternoon learning how to use different tools of…

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Many Island parks reopen over weekend

Many Island County parks that were closed due to COVID-19 reopened over the weekend.

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Oak Harbor analyzes COVID-19’s impact on city revenues

Oak Harbor’s revenue was not heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first three months of the…

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Greenbank Farm to receive solar panel donations

Starting on July 1 the Greenbank Farm will receive solar panels from Island Community Solar, Glacier Energy and…

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Oak Harbor man killed in crash at Deception Pass Bridge

An Oak Harbor man was killed in a head-on collision near Deception Pass Bridge Saturday morning, the Washington…

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Two from Whidbey earn degree from Whitman

The following students from Whidbey Island received their bachelor of arts degrees from Whitman College on May 24.

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Freeland’s Celebrate America canceled for 2020

July 3rd, the annual Celebrate America event in Freeland, is canceled for 2020

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Man charged with theft, burglary, reckless burning

A Coupeville man accused of accidentally starting a house fire after previously breaking into a historic home is…

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communicaton Specialist 2nd Class Jakoeb VanDahlen                                Sailors with VP-40 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island place chocks under a P-8A Poseidon aircraft. VP-40 is the final active duty squadron to transition from the P-3C Orion aircraft to the P-8A Poseidon. VP-40 completed its transition 14 May 2020 on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The P-8 , a modified Boeing 737-800ERX, is an anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare aircraft.

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VP-40 completes final active duty P-8A transition

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Island County enters Phase 3

On Friday, Island County moved into Phase 3 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Safe Start plan for gradually reopening…

Group of orca pods spotted off Ebey’s Landing

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Group of orca pods spotted off Ebey’s Landing

This photo of a group of orcas was taken Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 12:45 p.m. on the…

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Open swim lessons set to resume in July

Many events may have been canceled this summer, but the South Whidbey Parks and Aquatics Foundation is planning…