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Oak Harbor Firefighter Rich Cuevas helps Greenbank resident Sheila  Chidsey to safety from the cliff in front of her high-bank home on North Bluff Road.

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Greenbank cliff gondola cable breaks, woman saved

A Greenbank couple suffered a horrendous ordeal Sunday when a gondola they were riding on broke part way…

Mayor Larry Kwarsick has declined to talk about the allegations against him.

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Special inquiry judge to get Kwarsick case

The Island County prosecutor’s review of Langley Mayor Larry Kwarsick will be a criminal investigation and will include…

Decisions Langley Mayor Larry Kwarsick allegedly made concerning the home of a family member while he was the city’s planning director have resulted in a whistleblower complaint and the City Council recommending the issue be reviewed by the Island County Prosecutor’s Office.

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Council passes mayor’s actions to prosecutor

Langley Mayor Larry Kwarsick modified previously finalized development documents for a family member’s home shortly after he was…

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Whidbey Island largely dodges pertussis scare

The number of pertussis cases throughout Washington State have reached epidemic levels, but so far Whidbey Island appears…

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Langley city council to speak up about complaint

The Langley City Council is expected to break its silence this week concerning the alleged scandal involving Mayor…

Port of South Whidbey Commissioner Curt Gordon participates in a Drop

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Officials duck, cover and hold

To better prepare for the worst, governments in Island County are considering the creation of an Emergency Management…

A Whidbey Telecom technician works on computer equipment Thursday to help fix an email problem that affected thousands of customers for nearly a week.

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Whidbey Telecom’s email nightmare finally resolved

An email nightmare that lasted nearly a week and affected up to 7,000 customers has finally come to…

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Whidbey Telecom email goes down again during changeover woes

Whidbey Telecom's email service is once again down, according to the latest updates on the company's website. Beginning…

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South Whidbey email improves, but still sluggish as businesses struggle

Now in its fifth day of email problems, Whidbey Telecom is reporting that its new system is up…

Shore Meadows Beach off Bush Point Road in Freeland is one of several public beach accesses Island County government has announced will be added to its list of parks.

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County to add beach access to parks list

The days of scratching your head over which beaches on Whidbey Island are public and which are private…

Children (and a dog) lead the way down First Street in Langley at the ninth annual Welcome to the Whales Day Parade and Festival Saturday afternoon. Organizers estimate that up to 1

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Sunshine helps make whale of a parade day

Both the sunshine and a healthy crowd turned out for the ninth annual Welcome to the Whales Day…

Jessie Huggins

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Dead gray whale towed to NAS Whidbey for exam

A dead gray whale that was found floating in Saratoga Passage Sunday was necropsied on a beach on…

Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson

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Emerson ballot proposals fall in heated debate

The fate of lone Republican Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson’s advisory ballot proposals was decided in a fiery…