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County electeds get pay increases

Island County commissioners are changing the salaries for the majority of elected county officials.

(Photo by Luisa Loi/Whidbey News-Times)
Jeff Pangburn, 55, sits on his cart on Southwest Barlow Street in Oak Harbor.

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Island community rallies for ‘Jeff the Giant’

Residents are helping a homeless man after he tried to save a teenager who died in a car…

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Oak Harbor implements citizen-lead school safety code

Oak Harbor has tightened up its ordinances regarding school safety zones.

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District discusses funding challenges with lawmakers

Sen. Ron Muzzall and Rep. Clyde Shavers heard concerns ahead of the upcoming legislative session.

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Airport owner crashes in Spokane

The pilot, who was uninjured, crashed just a day before the official release of his documentary.

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Hateful graffiti leads to investigation

Oak Harbor police are investigating offensive graffiti left on a Walmart sign this week.

SPiN Cafe board members Valerie Roseberry, Michele Hines, Mark Stroud and David Thorns listen to a comment from Jamie Sherwin at a town hall meeting Wednesday night. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)

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SPiN Café clears misconceptions, takes criticism about Oak Harbor homelessness

Community members crammed into the Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church wall-to-wall.

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Oak Harbor police investigate after body found

Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine how a man found outside died.

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Driver killed in high-speed accident on South Whidbey

A former South Whidbey man was killed in a one-car crash in Clinton last week.

Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Eric Ohme questions a state trooper during a vehicular homicide case.

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Island County’s top criminal prosecutor picks up the gavel

Eric Ohme will sport a new look in the courtroom.

Joshua Wiener

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Kidnapper, child rapist sent to prison

An Oak Harbor man received an exceptional sentence of 17 years in prison last week.

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Whidbey environmentalists push for state agency to codify fish net-pen ban

On Jan. 7, the Board of Natural Resources will vote on banning the enclosed floating cages.

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Navy continues to remediate contamination impact

The road ahead for addressing polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, contamination on Whidbey is long.