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Max Corell of Freeland is tutored on the SBX by Leah Garton of the Missile Defense Agency at Thursday's community meeting in Langley.

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Possible SBX move to Everett overshadowed in Langley by focus on military spending

Islanders were nearly outnumbered Thursday evening as Defense Department representatives laid out a case for bringing a mammoth…

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Clinton burglary, car-theft suspect jailed in Snohomish County

A 28-year-old Tacoma man is in jail in Snohomish County after an apparent wild time on both sides…

Kevin Rasmussen

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Lakeside Bible Camp in Clinton celebrates its golden anniversary

Lakeside Bible Camp is thriving, thanks to plenty of help on the ground and what camp officials are…

Kathleen Taylor in her doll shop in downtown Langley: “It’s been a wonderful ride so far.”

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Langley doll shop fulfills Clinton woman’s lifelong dream

For 35 years, Kathleen Taylor of Clinton dreamed and dreamed about a sea of tiny painted faces peeking…

Lolita the orca whale is shown during her capture in Penn Cove in 1970.

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Sea and shore events will commemorate orca captures

Forty years later, Lolita the orca whale is still doing her two 20-minute shticks down at Miami Seaquarium…

The mobile Sea-Based X-Band Radar platform (SBX) is shown under way. The Navy will host a meeting in Langley to talk about the vessel’s proposed arrival at Naval Station Everett.

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Navy to visit Langley to talk about bringing missile radar platform to Puget Sound

A 25-story seagoing monster may lumber into Everett this fall after being banished to Alaska in 2003 by…

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Shortfall forces Langley to tap its nest egg

Declining revenues and mounting red ink forced the city of Langley to dip into its savings this week,…

Lori Cavender of Langley with a photo of her late god-brother

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Group hopes to set up teen homeless shelter on South Whidbey

They’re living in cars, they’re living in tents, they’re living in campers. They’re crashing in churches. They’re going…

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Langley may need more budget cuts

If revenue continues to lag, the city of Langley may be in for more cuts, Finance Director Debbie…

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Langley set to pass noise rules

Langley may have a new noise ordinance next week, one that tries to balance the boisterous festival and…

Phyllis Cain and Bill Iles of Freeland are looking forward to their wedding next week. “We’ve decided to live to be 100

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Freeland pair in their 90s are heading for the altar

Being old-fashioned types, Phyllis Cain and Bill Iles look at their wedding next week as a lifetime deal.

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Diking district residents sue to get their payments back

A group of residents and businesses in controversy-laden Island County Diking District 1 have sued to get their…

In the photo that launched a thousand T-shirts

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Elusive burglar from Island County caught in the Bahamas

Island County wants to be first in line when “barefoot bandit” Colton Harris-Moore returns to the United States…