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Trillium property near Freeland bought by banks

The former Trillium Woods, the 750-acre property north of Freeland that was once the site of a controversial…

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FD3 to interview chief candidates

Times have been set for public meetings this weekend for Island County Fire District 3 commissioners to interview…

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Fire District 3 gets high marks from residents

Most customers of Island County Fire District 3 appear to be satisfied with the emergency response they received,…

Clinton’s famous sign

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Clinton’s iconic welcome sign will stay where it is

Bowing to a late surge of public pressure, county officials will leave Clinton’s venerable “Welcome to Whidbey Island”…

Don Dillon of Langley prepares Monday to remove a section of shelving in the pharmacy department of the former Linds Langley Drug. The shelving will go to Good Cheer’s Langley Thrift Store.

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Linds gives thrift store a big boost

Thousands of dollars worth of shelving and display fixtures from the former Linds Langley Drug, which closed this…

Robin Koeller stands outside the family’s gutted metal garage

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Arson might be cause of Langley fire

Robin and Jerry Koeller would love to know who set their garage on fire.

An artist’s conception shows what the new “monument” would look like at the site of the existing Clinton sign.

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Group musters last-ditch effort to save Clinton’s sign

A full-court press is under way to keep the popular “Welcome to Whidbey Island” sign from being lugged…

The group from Langley CMA Church poses in some authentic African clothing. From left are Michael Berry

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Langley church youth group gathers life lessons during a humanitarian visit to Gabon

Six members of a Langley church youth group are back home and seeing life more clearly after a…

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Land trust salutes four South End activists at its 25th anniversary party

Four South End activists, and a retired Seattle trombonist who donated a huge chunk of his South Whidbey…

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UPDATE | Clinton porn outlet stopped before it starts

There’ll be no little shop of porn at Ken’s Korner Shopping Center, thanks to an outpouring of community…

An architect’s rendering of a retail-office building planned for the Harbor Avenue site of the former Freeland Lanes.

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Historic Freeland bowling alley is on the way out

Demolition has begun on the old Freeland Lanes, for 50 years South Whidbey’s only bowling alley.

Kate Buzard and Tom and Mary Coupe at the Greenbank Store. “It’s a one-of-a-kind place

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Greenbank landmark will get a new owner

The historic Greenbank Store changes hands Thursday, but it won’t be changing families. Tom and Mary Coupe, who…

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Porn shop ordered closed

A pornography shop in the back room of a small business at Ken's Korner Shopping Center in Clinton…