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The Saratoga Fire Station will become the focus of volunteer recruitment efforts after Fire District 3 was awarded a FEMA grant.

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Fire District 3 will spend $150,000 FEMA grant on recruitment efforts

What the grant will do for

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Locals say state passes buck on fixing Highway 525 problems in Clinton

Critics of a draft state transportation report on improving safety on the major thoroughfare say the state isn't…

Camp Casey is Whidbey’s biggest icon of its post-pioneer past

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CAMP CASEY. WHAT’S NEXT?

New challenge filed against expansion plan

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Freeland man files challenge to Freeland’s growth plan

FREELAND — A Freeland man has filed an appeal of the Freeland Sub Area Plan with the county…

FEMA Deputy Regional Administrator Dennis Hunsinger presents a grant check to Fire District 3 as Chief Dan Stout

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Fire district gets $269,000 for equipment

FEMA money to help replace outdated gear Firefighters will be able to breathe a little easier now that…

Chris Wilson

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County continues to hone in on contamination in Holmes Harbor

FREELAND — For Island County, the tide has slowly begun to turn in Freeland’s quest to find the…

Langley Middle School student Katie Locke shows fellow student Michelle Casey a foreign coin as other change-drive volunteers Shura Hilenan

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Middle school students collect coins for relief

LANGLEY — Small change might mean a big difference. Six students at Langley Middle School hope so. The…

Good Cheer’s iconic truck.

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Good Cheer looks for a new delivery truck

BAYVIEW — The well-known Good Cheer Food Bank delivery truck was on its last mile in December when…

Raven Odion

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Healthy food guru offers classes

CLINTON — Eating and preparing food is a necessary part of life. But for one Clinton resident processed…

Ryan Binford and Richard Fagan make up Richard Consulting

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Clinton duo build Web sites from the ground up

CLINTON — There is a new company in the South End that is looking for people and businesses…

Claire Hofius surrounds herself with maps and facts to satisfy her passion for  geography. She will be heading to Tacoma for the state geography bee early next month.

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LMS student to compete in state bee

LANGLEY — She might be shy but ask 14-year-old Claire Hofius a question about Ephesus, Turkey, and she’ll…

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Affordable housing is the topic for the next Record Exchange

While house prices continue to rise on South Whidbey, workers’ paychecks are not increasing. Add to that a…

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More Businesses Hit in Weekend Break-ins

FREELAND — The string of South End burglaries continued over the weekend, with three more businesses in Freeland…