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Falcon volleyball assistant returns to home team

There’s a new coach leading the up-and-coming Falcon volleyball players.

Leo Langer stands resolute as linemen practice behind him. The 42-year-old is in charge of the South Whidbey High School Falcon football team’s secondary

Sports

Fired-up Falcons: Coach stokes secondary, kickoffs

When people watch a South Whidbey High School football game, they notice Leo Langer.

A proud Cowan Criswell of Freeland holds up his catch

News

Freeland salmon derby reels in weighty catch

Bush Point was quite a sight this past Saturday, with near shoulder-to-shoulder anglers casting lines and boats tied…

Carlee Mills

Sports

South Whidbey students return in force to fall sports

South Whidbey High School buzzed with activity Monday morning.

Falcon football players cheer as their teammate finishes a relay while dragging a 20-pound ferry rope at Double Bluff beach on Thursday.

Sports

Beach workouts condition Falcon football for grueling season

Beach days are anything but a day at the beach for the South Whidbey High School football team.

Sports

SLIDESHOW | A day at the beach with the South Whidbey High School football team

South Whidbey High School took to the beach for morning conditioning drills the coaches call "Beach Days." It…

News

SLIDESHOW | Whidbey Island Area Fair wraps 89th edition

The final days of the Whidbey Island Area Fair saw fair weather and large crowds with a line…

Kevin Lungren gets in a few more casts just before sundown Sunday at South Whidbey State Park. The longtime angler parted with a few trade secrets on a fighting venture with a South Whidbey Record reporter. Lungren

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Reporter tries his hand, luck at hooking pink salmon; Derby this Saturday

I caught a fish. Not a remarkable statement for many people. But it is a sentence I have…

Sports

SLIDESHOW | Record reporter tries to land pink salmon, unsuccessfully

Record reporter Ben Watanabe tried to get over "traumatic" childhood fishing experiences and re-learn to fish for pink…

Mike Helland

News

South Whidbey Fire stays out of inspections

Inspecting buildings for fire safety is a typical function for fire departments but it’s not free.

Becky Bell

News

Clinton business picks up roots for new digs

The register’s bell is a bit busier these days at Jim’s Hardware. That’s because a risky move by…

Christina Sousa

Life

Whidbey Island Area Fair hits its weekend stride

The lights are gone, the smell of fried food has wafted away and the shrill sound of shrieking…

Rusty Palmer

News

Fire district pursues Bayview headquarters

South Whidbey Fire/EMS has outgrown its $1.5 million 2002-built headquarters in Freeland and is shopping for new digs…