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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Losing job no surprise, treasurer candidate says
Wanda Grone wasn’t surprised when she was fired last week. Grone, a Coupeville resident, had been the chief…
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Former Island County Commissioner Emerson seeks Kitsap auditor seat
Kelly Emerson hasn’t left politics behind. Emerson surprised many by resigning her position as Island County commissioner earlier…