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Jim Larsen

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EDITORIAL | Final edition

This is the final edition of The South Whidbey Record with my name listed as editor. For those…

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Third Nichols Brothers ferry unlikely this session

A transportation bill that provides for a third 144-passenger Washington State ferry important to Nichols Brothers Boat Builders…

Malina Vandewerfhorst

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Jack, South Whidbey’s only pet coatimundi, undergoes dental surgery

Jack, South Whidbey’s news making coatimundi, has a clean set of choppers thanks to a local veterinarian and…

Walt Condon arrives home to find his garage and daughter's apartment totally destroyed

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Flames destroy garage, apartment near Mutiny Bay

A raging fire destroyed a two-story garage with an apartment on the top floor near Mutiny Bay early…

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New Mukilteo ferry terminal nears construction start date

Ferry officials seemed a bit ebullient Wednesday night in Clinton, and who could blame them. After several decades…

Lagoon Point residents watch the Neahkahnie which went aground early Tuesday morning. Plans are to pull the boat free with tugboat that will arrive at 3 p.m.

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Fishing boat runs aground on Whidbey Island, no fuel leaks | UPDATE

A large fishing boat went aground at Lagoon Point on Tuesday morning at 4 a.m., about an hour…

Lagoon Point residents watch the Neahkahnie which went aground early Tuesday morning. Plans are to pull the boat free with tugboat that will arrive at 3 p.m.

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Fishing boat runs aground at Lagoon Point

A large fishing boat went aground at Lagoon Point on Tuesday morning at 4:30 a.m., less than an…

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SLIDESHOW | Scores honor fallen veterans at Bayview Cemetery

Quite a showing solemnly honored fallen veterans at Bayview Cemetery this Memorial Day.

Dale Strickland

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Heavy rains cause landslide, blocking Whidbey Shores road

The long winter and spring of landslides on Whidbey Island resumed on a rainy Monday evening when a…

Pollution levels in Holmes Harbor are considerably lower

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Holmes Harbor pollution eases

The tainted waters at the south end of Holmes Harbor have improved dramatically, leading to the possibility they…

In a moment of levity

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Island turns out to honor fallen veterans

One of the largest crowds in years swarmed to pay homage to America’s fallen war heroes with a…

Gordon and Shirley Simmons

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Simmons Garage stays in the family

The long transition from Simmons Garage to Simmons Garage is complete in Clinton.

Linda and Leonard Good try out a relative’s tornado shelter in Oklahoma. The guitar symbolize’s Leonard’s boyhood in Oklahoma. At 6 years old

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Whidbey Islanders get a taste of tornado in Oklahoma

Leonard and Linda Good returned home safely to South Whidbey after a harrowing visit to Oklahoma.