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Julie Pigott is the director of WISH

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WISH nets more than $15,000 in fundraiser

FREELAND — Whidbey Island Share A Home has raised $15,600 during its third annual fundraiser. “That is a…

Chris Highland displays the two books he recently completed and self-published

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Local author writes two more nature books

FREELAND — Nature is a teacher. And South End writer Chris Highland of Langley should know. Highland has…

An architect’s drawing shows the  various building modules that will be  constructed by students at Seattle  Central Community College for Unity of Whidbey Church.

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Unity of Whidbey one step closer to a home of its own

LANGLEY — For more than 20 years, members of the Unity of Whidbey Church have looked to the…

Firefighter Steve Scoles radios a fellow firefighter as he prepares a fire hose to attack a fire at a Clinton home Sunday afternoon.

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Fire claims Clinton home

SCATCHET HEAD — Fire tore through the kitchen of a double-wide mobile home in Clinton Sunday afternoon. The…

Deputies found a marijuana growing operation in a Clinton home on Tuesday.  A man in his 30s was arrested

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Scatchet Head Bust

Deputies from the Island County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Clinton man and seized marijuana plants with an estimated…

ArleeSue Borgman stands near the spot on her Clinton property where family members found hunters trespassing near homes that are only hundreds of yards away.

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Residents are worried about wayward hunters

CLINTON — For years the Schultz family has looked the other way when hunters used their wooded lands…

School officials present plans for improving schools

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School officials present plans for improving schools

LANGLEY — South Whidbey schools continue to make progress with their school improvement plan goals, school officials told…

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Cityhood group changes name, possible election date

Incorporation by any other name is still incorporation. But supporters of cityhood in Freeland recently changed the name…

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Burglars target homes in Freeland

At least seven homes have been burglarized in Freeland during the past month. From Harbor Hills to Mutiny…

Norma Smith

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Norma Smith picked to replace Strow for House seat

Norma Smith of Clinton got the nod Tuesday to fill Chris Strow’s vacant seat in the state House…

Andrew Schwartz

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Scientists come ashore to study island beaches

POSSESSION POINT — Some say the best spot on Whidbey Island is a home on the beach. But…

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Local groups draw attention to U.S. torture

Torture is a moral issue and Americans have the responsibility to stop the use of torture. That is…

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Nichols Brothers sells at auction for $9.2 million

SEATTLE — Nichols Brothers auctioned off its assets during a bidding war earlier this week to a Texas-based…