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    Articles by Sam Fletcher
    Commissioner added to parks and rec board
    Commissioner added to parks and rec board
    By Sam Fletcher • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    A new commissioner was sworn into the empty Position 4 seat of the North Whidbey Pool, Parks and Recreation board last week.

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    The Orion Squadron poses before a prowler on a VAQ-129 tour in 2022. (Photo provided)
    Oak Harbor’s Sea Cadets: Working hard, playing harder
    By Sam Fletcher • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The Sea Cadet Corps fuses the best aspects of the ROTC and the Boy Scouts.

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    Photo by Joe Manhardt
A Navy Growler flies over Whidbey Island.
    Navy tests one possible means to Growler noise...
    By Sam Fletcher • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    As the state’s lawsuit pends, the Navy has tested one promising technology to reduce their noise.

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    Cities ratify population projections amid hesitancy
    Cities ratify population projections amid hesitancy
    By Sam Fletcher • April 26, 2024 1:30 am

    The seemingly mundane process stirred up quite a bit of concern.

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    Photo Provided
Oak Harbor’s 2023 Arbor Day celebration was held at Broad View Elementary School.
    Oak Harbor proclaims Arbor Day as official holiday
    By Sam Fletcher • April 23, 2024 1:30 am

    This year, Arbor Day earned an official proclamation from the city.

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    Photo by Sam Fletcher
Whidbey Artist Libby Hammer makes her Ragamuffins in her home studio.
    Artist makes ‘Ragamuffins’ from Whidbey beach rubble
    By Sam Fletcher • April 23, 2024 1:30 am

    Ragamuffins Rock Art are portraits of “rocks and shells, bits and pieces, found on Whidbey beaches.”

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    Island Gro trimmer Aaron Rogers cleans up the buds of the most recent harvest. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Locally owned cannabis business grows indoors
    By Sam Fletcher • April 19, 2024 1:30 am

    The Crandalls, owners of Island Gro, are no strangers to the rollercoaster of recreational legality.

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    Power outage hits Oak Harbor
    Power outage hits Oak Harbor
    By Sam Fletcher • April 16, 2024 1:30 am

    A power line fell in Oak Harbor Tuesday morning, leaving about 2,400 residents without power.

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    Federal grants fund behavioral health programs in Oak Harbor elementary schools
    Federal grants fund behavioral health programs in Oak...
    By Sam Fletcher • April 16, 2024 1:30 am

    A push for a course focusing on behavioral health in young people came from a dire community need.

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    Photo by Sam Fletcher
Ariah Bepler of Kings-Men Construction sands Jumbo Burrito’s floor to prepare the restaurant to re-open in two weeks.
    Oak Harbor’s favorite burrito joint to reopen
    By Sam Fletcher • April 16, 2024 1:30 am

    Jumbo Burrito will be reopening soon after a three-and-a-half-month closure.

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    Parks and Rec District redesignation headed to ballot
    Parks and Rec District redesignation headed to ballot
    By Sam Fletcher • April 12, 2024 1:30 am

    Voters will decide if the district can restructure to a metropolitan district.

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    Oak Harbor Mayor Ronnie Wright will soon reach his 100th day in office. (Photo by Luisa Loi)
    Mayor Wright focuses on workplace culture
    By Sam Fletcher • April 12, 2024 1:30 am

    Next week, the mayor will reach his hundredth day in office.

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    Large search fails to recover body of murder suspect
    Large search fails to recover body of murder...
    By Sam Fletcher • April 12, 2024 1:30 am

    Investigators believe the man is a suspect in the murder of an Anacortes elementary school teacher.

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