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County plea: Don’t leave your doggie do behind
Scooping poop among ways to protect water
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Island’s first behavioral health stabilization facility discussed
Representatives from Island County recently presented plans for the island’s first crisis stabilization center and sub-acute detox facility.…
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County considers housing goals, policies
Planning and community development staff recently presented the draft housing goals and policies to the Island County Board…
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County holding workshops on Freeland development regs
Members of the public will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback about draft Freeland development…
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Young whale washes up on Whidbey Island shore
Visitors to West Beach on North Whidbey this week may have noticed a rather large, and eventually odoriferous,…
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County weights joining opioid lawsuit
The Board of Island County Commissioners held a round-table discussion last week to consider whether to join multi-district…
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Whidbey hosting its own Comicon April 7
This one’s for the cosplayers, gamers, comic book readers and sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts. Casual and hardcore fans of “geek…
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WEAN digs into asphalt mounds
In an effort to address multiple truckloads of crushed asphalt piled on a property on South Whidbey’s Midvale…
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SVC employee challenging Hayes for seat
An Oak Harbor resident is challenging incumbent Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano Island, for the state House representative of…
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Pacific Rim Institute partnering with new 23-year-old sheep farmer
News that the CEO of Pacific Rim Institute wanted to partner with young farmers came at a serendipitous…
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Habitat taking over Saratoga Community Housing
After witnessing Saratoga Community Housing’s declining effectiveness, Habitat for Humanity of Island County is taking over the agency.
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Community weaves together fundraiser after fiber theft
In late February, Lydia Christiansen and her husband Alan woke up to a small business owner’s worst nightmare.…
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Point in Time count shows 170 without permanent housing
Over 170 people were counted as either unsheltered or in temporary housing during the annual Point in Time…