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Citizens, cops want sales tax for Island County police

A group of citizens, government officials and cops is recommending that Island County commissioners ask voters to increase…

A family of geese was spared after Honeymoon Lake residents approved the gaggle’s euthanization. The geese were taken during the night May 30.

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Honeymoon Lake goose-nappers grab gaggle before executioners can

A gaggle of geese marked for death was goose-napped in a clandestine operation on Honeymoon Lake on Wednesday…

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Freeland man violates order, faces prison

A 27-year-old Freeland man will go to prison after his seventh conviction for violating a court order that…

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Cable, plants may trip up Admiralty Inlet turbine project

The proximity of rare plants and an international communications cable may present obstacles for a plan to locate…

A pair of Canada geese and their three goslings are among those marked for death as they graze on a Honeymoon Lake lawn early Thursday morning. The killing has been approved by a federal agency

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Effort mounts to save geese on Honeymoon Lake

Plans to kill a few geese and goslings that annoy some residents of a Greenbank lake community have…

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Clinton woman takes plea in shotgun murder case

A 41-year-old Clinton woman accused of being an accomplice in the shotgun murder of her boyfriend's wife pleaded…

George Downey

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Violent history of alleged Greenbank kidnapper, rapist revealed

Documents from a protection order hearing allege that 22-year-old Greenbank resident George Downey perpetrated a pattern of domestic…

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Goof almost puts Emerson out of elected office

Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson nearly forfeited her office by accident last week, but was saved by the…

Sheriff Mark Brown holds some of the returned  prescription medication bottles. More than a half-ton of pills were turned in during the last two drug  disposal events on Whidbey Island.

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Deputies will take back prescription drugs

Law enforcement officials on Whidbey Island are once again working together to take drugs.

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Crime rise concerns Island County Sheriff’s Office

In one week in March, deputies with the Island County Sheriff’s Office responded to 411 calls for service.…

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South End play director imprisoned for violating court order

A well-known member of the South Whidbey performing arts community was sentenced to 15 months in prison this…

Freeland resident Sasha Sheldon looks over her bunny

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Rascally Freeland rabbit found in time for Easter Sunday

They call him Rat. He chases balls like a dog and uses a litter box like a cat.…

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Judge keeps Freeland kidnapping suspect in jail

A 22-year-old Greenbank man accused of kidnapping and rape likely won’t be getting out of jail anytime soon.