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Vapor forms of an EA-18G Growler as it streaks through blue skies.

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Government shutdown delays Growler study

Federal judge stays deadline for the Amended Analysis of the Environmental Impact Statement.

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Bringing the heat in Oak Harbor

A 12-year-old baseball player started a hot sauce business.

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Sea Cadets wielded flags at the Veterans Day Parade in Oak Harbor last year.

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Whidbey Island celebrates Veterans Day

On Nov. 11, Oak Harbor Navy League is hosting a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. in the…

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Painting a legacy: South Whidbey artist still going at age 104

Whidbey is home to many artists but few have been creating art for as long as Gaylen Hansen.

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Peterson, Marrow likely winners in council races

Oak Harbor voters made their choices clear in what appears to be a nail-biter-free election.

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Drama Fest presents Oak Harbor’s rising directors and writer

This year’s one-act festival runs from Thursday through Saturday at Oak Harbor High School.

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Marrow and Peterson leading in Oak Harbor Council races in Tuesday election

Write-in hospital board candidacy looks to be unsuccessful

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Dead again

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Garcia hold his daughter, Sophia.

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Prosecutor denies Oak Harbor murderer’s bid to be resentenced

Bettie Sifuentes-Hart still gets emotional when talking about her son, Adam Garcia.

Krista Vanicsek started a GoFundMe me for “Jeff the Giant” after his selfless act in his attempt to save 15-year-old Grace Horn from a burning car.

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Oak Harbor’s gentle, troubled ‘giant’ mourned

Jeffery Pangburn, ‘Jeff the Giant,’ passed away in his truck in Oak Harbor in the morning of Nov.…

An anonymous North Whidbey resident posted a video of a bear walking through a yard.

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Recording of bear on Whidbey posted online

Downes joked that the island was due for a bear, since one has showed up every two years…

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Oak Harbor’s proposed ‘stay out of area’ ordinance moves forward

It would allow judges to impose conditions on people convicted of drug crimes that bans them from entering…

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Martin Anderson rides with the wind on Swan Lake.

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Kiteboarders catch the wind on Whidbey

A group of friends from Seattle frequently returns to the island for its strong, consistent winds.