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Island County commissioners call off Nov. law, justice measure
One commissioner’s recognition of the county’s recuperating finances has led the board to pull the law-and-justice levy from…
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Commissioner dispute lands L&J tax issue with county auditor
Wrangling over who gets to write statements about Island County’s law-and-justice levy for the online voters’ pamphlet has…
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Commissioners take sides in OLF dispute
An ardent supporter of all things Navy raised a ruckus at the Island County commissioners’ meeting Monday during…
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More UFOs spotted over Whidbey Island skies
An Oak Harbor couple watched an object they could not identify in the night sky above Puget Sound…
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Suspect in Coupeville tractor chase pleads not guilty
A man accused of getting drunk, stealing a John Deere tractor and a shotgun then leading police on…
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Jury returns with verdict of ‘guilty’ in Lambert murder trial
Joshua David Lambert will almost certainly spend the rest of his life behind bars as a convicted double…
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Baker trial to enter court in August
The pizza man and Antarctic scientist accused of killing his wife in Greenbank last year will go to…
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Cop impersonator arrested in Oak Harbor
A member of the department’s Explorer program stole a patrol car, a badge and a Taser and masqueraded…
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Judge scolds double murder suspect Lambert
The strange trial of an accused killer took even more unusual turns Monday in Island County Superior Court.
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Freeland man, 28, drowns in Anacortes
The body of a Freeland man was recovered from the bottom of an Anacortes lake Wednesday.
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Island County considers cop tax proposal
A resolution recommending a ballot proposition for law-and-justice funding is finally on its way to Island County Board…
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Whose god? Question quashes Island County prayer proposal
Meetings of the Island County commissioners will not begin with a prayer. At least not anytime soon.