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Bill and Stanley Hunziker stand in front of the McLeod House in 1926. The Howard Hotel is at left.

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McLeod House going strong despite being a ghost of itself

Living history? Check out the McLeod House in downtown Langley. “Maggie McLeod still haunts the halls,” said Fred…

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Work picking up on Skagit Farmers Supply’s new $2.3 million store in Freeland

Foundation work is well under way on a new Skagit Farmers Supply Country Store in Freeland that is…

The South Whidbey ROV team is made up of Jake Papritz

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Team of young underwater robot builders poised to make waves again

A team of five youngsters in grades five through eight are back in the pool again with a…

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Water level in Deer Lake: Too much of a good thing

Even in a water wonderland there can be too much water. One of the wettest late winter and…

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Vandals strike at Putney, Saratoga Woods

Vandals damaged a portable toilet and an information kiosk at two nature preserves in the South End during…

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Citizens’ advisory panel likely as sewer debate moves forward

A citizens’ advisory committee is expected to be formed to work with water and sewer commissioners to come…

Warren Farmer and a fellow fisherman show off a king salmon caught off Bush Point. Bill Haroldson will present “Of Resorts

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A look back at the rise and fall of Whidbey’s fishing resorts

Bill Haroldson remembers the big one that got away during the glory days of Whidbey Island salmon fishing,…

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Whidbey effort to create new credit union meets first objective

A campaign to form a federal credit union on Whidbey Island has cleared its first hurdle, organizers said…

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UPDATE | Tributes flow for FD3’s longest-serving volunteer

Carl Simmons prided himself on being the first firefighter to roll.

Kelly Uhlig holds a Teri Barred Rock hen outside the family’s coops near Langley. The farm is one of the locations on the Whidbey Island Coop Tour

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Coop tour will get people clucking with an up-close look at the world of chickens

Kelly Uhlig finds chickens irresistible, and thinks you will, too.

Brenda Daley

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South Whidbey event designed to help kids cope — and lend a hand

A plan to involve local school children in the effort to help victims of Japan’s deadly earthquake and…

This gaping hole was left behind by a landslide at Bush Point that damaged Susana Drive and carried away part of the driveway of one residence.

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Bush Point slide is the latest legacy of a soggy spring

One of the wettest months of March on record has claimed another muddy coup — a 100-foot-wide landslide…

Korean visitors Byoung-Kil Son (left) and Keun-young Song pose with South Whidbey Rotary Club member Bill Lewis in front of the local paper’s archives dating back to the late 1800s.

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Korean visitors tour Record, News-Times newsroom

The offices of the Record and the Whidbey News-Times took on an international flavor this week with the…