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Looking Back: Faulty chimney causes home to go up in flames

100 years ago A rash of fatal school fires in a number of eastern cities had furnished a…

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Man charged with hate crime against NAS Whidbey sailor

An Oak Harbor man is facing a hate-crime charge for allegedly assaulting a gay sailor at the barracks…

A storm watcher gets an upclose look at the waves that crash into a seawall near the Coupeville ferry landing Thursday.

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Winds whip Whidbey but damage is minimal

Tony Popp, a public affairs officer for Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, reported that maximum winds were recorded…

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Art & About

Events, exhibits and displays within Whidbey's art community.

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Oak Harbor police captain files $1.5-million claim against county

The Oak Harbor police captain filed a tort claim against Island County for $1.5 million because she says…

Jean Wieman

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Help House provides food and a boost

It’s not that she wants to ask for help. Circumstances in life in recent years have made it…

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Greenbank church orders 25 turkeys for free meal at the farm

A church in Greenbank is cooking up a free holiday meal for the public in celebration of Thanksgiving.

Hams are smoked to prepare for last year’s North Whidbey Community Harvest. This year

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Community Harvest preparing to serve 3,000 residents on Thanksgiving Day

Skip Pohtilla continues to be amazed at how things tend to fall in place this time of year.…

Larry Falcon

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Falcon takes over Wildcat program | Wrestling

The name at the top of the roster for the Oak Harbor High School wrestling program is different,…

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Detectives investigating shooting of 17-year-old Oak Harbor boy

A 17-year-old Oak Harbor boy is at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being shot early Wednesday morning,…

A photographer captures the stormy weather and holds on to her hat at the Coupeville ferry landing Thursday afternoon

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High wind warning issued for Whidbey and surrounding areas

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for an area that includes Whidbey Island and…

A semi truck crashed after leaving the highway in the Dugualla Bay area Thursday morning.

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Nobody injured in semi truck accident on North Whidbey

The driver of a semi truck is OK after his rig left Highway 20 at Dugualla Bay Farms…

Letters to the Editor

Race a Whidbey General referendum | Letter

I believe this campaign was more a referendum on the Whidbey General Hospital and Clinics than it was…