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    Articles by Brian Kelly
    Start of Huden trial is delayed
    Start of Huden trial is delayed
    By Brian Kelly • August 31, 2011 12:57 pm

    The trial for accused killer James “Jim” Huden has been pushed back a month.

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    South Whidbey parks officials plan to interview commissioner candidates in secret
    South Whidbey parks officials plan to interview commissioner...
    By Brian Kelly • August 30, 2011 1:56 pm

    Officials of the South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District plan to meet this week in a closed-door session to interview candidates to replace outgoing board member Linda Kast.

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    Money raising for Lauderdale’s county commissioner campaign off to a brisk start
    Money raising for Lauderdale’s county commissioner campaign off...
    By Brian Kelly • August 29, 2011 12:38 pm

    Robert “Jeff” Lauderdale’s campaign is off to a running start — in fundraising, at least.

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    Peggy Sue Thomas stares at Island County Superior Court Judge Alan Hancock as her attorney
    ONE WOMAN ­— TWO STORIES: Thomas goes from...
    By Brian Kelly • August 28, 2011 10:09 am

    Devoted mom. Caring community member. Exemplary employee.

    Or calculating chameleon, and accomplice to first-degree murder.

    Two starkly different pictures of Peggy Sue Thomas began to emerge this week as Island County authorities prepare to arraign the former hairdresser and beauty queen in the Christmastime murder of Russel Douglas.

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    Karla Gilbert strikes a pose for fashion photographer Jake Armour during a photo shoot Thursday at the Coupeville Wharf.
    Whidbey winner in modeling contest brings crew to...
    By Brian Kelly • August 25, 2011 4:01 pm

    Karla Gilbert attracted a few curious stares Thursday while standing near the end of the Coupeville Wharf.

    She’s going to get a lot more interested looks in the months to come, though.

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    Peggy Sue Thomas enters an Island County courtroom for her bail hearing on Tuesday.
    Bail dropped to $500,000 from $5 million for...
    By Brian Kelly • August 23, 2011 6:00 pm

    The bail for the former beautician and beauty queen charged in the first-degree murder of a Langley man was cut from $5 million to $500,000 at her bail hearing Tuesday in Island County Superior Court.

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    Gill and Allen still lead in Langley council race
    Gill and Allen still lead in Langley council...
    By Brian Kelly • August 18, 2011 8:34 pm

    Thomas Gill remains in first place in the three-way race for Position 4 for the Langley City Council.

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    Precinct results give detail on Prop. 1, Langley council races
    Precinct results give detail on Prop. 1, Langley...
    By Brian Kelly • August 17, 2011 6:57 pm

    Proposition 1 found its greatest support in the precinct that includes the Edgecliff neighborhood, according to the first election tally released by Island County.

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    Lauderdale officially announces run for commissioner | UPDATE
    Lauderdale officially announces run for commissioner | UPDATE
    By Brian Kelly • August 17, 2011 11:28 am

    Charging that Island County government needs a “course correction,” Robert “Jeff” Lauderdale officially announced Saturday that he will be running as a Republican candidate in the 2012 race to represent District 1 on the board of county commissioners.

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    Island County planners to ask for help on new Freeland population forecast
    Island County planners to ask for help on...
    By Brian Kelly • August 17, 2011 11:25 am

    Island County commissioners will talk about the future population of Freeland at their work session today.

    The amount of growth forecast for Freeland has been a bone of contention for opponents of the Freeland Water & Sewer District’s $40 million plan to install a sewer system that would serve an expanding Freeland.

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    Prop. 1 falling to defeat in a landslide
    Prop. 1 falling to defeat in a landslide
    By Brian Kelly • August 16, 2011 11:11 pm

    It looks like Langley will keep its mayor.

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    Peggy Sue Thomas
    Thomas to remain in jail on $5 million...
    By Brian Kelly • August 16, 2011 5:09 pm

    The second suspect in the brutal 2003 murder of a Langley man made her first appearance in Island County Superior Court Tuesday.

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    Jeff Lauderdale announces his candidacy for the District 1 seat on the Island County Board of Commissioners on Saturday.
    Lauderdale officially announces run for Island County commissioner
    By Brian Kelly • August 15, 2011 11:10 am

    Charging that Island County government needs a “course correction,” Robert “Jeff” Lauderdale officially announced Saturday that he will be running as a Republican candidate in the 2012 race to represent District 1 on the board of county commissioners.

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