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Lindsey Vanwetter and Jesse Caravan stand with Rebel in his Freeland pasture on Thursday afternoon. The horse was found after going missing for nearly two weeks.

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UPDATE | Missing Freeland horse follows jogger home

Rebel the rambling horse was back in his pasture Thursday morning after going missing in the woods for…

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Missing Freeland horse found

A Freeland horse missing for 13 days after becoming spooked and running off in the Kettles Park Trail…

library financed by Friendship Force of Whidbey Island is shown under construction in Quang Tri Province

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Friendship Force members to dedicate new library in Vietnam

More than 40 years later, a local group of peace activists continues to battle the legacy of the…

The Rev. A.J. McNemee

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Oldest church on the South End marks 100 years

What began as a pile of cedar planks from Everett on the corner of Third Street and Anthes…

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Langley won’t turn deaf ear to noise complaints

There’ll be some noisy discussion at next week’s meeting of the Langley City Council.

Rebel is still missing after escaping from his rider.

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Still no sign of missing Freeland horse, searchers report

There’s still no sign of Rebel. The chocolate-brown Rocky Mountain horse owned by Caravan’s Freeland family bolted and…

A front-view rendering of St. Augustine’s shows the proposed 9

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St. Augustine’s church in Freeland plans a big expansion

St. Augustine’s in-the-Woods Episcopal Church in Freeland is moving ahead with an expansion that will nearly triple its…

Gary Leake's three-legged chair will be on display at Woodpalooza.

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Woodworking stays alive on Whidbey with Woodpalooza

It goes against Gary Leake’s grain to think about the demise of woodworking as a craft.

Kris Rodden with her daughters Jaime and Sarah and the family dog

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Clinton man struggling to recover from a severe head injury

Pat Rodden rode his bicycle all the way to the Arctic Circle, but the longest journey of his…

View down the beach from the public boat launch off Robinson Road near Freeland.

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Beach rights: This sand is your sand, this sand is my sand

There’s public property, and there’s private property. Then there’s beach property.

Kelsea Tipping with one of her tanning beds: “I really got lucky.”

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Clinton woman gets an early start in tanning business

Most 20-year-olds today just hope they can find a job. Kelsea Tipping found a business.

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UPDATE | Nichols will get stimulus money

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders will get nearly a million dollars in federal stimulus funds as one of 10…

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UPDATE | Helland, Gabelein survive contentious fire district primary

Two-term incumbent Mike Helland and former three-term commissioner Gary Gabelein will face each other in November’s general election…