Darreyl Boyles, 9, sings with his father, Charles Boyles III (in front of drums) and Tyrone Vester at practice for the United Fellowship Community Church choir. They will perform 3 p..m Sunday at the House of Prayer in Oak Harbor at an annual event honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.                                Photo by Patricia Guthrie/Whidbey News-Times

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Oak Harbor, Freeland events to honor MLK and his mission

On the evening the first black president of the United States gave his farewell address, Loretta Byrd prepared…

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Flu sufferers fill Whidbey Island waiting rooms

Flu is taking its toll on Island County with feverish people packing clinic waiting rooms, health care workers…

Another solution offered for Wonn Road dispute

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Another solution offered for Wonn Road dispute

A decades-long feud over shoreline property at the end of Wonn Road in Greenbank appears to be heading…

Photo by Patricia Guthrie/Whidbey News-Times                                The many shades of hats made by Peggy Juve on display at Side Market at Bayview Corner. She and many other islanders are knitting and sewing pink hats for people planning to be in a Jan. 21 women’s march.

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Pink hats and politics: Islanders gearing up for Seattle women’s protest march

Whidbey Island will be well represented next Saturday at the Women’s March on Seattle.

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Fire victim ‘like family’

He hadn’t worked at Penn Cove Shellfish in a few years, but Phil Harris was still considered family…

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Flu sufferers fill Whidbey Island waiting rooms

Flu is taking its toll on Island County with feverish people packing clinic waiting rooms, health care workers…

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U.S. Rep Rick Larsen seeking comments on Affordable Care Act

Have you benefited from the Affordable Care Act? If so, Second District U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen wants to…

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New deputy looking forward to being a part of community

There’s a new deputy patrolling the not-so-mean streets of Coupeville, but don’t worry: He’s no stranger to the…

Obituaries

Antonius Wilhelmus Imkamp:Born Sept. 19, 1926, in Beek, Limburg, NetherlandsDied Dec. 27, 2016 on Whidbey Island, WA

He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Mary Ann; his daughter Machteld Van Lennep of South…

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Deadly force, abortion limits, marijuana in schools draw legislators’ attention in pre-session bill filings

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa

A second proposed settlement on table in beach access lawsuit

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A second proposed settlement on table in beach access lawsuit

Island County commissioners will be discussing publicly for the first time Wednesday a second proposed settlement in the…

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Tonight’s Coupeville games with Sequim postponed / Boys, girls basketball

The basketball doubleheader between Coupeville and Sequim scheduled for tonight (Tuesday, Jan. 10) has been postponed until Monday,…

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Coupeville couple has its hands full with hummingbirds

Charles and Ruth Hammer have never seen anything like the feeding frenzy taking place on the back porch…