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Sheriff cans Island County detective following sexual harassment charges
The deputies’ guild is seeking arbitration on the Island County sheriff’s decision to fire a detective accused of…
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Hospital patient files suit
The woman who was allegedly assaulted by the head nurse at Whidbey General Hospital has filed a lawsuit…
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Late audit may result in Island Transit finding
Island Transit was late with paperwork related to an audit, which is likely to have findings showing the…
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Oak Harbor mayor, transit board spar at tense meeting
The leadership of Island Transit continued down a bumpy road this week. The embattled board of directors held…
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Island Transit chief ‘retires’
The embattled executive director of Island Transit quit Friday after a tense meeting with the board of directors…
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County to pay $30,000 in fairground repairs, annual event was held despite dangerous conditions
The county will fork out nearly $30,000 to repair “potentially” dangerous electrical problems at the Island County Fairgrounds.…
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Dog bites North Whidbey 3-year-old’s face, 15 stitches needed
A 3-year-old Oak Harbor girl is healing after a she was bitten in the face by a pit…
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Transit leaders vow to re-examine free-fare service
Island Transit will hire an outside consultant to conduct a study on whether it makes sense to charge…
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Paratransit service cuts run deep on South End, meeting planned
Multiple sclerosis is a maddeningly mysterious autoimmune disease that leaves each of its victims with a unique progression…
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Retired dentist dies in unexplained fire
A former Coupeville dentist was killed in a fire at his Central Whidbey Island home early Saturday morning.
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Cops ban Facebook user in hiding
A former South Whidbey man hiding out from the long arm of the law in China was recently…
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Whidbey grower develops claimed cure-all strain
Mathew Gordon experimented on himself to perfect what he claims is a medicine that can cure everything from…
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Alleged bank robber from Whidbey caught
A former Whidbey Island resident made a name for himself this summer. They call him the Alabama Band…