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Group hopes to rescue Langley’s Dog House Tavern

A meeting to find a way to save the historic Dog House Tavern in downtown Langley will be…

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Horse-rescue demo scheduled for tonight in Oak Harbor

A demonstration of large-animal rescue techniques will be in Oak Harbor tonight. The event is part of a…

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Commuters may get new place to park

A longtime Mukilteo resident and developer proposes to ride to the rescue of beleaguered Whidbey Island commuters. Duane…

Peter Martin helps put a roof on a new garden shed at the Good Cheer garden on Monday.

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Good Cheer volunteers turn out to honor MLK

The unselfish spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sowed more philanthropic seeds in the South Whidbey community…

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Freeland ferry builders ready for next WSF project

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland expects to begin work within the next two weeks on the second…

Fire District 3 Assistant Chief Mike Cotton turns around after inspecting a tree that was blocking Lakeside Drive near Goss Lake on Monday.

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UPDATE | Power back on after windstorms sweep Whidbey

Power was restored Monday to thousands of island customers whose service was disrupted by windstorms early Monday morning,…

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Langley Community Forum curtails its online debate

The Langley Community Forum, a spirited platform for the discussion of city issues, is scaling back its online…

Eric Nance sits in a helicopter used to battle forest fires in California. He hopes to use his piloting skills to help earthquake victims in Haiti.

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Back to Haiti: Helicopter pilot hopes to help U.S. relief effort

Eric Nance is a long way from the chaos in Haiti, but he’s anxious to find a way…

A masked man approaches the counter at the Freeland Chase Bank Thursday during a robbery in this photo released by the Island County Sheriff's Office.

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UPDATE | Search continues for Whidbey bank robber

The search continued Friday for the man who robbed the Chase Bank in Freeland late Thursday afternoon.

Work started Friday morning to load pieces of the superstructure of the new ferry Chetzemoka onto a barge in Holmes Harbor. Nichols Brothers has wrapped up work on the ferry project

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Newest Washington state ferry is on the move – in pieces

There was a bustle of activity at Holmes Harbor on Friday as Nichols Brothers Boat Builders prepared to…

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Climbing wall to honor counselor killed last month

Lakeside Bible Camp in Clinton is planning to build a climbing wall in honor of one of its…

Matt Nichols of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders and the superstructure for the state’s newest ferry

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Freeland shipyard to start work on second state ferry

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders won’t have any trouble staying afloat this year, company officials say.

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Bones on beach near Clinton ferry aren’t human

Bones found on the beach near the Clinton Ferry Terminal this past weekend were not human, officials said…