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The 10th annual Cool Bayview Nights Car Show is this Saturday at Bayview Corner. It will feature cars like this 1968 Chevy Impala

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Hot rods heat up for Cool Bayview Nights

Muscle cars, low riders, trucks, hot rods, foreign beauties and American classics will all be rolling to one…

A firefighter hoses down a brush fire off Double Bluff Road today. Officials say it was the largest since the 1990s.

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Today’s brushfires on South Whidbey scorched an estimated 15 acres, officials say

South Whidbey firefighters fought what they called the largest brushfire on the South End since the 1990s today.…

A duck swims past a beaver house at Miller Lake in Maxwelton. The Growth Management Hearings Board for Western Washington issued a ruling late last month that said Island County's beaver dam and beaver house removal rules did not meet state law. It also identified six other failures in the fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas update adopted by the county commissioners this past September.

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Beaver, wildlife rules appeal holds water with hearings board in Island County

Island County’s 2014 beaver dam rules sprang a significant leak recently when a state regulatory board found they…

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EDITOR’S COLUMN | Lots of Fourth of July fun to be had on South Whidbey

From where I’m sitting, there’s no better place in the world to celebrate Independence Day than right here…

Maxwelton residents prepare to march in the 1948 parade. Front row

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Maxwelton Independence Day Parade: A community, family affair for 100 years

It was once a small family affair, a chance for relatives and close friends to come together and…

Curt Gordon listens to Ron Nelson talk about a proposal to study details of Freeland incorporation.

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Freeland city study passes first step with reluctant OK

Absolutely not. Well, maybe. OK fine, let’s send it to the Island County commissioners and let them figure…

Joe Wierzbowski displays a freshly cooked lunch from his food truck in Langley Thursday. The new business has come under fire from neighboring buisness owners and members of the city council.

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Food truck debut leaves some in Langley with sour taste

For a parked food truck, The Big Wierzbowski’s first week in Langley has been one bumpy road. The…

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EDITOR’S COLUMN | One grizzly mistake

As a newspaper editor, I’m infallible when it comes too literary errors. Misspellings, rogue comas, incomplete sentences —…

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Island, Freeland business leaders seek funding for incorporation study

The old drumbeat of Freeland incorporation will be heard anew this week, this time before the Island County…

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Pitbull in Clinton kills neighbor’s Bichon Frise, leads to community meeting

A Clinton woman is facing a misdemeanor criminal charge following a grisly pit bull attack last weekend that…

South Whidbey Fire/EMS firefighters work to extinguish a fire that claim Shirley’s Kitchen in Clinton.

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Clinton ferry stop favorite Shirley’s Kitchen claimed by fire

Shirley’s Kitchen, a longtime food stand located next to the Clinton Ferry Terminal, was destroyed by an unexplained…

South Whidbey Fire/EMS firefighters walk the scene of a fatal two-car crash on Highway 525 in February. Tim Keil died at the scene and the driver

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Charges pending for fatal South Whidbey Valentine’s Day crash

The South Whidbey woman involved in a fatal two-car collision on South Whidbey in February was drunk, according…

Gay Turn accepts the title and keys to her new car from Bobby Morrison. She won it in an Eagles raffle.

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Clinton woman wins car in Eagles’ charity raffle

Possession Point resident Gay Turner bought a used car this month, for $10. She was the winning recipient…