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State to audit transit books

Financial experts at the Washington State Auditor’s Office will be going through books at Island Transit in the…

Travis Loetterle

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Langley cop’s ‘arch nemesis’ accused of pooch trafficking

A 23-year-old homeless man who recently led South Whidbey cops on a foot chase through Langley may end…

Martha Rose

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Shoddy accounting results in transit staff cuts, service reduction

A total of 24 employees will be laid off, Saturday bus service is being cancelled and five routes…

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Four to face off in primary for state office

Two candidates who have the support of their respective parties are being challenged by party outsiders in the…

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Alleged Freeland hand slicer lands in court

A 46-year-old Freeland man is accused of slicing another man on the hand with a knife during an…

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Whidbey General Hospital CEO to hang up hat

Whidbey General Hospital commissioners are putting together a list of criteria to help them find the perfect chief…

Linda Gipson

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WGH nursing chief charged with assault

Prosecutors charged the chief nursing officer at Whidbey General Hospital last week with assaulting a patient.

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Freeland man injured in rollover crash

Three people were transported to the hospital and one man was seriously injured in two separate rollover accidents…

David Sponheim

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Candidate’s blackface parody comes under fire

The head of the Island County Democrats is denouncing a candidate for a state representative seat who put…

Self-incriminating statements made by former Coupeville deputy marshal Hodges Gowdey have been thrown out by a superior court judge. Gowdey will stand trial June 24.

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Accused Coupeville cop was “tricked,” judge says

There’s nothing unusual about the police using a ruse against a criminal suspect. Such trickery can be “legal…

North Whidbey resident Douglas Blackburn appears in Island County Superior Court on suspicion of rape and kidnapping.

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North Whidbey man accused of kidnapping, brutal rape

North Whidbey resident Darcy Zook got the scare of a lifetime when police caught a suspect in a…

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Two Navy men die in kayaking accident near Libbey Beach

Two active-duty Navy men were killed over the weekend in a kayaking accident on the west side of…

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Whidbey General Hospital nurse accused of patient assault

A nursing administrator at Whidbey General Hospital is being investigated for allegedly assaulting a patient in restraints last…