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    Upcoming terminal work will cancel ferry runs
    Upcoming terminal work will cancel ferry runs
    By Kira Erickson • December 30, 2025 1:30 am

    Riders of the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry route should brace for cancellations of runs in 2026.

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    All aboard the 2026 ferry: Whidbey Island celebrates the New Year
    All aboard the 2026 ferry: Whidbey Island celebrates...
    By Marina Blatt • December 30, 2025 1:30 am

    Whidbey’s New Year’s Eve through New Year’s Day events offer something for every style of reveler.

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    ‘Jazz Rock Alchemy’ opening in January at WICA
    ‘Jazz Rock Alchemy’ opening in January at WICA
    December 30, 2025 1:30 am

    Two nights of reimagined blues and rock classics will open at WICA on Jan. 2.

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    Veteran receives smart home of his dreams
    By Marina Blatt • December 30, 2025 1:30 am

    Tunnel to Towers Foundation gifted its first smart home on the West Coast to a veteran in Coupeville

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    Photo by Allyson Ballard
    Artist of the month focuses on Whidbey
    By Allyson Ballard • December 26, 2025 1:30 am

    Marianne Borozny captures familiar Whidbey subjects from new and somewhat unconventional angles.

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    (Photo provided) Ross cuddles up next to Nikita who lives like any other dog, eating dog food and doing zoomies in the yard. At age 60, Ross is preparing to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to her house on Whidbey in honor of both wolf-dog hybrids and missing hikers.
    Walk in the wild for wolfdogs: Woman hiking...
    By Marina Blatt • December 26, 2025 1:30 am

    Melissa Ross will hike from Mexico to Whidbey in honor of wolf-dog hybrids and missing hikers.

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    Photo by Marina Blatt
Lachlan Waterbury, the singing Coupeville janitor, belts out a tune while emptying garbage cans around town.
    Coupeville’s ‘singing janitor’ strikes a joyful chord
    By Marina Blatt • December 23, 2025 1:30 am

    Lachlan Waterbury empties public trashes, cleans public toilets, while singing his favorite tunes.

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Students helped raise funds to help pets at WAIF.
    WAIF receives donation in memory of Oak Harbor...
    By Allyson Ballard • December 23, 2025 1:30 am

    Hillcrest Elementary School teacher Rebecca Ching, students in her class donated pet food

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    Department of Defense photo by Thomas Paul
The North American Aerospace Defense Command was busy tracking Santa on Dec. 24, 2024 for the program’s 69th year in the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center located on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. NORAD is a U.S. and Canada bi-national command charged with the missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America.
    NORAD celebrates 70 years of tracking Santa
    December 23, 2025 1:30 am

    North American Aerospace Defense Command tracks Santa Claus on radar

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    Christmas wishes and whimsy
    By Marina Blatt • December 19, 2025 1:30 am

    Here’s what kids in Oak Harbor are asking Santa for this holiday season.

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    Photo by Allyson Ballard
    Leather artist makes botanical creations
    By Allyson Ballard • December 19, 2025 1:30 am

    Kristi Uhles creates leather sculptures meant to evoke the feeling of their botanical inspirations.

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    (Photo provided by Ballydídean Farm Sanctuary) Chickens enjoy ripe berries as brightly colored as gems at Ballydídean Farm Sanctuary, where unsellable produce becomes dinner for farm animals.
    From waste to wonderful: Farm sanctuary collects leftover...
    By Kira Erickson • December 16, 2025 1:30 am

    Ballydídean Farm Sanctuary in Clinton keeps unsellable produce from heading to the landfill.

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    (Photo provided) Rosie Cayou, a Coast Salish Elder, led dozens of salmon cermonies on Whidbey. By floating a salmon out to sea, she becons salmon to return to its waters so it can feed the whales, Berta explained.
    Salish elders remembered for their protective spirits
    By Marina Blatt • December 16, 2025 1:30 am

    Bill Bailey and Rosie Cayou passed away within nine days of each other.

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