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Thief hits more Freeland shops

FREELAND — Several more Freeland businesses were hit by an overnight thief last week, and the burglar made…

Dori Hallberg

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Freeland business hit by thief

FREELAND — A thief broke into Island Tea Company in Freeland sometime between noon on Sunday and 9…

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Freeland seeks funding support for new sewer system

COUPEVILLE — Freeland incorporation proponents left an Island County Council of Governments meeting Wednesday morning with smiles on…

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Highway 525 to be repaved

Drivers can expect a smooth ride on Highway 525 in Clinton by summer. The highway from the Clinton…

A pile of molten plastic is all that is left of a portable restroom at Freeland Park. It was destroyed by fire Sunday evening.

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Fire destroys portable restroom at Freeland Park

FREELAND — A suspicious fire destroyed a portable restroom at Freeland Park sometime Sunday night. Nearly four miles…

Recording artist Beverly Graham will perform with her band at an annual concert benefiting Operation: Sack Lunch.

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Benefit planned to assist Highland Games, Tartan Thistle owners

A local singer is starting a benefit for organizers of the Whidbey Island Highland Games, who lost their…

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Shipyard looks to rebound by April

FREELAND — Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Inc. expects to rehire more than a 100 employees by mid-April in…

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Propane tanker rolls over; closes Highway 525 and Freeland businesses

FREELAND – A propane tank trailer flipped over in Freeland Friday afternoon, causing a shutdown of Highway 525…

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Commissioner puts brakes on new regulations for Freeland

McDowell says vote for cityhood should come first COUPEVILLE — Island County Commissioner Mac McDowell said this week…

Jim Weldon of Freeland

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Crime watch goes online

FREELAND — As homes continue to be burglarized across the South End, residents along Bercot Road are jumpstarting…

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Management shift underway at Nichols

FREELAND — Same name, new game. Officials involved in the sale of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Inc. indicated…

Daniel Childers receives after-school math tutoring from Andy Plitkins of Freeland. Childers is one of only a few students who have study help because of a lack of available tutors.

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High school faces drastic shortage of volunteer tutors

LANGLEY — If Ann Johnson had her way, she would post “WANTED” posters throughout the South End. The…

South Whidbey High School senior Sean Hough drinks water from a hallway water station. The school district hopes to begin construction in March for a new system that will make the district’s water drinkable.

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School district could be drinking its own water by summer

LANGLEY — Water coolers with full boxes of conical paper cups line the hallways of South Whidbey High…