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Daniel Hagen of Freeland watches The Patriot at Radio Shack in Freeland. The DirecTV satellite systems the business sells are in direct competition with Whidbey Island cable television franchises

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How much will you pay to watch TV?

Cable prices rise as companies add channels, Internet access

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They win 1, they lose 1

One step forward and one step back.

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County allows employees to keep items found on job

Finders keepers? Only if you work for Island County.

Melinda Knox and Tracy Thorn

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Knox Photo goes digital

So you got one of those nifty digital cameras for Christmas.

John Thompson is the emcee during an assembly at the primary school to explain Random Acts of Kindness week

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Students learn about kindness

“It’s as simple as calling your grandmother to say hello, playing with the family dog who is often…

Dan Cooper

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The fish are jumpin’

Whidbey raising 50,000 salmon hatchlings

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Friends near on funds goal

In their quest to purchase and preserve 18 acres of wetlands and a log house in Freeland, the…

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OBITUARY: January 26th, 2002

Loren Eugene Cannon

A juvenile bald eagle stands on Bettina Fisher’s deck in Langley Tuesday. The bird trapped itself after it hit Fisher’s window while fleeing from an adult eagle.

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The eagle has (crash) landed

When a juvenile bald eagle hit Bettina Fisher’s picture window Tuesday, it learned a lesson known to even…

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City eyes replacement

Four days after Eric Lucas, Langley’s city administrator, attorney and prosecutor, gave notice of his impending resignation, the…

Norma and Jack Metcalf at home in their log house on Saratoga Passage

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Hometown Heroes: Service with humility is couple’s hallmark

An attitude of service is what the lives of Jack and Norma Metcalf appear to be all about.

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Hometown Heroes: What the Metcalfs say about themselves

Who are the two local people who most inspire you? Norma and Jack: “Pastor Matt Chambers of Assembly…

Eric Barmon

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Southenders learn how to shake a leg

Running clinic gets novices and veterans moving