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Hospital’s behavioral health care is seeing positive results

WhidbeyHealth is making strides in addressing the island’s need for mental health services.

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Celebrating Whidbey’s greenery and new beginnings

Community members can visit state parks for free on Jan. 1.

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Whidbey celebrates new year

Whidbey Islanders have a variety of fun activities to choose from to end 2024 on a positive note.

(Photo by Luisa Loi)
A section of the display at the West Beach house.

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Light competition brightens Whidbey nights

There is still time to shine at the Island County Sheriff’s Office Holiday Lights Competition.

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Community helps vet who needs transplant

The family of a Navy veteran is seeking support to qualify for a life-saving organ transplant.

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Band of duplicates set the stage ablaze

Unable to find band members, an Oak Harbor musician resorted to cloning himself.

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Coupeville becomes state’s 19th creative district

Coupeville was recently certified as Washington’s 19th creative district.

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School administrators placed on leave

The Coupeville School District has placed the principal and vice principal on leave.

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Man walks through burning house to rescue neighbor

A South Whidbey resident’s quick thinking saved a man from dying in a fire that destroyed a mobile…

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Fire destroys boat in Deception Pass Marina

No one was injured in a fire that destroyed a boat Tuesday morning in Cornet Bay.

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Palliative and hospice care moves to new home

WhidbeyHealth’s hospice and palliative departments finally have a place of their own.

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Whidbey affected by bus driver shortage

Whidbey’s school districts and public transit system are hoping to get some positions filled.

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Jeff Pangburn, 55, sits on his cart on Southwest Barlow Street in Oak Harbor.

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Island community rallies for ‘Jeff the Giant’

Residents are helping a homeless man after he tried to save a teenager who died in a car…