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Schooner breaks free from mooring, takes unmanned trip during storm

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Schooner breaks free from mooring, takes unmanned trip during storm

After a harrowing ordeal Tuesday, Mark Saia arrived home around midnight and soaked in his hot tub, allowing…

Craig Holmquist uses an excavator Monday, May 22, 2017 to dig a hole for a new vault toilet that will be installed in June near the office of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve in Coupeville. Carl Sholin, an archaeologist with the National Park Service, monitors the dig. The Reserve will be busy with several projects this summer as it braces for an increasing number of visitors. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Ebey’s Reserve braces for continued growth on prairie’s ridge

The proof is in the guest book.

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Minor earthquake jolts Whidbey residents

A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck about two miles offshore from Ebey’s Landing Wednesday night, delivering a brief jolt to…

Opportunities to catch salmon improve slightly in 2017 around Whidbey but still grim

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Opportunities to catch salmon improve slightly in 2017 around Whidbey but still grim

Salmon fishers on Whidbey Island might find a saltwater fishing license to be a slightly better investment this…

Jessica Larson, a land steward with the Whidbey Camano Land Trust, stands before a split-rail fence Thursday, Aprl 6, 2018 that was installed in March to keep duck hunters and others from parking on the property near Crockett Lake in Central Whidbey. The land trust purchased the 85-acre property from a private landowner in December on the lake’s northeast corner to protect it and its abundant species of birds as part of the 423-acre Crockett Lake Wetland Preserve. The newly acquired property had been a widely used access point and place to park for waterfowl hunters for years. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Land trust purchase means lucky ducks, but not hunters

For decades, residents near Crockett Lake on Central Whidbey have awakened to the sound of shotgun blasts in…

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, a 16-year-old climate change activist who’s spoken before the United Nations on environmental policy, will be one of the speakers at the Climate Action forum on Whidbey Island this month. KC Golden, policy director at Seattle’s Climate Solutions, is the other. The forums will be held March 24 at the Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center and March 25 at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley. Both will start at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Photo provided by Earth Guardians

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Climate lecture series brings two prominent speakers to Whidbey

Retired Oak Harbor physician Marshall Goldberg likens Xiuhtezcatl Martinez to a rock star. Securing Martinez for two speaking…

A firefighter battles a blaze that knocked out a Central Whidbey icon Monday night, March 6, 2017. The fire destroyed the historic Smith Barn at Willowood Farm in Coupeville. Photo by Megan Hansen/Whidbey News-Times

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Iconic Central Whidbey barn burns to ground

Fire took down an iconic Central Whidbey barn Monday night, turning the historic structure into charred rubble.

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Coupeville High School declares ‘emergency’ over leaky roof

Whidbey Island’s cold, wet winter has been particularly unkind to Coupeville High School, where a leaky roof could…

Scott Brazelton gets the roller coaster cart in position to launch at his property in Oak Harbor Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Brazelton, a Navy pilot, built a roller coaster from scratch for his 3-year-old son Wyatt. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Navy pilot creates ultimate thrill in backyard for son: a roller coaster

If there were an award for world’s coolest dad, Scott Brazelton would be tough to top.

Ron Newberry / Whidbey News Group — Maggie Garrett, left, and Alyssa Monger hold up certificates after participating in the first ‘Whidbey Has Talent’ at Oak Harbor High School last year.

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Whidbey talent show expands its search

Organizers of Whidbey Has Talent are searching farther and wider to add to the talent pool for this…

Ron Newberry / Whidbey News Group                                A European Starling goes after a block of suet in Admirals Cove. Starlings are non-native species that typically draw the ire of birders.

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Whidbey bird lovers go to extremes during winter

On a sloping piece of wooded property at the end of Towhee Lane, wild birds enjoy a little…

Capt. Jerry Helm, center, with Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue, walks away from a house where a man was found dead after a house fire in Coupeville Friday night. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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House fire claims the life of Coupeville man

A Coupeville man perished Friday night in the third house fire in less than 48 hours on North…

Whidbey elk picks wrong tarp to tangle with

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Whidbey elk picks wrong tarp to tangle with

Bruiser, it seems, can’t catch a break these days.