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    County plea: Don’t leave your doggie do behind
    County plea: Don’t leave your doggie do behind
    By Laura Guido • April 24, 2018 10:30 am

    Scooping poop among ways to protect water

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    Island’s first behavioral health stabilization facility discussed
    Island’s first behavioral health stabilization facility discussed
    By Laura Guido • April 24, 2018 1:30 am

    Representatives from Island County recently presented plans for the island’s first crisis stabilization center and sub-acute detox facility. The center,…

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    County considers housing goals, policies
    County considers housing goals, policies
    By Laura Guido • April 10, 2018 10:30 am

    Planning and community development staff recently presented the draft housing goals and policies to the Island County Board of Commissioners…

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    County holding workshops on Freeland development regs
    County holding workshops on Freeland development regs
    By Laura Guido • April 10, 2018 1:30 am

    Members of the public will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback about draft Freeland development regulations throughout…

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    Photo by Laura Guido/Whidbey News Group                                A young deceased whale washed up Tuesday on West Beach. After examining the body, researchers believe it died from malnutrition.
    Young whale washes up on Whidbey Island shore
    By Laura Guido • April 6, 2018 10:30 am

    Visitors to West Beach on North Whidbey this week may have noticed a rather large, and eventually odoriferous, addition to…

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    A Langley police officer holds a syringe he found. County officials recently sat down with attorneys to discuss the possibility of joining a multidistrict civil lawsuit against opioid manufacturers for the damage the opioid crisis has caused local communities. Whidbey News-Times file photo
    County weights joining opioid lawsuit
    By Laura Guido • April 6, 2018 1:30 am

    The Board of Island County Commissioners held a round-table discussion last week to consider whether to join multi-district litigation against…

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    Whidbey hosting its own Comicon April 7
    Whidbey hosting its own Comicon April 7
    By Laura Guido • April 4, 2018 1:30 am

    This one’s for the cosplayers, gamers, comic book readers and sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts. Casual and hardcore fans of “geek culture” alike…

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    WEAN digs into asphalt mounds
    WEAN digs into asphalt mounds
    By Laura Guido • March 31, 2018 1:30 am

    In an effort to address multiple truckloads of crushed asphalt piled on a property on South Whidbey’s Midvale Road, a…

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    SVC employee challenging Hayes for seat
    SVC employee challenging Hayes for seat
    By Laura Guido • March 27, 2018 1:30 am

    An Oak Harbor resident is challenging incumbent Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano Island, for the state House representative of the 10th…

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    Pacific Rim Institute partnering with new 23-year-old sheep farmer
    Pacific Rim Institute partnering with new 23-year-old sheep...
    By Laura Guido • March 27, 2018 1:30 am

    News that the CEO of Pacific Rim Institute wanted to partner with young farmers came at a serendipitous time for…

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    Habitat taking over Saratoga Community Housing
    Habitat taking over Saratoga Community Housing
    By Laura Guido • March 24, 2018 1:30 am

    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
    Community weaves together fundraiser after fiber theft
    By Laura Guido • March 16, 2018 1:30 am

    In late February, Lydia Christiansen and her husband Alan woke up to a small business owner’s worst nightmare. A trailer…

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    Staff from Island County Human Services gave a presentation on housing issues and homelessness in the county to the Planning Commission Monday. The department has been able to help over 400 households with its Housing Support Center since it opened in August 2016, but there are still more than 400 households waiting for assistance, largely due to the lack of affordable housing. Photo by Laura Guido/Whidbey News Group
    Point in Time count shows 170 without permanent...
    By Laura Guido • March 14, 2018 1:30 am

    Over 170 people were counted as either unsheltered or in temporary housing during the annual Point in Time Count in…

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