Proposal for up to 1,500 homes near Oak Harbor faces obstacles

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Proposal for up to 1,500 homes near Oak Harbor faces obstacles

A limited-liability corporation is proposing a large housing development that may help ease Oak Harbor’s affordable housing crisis.

County ups porta-potties for salmon anglers

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County ups porta-potties for salmon anglers

Pinks and port-a-potties face earlier-than-planned deadline

EMS seeks grant for community paramedics

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EMS seeks grant for community paramedics

Too many local 911 calls involve social needs, not medical emergencies, paramedics say

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More votes come in, but levies still failing

North Whidbey Park and Recreation District’s levy was still failing by roughly 220 votes Thursday.

Smoky air makes for a brilliant sun over Oak Harbor this week.                                Photo by Jim Waller/Whidbey News-Times

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Smoke staying in our skies — and eyes — through the weekend

B.C. wildfires blanket Washington with’ worst’ air quality in the nation

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Coupeville ferry run will temporarily return to two boats

The ferry run between Keystone and Port Townsend will return to two-boat service over Labor Day weekend.

At the Windjammer Park lagoon, Clayton Kester practices his flips. Monday afternoon, many kids (and adults) jumped from the raft and waded in the water or soaked up the sun. “I love the hot weather,” said Clayton’s mother, Jenny Kester. “When the sun’s out, we’re out.”

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Too hot? Too dry? Too bad. More is on the way.

Higher temperatures lead to stricter burn ban

Macklemore walks away from head-on collision on Whidbey

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Macklemore walks away from head-on collision on Whidbey

Grammy Award-winning performer Macklemore was uninjured in a head-on collision on Whidbey. The other driver is suspected of…

Veteran officer named as Oak Harbor’s new police captain

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Veteran officer named as Oak Harbor’s new police captain

Mike Bailey is no longer just acting as captain of the Oak Harbor Police Department.

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North Whidbey fire and pool levy requests failing in primary election

It appears that North Whidbey voters failed to pass two levy requests in the primary election Tuesday.

How to close 80 open cases of building and other code violations is discussed by county commissioners and planning, health and human services, law enforcement and legal staff at a recent work session of Island County Board of Commissioners.

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New approaches explored for backlog of county code violations

Commissioner: ‘What we want to do is get people on a path to enforcement’

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Whidbey’s 360 area code now needed for all local calls

Western Washington joins the national trend of 10-digit dialing

Conservation Futures Funds finalize the 129-acres purchase for a bluff/tideland Barnum Point County Park on Camano Island. Photo by Benjamin Drummond Tractors working out on the 129-acres Penn Cove Farms that raises 1,600 dairy calves for western Washington dairy farms. Photo provided by Whidbey Camano Land Trust

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Conservation Futures Program to benefit forest, shores and farmland

County commissioners approve $1.1 million in tax-funded grants