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Cliff Hagglund rides during a Western Games Association event at the Island County Fairgrounds in Langley. The Clinton resident’s friends and fellow gamers are holding a benefit this weekend to help cover his medical bills after his recent heart attack.

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South Whidbey community rallies to help beloved local horseman

Friends of Cliff Hagglund want to see him back in the saddle again soon. Hagglund, 48, suffered a…

Stephanie Coulon is a new business owner in Langley with 'Live

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Local entrepreneur is paying it forward, one nailbed at a time

LANGLEY — Stephanie Coulon loves her customers. “I’m blessed to do what I do,” she said, “I love…

Maripat Donovan returns in 'Late Nite Catechism' and a special 'Sister’s Easter Catechism: Will My Bunny Go to Heaven?' at Whidey Island Center for the Arts in April.

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WICA launches season tonight with talk show about food and other sundry

Mix up some Carson, Letterman and DeGeneres, add a pinch of Child and cook it up onstage in…

Mona Newbauer stands by a cacao tree (theobroma cacao) with ripe cacao pods hanging from the trunk of the tree. Unlike other fruit

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Langley chocolatier searches for secrets in Ecuador

As soon as she found herself walking through a cacao plantation in Ecuador, Mona Newbauer’s passion was renewed.…

Furniture maker Rob Hetler made this 'Memory Box' to hold cremated ashes for a loved one.  The piece is on display with the work of 19 other master woodworkers through Oct. 3 at Woodpalooza in the Bayview Cash Store.

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Master woodworkers show is open at Bayview Corner

When someone spends 250 hours to make one chest of drawers, woodwork enthusiasts and art lovers take notice.

The cover of the Artist's Magazine this month features a cover story about Greenbank painter Kent Lovelace.

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Local painter’s work glows on the cover of major art magazine

They may have seen his work in Santa Fe, N.M. at the Meyer East Gallery last year.

Josh Parkinson

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Islanders cycle to raise funds for Kenyan students

They put their heads together to raise money, but the bake sale didn’t produce enough dough

Jacob Bloom’s “Sky Flier” is a 16x20-inch print on canvas

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Local artist creates stylistic art, stories of a parallel universe

Jacob Bloom said steampunk to him is a kind of Victorian science fiction.

Jaida Crain celebrates her graduation day at the Toddle Inn Daycare Center in Bayview with teacher Linda Furman Walters.

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Friends to hold spaghetti benefit for longtime beloved teacher

For the past 20 years, Linda Furman Walters has taught South End preschoolers their ABCs, how to cut…

Valerie Huntington wears the mask she made at Nymbol’s Secret Garden in Langley for her part in “Romeo and Juliet.”

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Island Shakespeare Fest organizers create a destination for the island

Many doors have been open to Island Shakespeare Fest founder Susannah Rose Woods and her idea to create…

Stephanie and Paul Neis of Les Jardin de Deux Amis were hosts on the Veggisimo tour last year.

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Eat, learn, nourish the hungry on Vegissimo garden tour

Here is where the eaters meet the growers and hungry children reap the benefits.

Samantha O’Brochta prepares to go onstage at a recent rehearsal for Seattle Opera’s production of “Porgy and Bess” which plays through Aug. 20.  O’Brochta is the daughter of Frank and Linda O’Brochta of Freeland.

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Whidbey Islander sings in ‘Porgy and Bess’ at the Seattle Opera

Samantha O’Brochta, of Freeland, thought she was dreaming when the Seattle Opera called her back.

Dwight Zehm directs and acts in Tom Churchill’s play “West is West

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Racing into the American heart with Whidbey Island playwright Tom Churchill

Camels, rattlesnakes and a cabal of hard-drinking, quirky mavericks come together in a new play.