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St. Augustine’s gets ready to dedicate new church

St. Augustine’s in-the-Woods Episcopal Church will dedicate its new addition next weekend, a 9,400-square-foot, two-story expansion that nearly…

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Fire District 3 hopes new childcare option will bolster volunteer force

Island County Fire District 3 plans to establish a drop-in childcare facility where volunteer emergency responders can leave…

Rev. David Vergin and his wife Mary outside Langley United Methodist Church. Sunday’s service will be their last before retirement.

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New pastor promises to continue forward-looking tradition

It’s déjà vu for Rev. Mary Boyd, who will have a homecoming of sorts when she becomes new…

District Court Judge Peter Strow awaits aid after his motorcycle hit a deer on Highway 20 early Sunday morning.

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UPDATE | Judge still in hospital after cycle crash

An Island County District Court judge remained in Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday morning after being…

Loretta Wilson and Kathy McLaughlin

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Volunteer’s birthday gifts just keep on giving

Once a Hometown Hero, always a hometown hero.

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Duke LeBaron never met a local cause he didn’t like

Duke LeBaron moved to South Whidbey for good in 1986, and after that rarely found a reason to…

The McRae house under construction in 1940.

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McRae House is prime patient in Langley’s medical history

Neither volcano nor mudslide nor chilly thermostat have failed to dampen the resiliency of a roomy 1940s three-bedroom…

Virginia LaRue smiles with daughters Michele (left) and Denise (right) as the Langley City Council last year saluted her contributions to the business community. With them is Mayor Paul Samuelson.

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Langley merchant Virginia LaRue was a First Street legend

The Queen of Langley was scheduled to make a farewell trip through downtown on Friday afternoon.

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Poppy Girls highlight the annual bouquet of local Memorial Day events

Lindsay Feris relishes her role in ongoing Memorial Day activities on South Whidbey, being from a family steeped…

Ja'Noah Spratt and Damien Cortez get ready for the 'Mother of All Talent Shows Rides Again' on Saturday.

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Talent show gets ready to roll in Langley

Tickets are on sale now for Good Cheer’s second annual fundraising extravaganza, “Mother of All Talent Shows Rides…

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Future users of Trillium Woods get their say

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust is shooting the works to gather as much public comment as possible about…

The Clyde Theatre and Norman Clyde Motors on First Street in downtown Langley in 1937

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Seventy-five years later, the Clyde is still the picture of health

Blake Willeford remembers the day astronaut George “Pinky” Nelson stopped by the Clyde Theatre in downtown Langley to…

Claire Philp puts the page numbers on a book she is writing

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New full-day kindergarten to be offered by district

Kindergarten will have a new look in the South Whidbey School District next fall.