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Former Langley city administrator to join new PSE in Freeland

Walt Blackford, Langley’s former city administrator, will be in charge of Puget Sound Energy’s new customer service office…

Linda Fauth is nominated for Animal Planet’s Cat Hero Of The Year. People can still vote for her online.

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Animal Planet’s next cat hero could be from Whidbey

Langley resident Linda Fauth is a longtime animal advocate on Whidbey Island and was instrumental in getting Whidbey…

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Conservation board OKs $100 million request

The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Funding Board approved a record number of projects across the state to…

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New PUDs need to reach standards to get contract

In the fight for locally-controlled power on Whidbey Island, a key issue has been the availability of discounted…

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No active electrical PUDs formed since 1940s

Supporters have long been praising the success of other public utility districts in Washington as they try to…

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Bakke promises: No new county taxes

Island County Commissioner Phil Bakke is promising he won’t raise taxes if voters keep him on the Island…

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Island voters rejected PUD multiple times since 1940s

Supporters have long been praising the success of other public utility districts in Washington as they try to…

Nancy Barker gives Katie Hicks a flu shot as Dr. Roger Case looks on.

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Health officials promote early flu shots

Whidbey Island faced a serious whooping cough outbreak this summer — an epidemic that could have been prevented…

Bikers leave the Clinton ferry on their way to Anacortes on Sunday for the annual Oyster Run.

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Oyster Run: Bikers make trek across Whidbey

The 27th Oyster Run brought thousands of motorcyclists to Anacortes Sunday, and a good portion of them rolled…

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Businessman charged with vehicular assault six months after crash

More than six month after a crash that injured two well-known South End business people, Leroy E. Olsen…

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UPDATE: PSE ups its spending to fight Whidbey PUD

Puget Sound Energy has thrown major money behind its effort to fight the creation of new public utility…

Don Johnson grabs a bite to eat while on strike duty in Everett.

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Whidbey’s Boeing workers on strike in its third week today

Their days still start with a 15-minute ferry ride and the commute to the Everett Boeing plant, but…

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PSE-funded group continues anti-PUD campaign on island

On the heels of the controversial yard-sign campaign by the Puget Sound Energy-funded “Whidbey Consumers for Affordable Energy,”…