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School board president Rich Parker welcomes two new principals Thursday night: South Whidbey High School's Rob Prosch and Jamie Boyd at the elementary school. Boyd was named earlier that day to replace Eric Nerison.

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School district names its new elementary principal

LANGLEY — The South Whidbey primary and intermediate schools have a new principal and her name is known…

Lucky earned his name after being found on the side of Sills Road in June. State officials hope the turtle can be found again so he can be used as a mate for other endangered turtles.

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State hopes to find ‘Lucky’

Wayward turtle could be used for breeding Turns out that “Lucky” the turtle is quite a catch. And…

Chief Petty Officer Patrick Wade's wife

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“He was my hero.” Whidbey remembers Chief Petty Officer Patrick Wade

OAK HARBOR ­— Though his death has changed everything, Kari Wade said one thing would stay the same…

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Man dies in plunge over Langley cliff

An 84-year-old Langley man died early Thursday afternoon when he fell nearly 80 feet down a cliff in…

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School board reviews new budget

LANGLEY — After welcoming new high school principal Rob Prosch and elementary school principal Jamie Boyd to the…

Mike Foley is named the winner of the Hawaiian shirt contest during Frontier Building Supply's

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Sanders race at record speeds in Freeland

FREELAND — The stakes were high. The winner of the Belt Sander Race at Frontier Building Supply in…

Two boys play in a tidepool on Maxwelotn Beach. A new report says most of Whidbey's beaches could be wiped out by climate change.

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Report gloomy on Whidbey’s beaches

Climate change could submerge 80-85 percent by year 2100 Enjoy Whidbey Island’s beaches as long as you can.…

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Plenty of options exist for future of LMS

LANGLEY — Everyone talks about the problem of affordable housing on the South End, but South Whidbey school…

Sgt. Jeremy Czarnik is pictured here during a mission while deployed to Iraq. The Freeland soldier was injured in a firefight in Afghanistan on July 5.

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Local soldier recovers from combat injuries

FREELAND — A soldier with South Whidbey roots is recovering from wounds suffered during one of the worst…

Obituaries

Albert L. Berni

A beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, honorable World War II veteran and dear friend, Albert Hawthorne Berni, died…

Sailors stand outside Hangar 5 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island as they await the arrival of a charter jet carrying Chief Petty Officer Patrick L. Wade.

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Navy readies for funeral of bomb squad expert killed in Iraq

OAK HARBOR — Keri Wade gently placed her hand on her husband’s flag-draped casket, then quickly stepped back.…

Matt Nichols

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Nichols boatyard lines up contract for more tugboats

LANGLEY — Looks like Nichols Brothers needed more than one bottle of champagne. The Freeland shipbuilder christened the…

Sommer Harris as Gertrude McFuzz and Ethan Berkley as the Cat in the Hat navigate the stairs to the magical world of Dr. Seuss in "Seussical The Musical

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Musical musters up the best of Dr. Seuss

“A person’s a person no matter how small!” So sings Horton the Elephant, the gentle hero of “Seussical…