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Crider holds off Palmer in Island County auditor race

Sheilah Crider, who was appointed Island County Auditor in January, was being elected in her own right to…

Sandy Whiting

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Changes in the works for Goosefoot, Bayview Cash Store

The Front Room of the Cash Store at Bayview Corner will be converted to office and retail space…

The cost of a seismic retrofitting of Langley Middle School’s eight buildings would be half as much as  previously estimated

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LMS seismic upgrade cut in half

It’ll cost half as much as previously estimated to bring Langley Middle School up to current seismic standards,…

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Stipends to head of Whidbey PUD drive being investigated by state

A complaint filed by the group running the anti-PUD effort on Whidbey Island is being looked into by…

Matt Nichols of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland checks out the company’s latest vessel

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Ferries have Nichols seeing green

The first of four sleek twin-hull passenger ferries destined for the San Francisco Bay Area is being prepared…

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Coupeville port floundering on a big chunk of dry land

A champion of preservation, the Port of Coupeville bought the endangered Greenbank Farm in 1997. Now, as in…

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden speaks to an overflow crowd at Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium on Sunday.

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Langley couple takes road trip to test the flavor of a political year at Biden rally

From up in the stands behind home plate in Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Donna and John Riley of…

Work continued Monday on this new office-retail building near the PayLess Shopping Center in Freeland.

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New office building nearing completion in Freeland

Susan Specht likes to take the long view. “I’m an optimist by nature,” the Seattle businesswoman said. “This…

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Students expelled for bringing shotgun to high school campus

Two students have been kicked out of school for a year after a shotgun was discovered in a…

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Economy the major issue in 10th District House race

If one door is pushed shut in politics, there’s always another one to knock on. Two years ago,…

Lt. John Jefferies

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Fire district donates surplus engine to Whitman County

Daisy will finish out its days doing what it was made for, responding to emergencies. Island County Fire…

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Annual church recycle sale today in Freeland

The annual Trash & Treasure Sale at St. Augustine in-the-Woods Episcopal Church in Freeland will be from 9…

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Clinton Community Hall gets a new tree

The South Whidbey Garden Club, in cooperation with the Clinton Progressive Association, owner and operator of the Clinton…