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Whidbey’s first coatimundi chase ends with success

Jack lies peacefully on one couch cushion stacked atop another, eyes closed, the picture of innocence. Hardly the…

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SLIDESHOW | Langley house burns down, occupants escape unharmed

A fire claimed the Langley home and vehicle of Marilie Johnson the night of May 10. Her two…

South Whidbey Fire/EMS Assistant Chief Paul Busch directs the action as a car and house burn in the background. The blaze on Anthes Avenue in Langley destroyed a home but the human and animal occupants escaped safely.

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Fire destroys Langley home | UPDATE

We may never know the exact cause of a fire that destroyed a home in Langley late Friday…

This was the scene moments after the first firefighters arrived to fight a house fire on Anthes Avenue in Langley late Friday afternoon. The house appeared to be a total loss by 7 p.m. but a woman and her two grandchildren got out unharmed.

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Fire destroys Langley home, people, animals escape

A home was destroyed by fire in Langley late Friday afternoon but two adults, two children, four dogs…

American Legion Post 141’s 2013 Poppy Girl

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Poppy Girl encounters war memories of Whidbey Island veterans

A Poppy Girl learns that an assisted living facility isn’t just a place where older people live, it’s…

The Tokitae superstructure leaves the Nichols Brothers boat yard this spring. A second ferry is in the works

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Nichols jobs depend on another ferry

Eighty to 100 jobs on South Whidbey are riding on the outcome of a transportation bill still up…

Mayor Fred McCarthy

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Ceremony celebrates long awaited Langley marina project

The start of long-awaited improvements to the marina in Langley was cause enough for a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday.

A Neptune Marine employee scurries to secure a sunken work barge in Monday morning’s storm. Two small barges sank in the strong wind and work to refloat them started in heavy rain Tuesday morning. In the background is the new tug built by Nichols Brothers.

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Big wind sinks barges as Langley marina project starts

A surprise wind from the northwest Monday morning caused havoc for the crew beginning work on the Langley…

Paul Schell sits behind a model of a possible Boatyard Inn expansion project as he proposes his marina improvement ideas to the Port of South Whidbey commissioners.

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Inn, restaurant, elevator among Schell’s harbor ideas

Langley businessman and developer Paul Schell dropped some new ideas about the future of the Langley harbor Thursday…

Mark Moore cuts aluminum for stairs to be installed in a multi-unit building in Seattle. The North Cross Aluminum employee will have lots of cutting and fabricating ahead of him with the recent award of the fire boat bid with South Whidbey Fire/EMS.

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Small Freeland shop wins $500K fire boat bid

A new South Whidbey company with ties to Nichols Brothers Boat Builders landed its first contract Monday: the…

Kamren Adams has turned himself into authorities after allegedly stabbing a Clinton man multiple times.

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UPDATE | Suspect in Clinton stabbing turns himself in

The man suspected of stabbing another man multiple times in Clinton turned himself in at 2:15 Monday at…

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Clinton man stabbed multiple times, suspect sought by police

A suspect who allegedly stabbed a man in Clinton early Sunday morning is being sought by the Island…

Alex was euthanized Thursday for viciously attacking a young woman who was house sitting.

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Dog euthanized after mauling Clinton young woman

The owner of the dog that chewed up a young Clinton woman had him euthanized by a veterinarian…