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Veteran turns love of travel into business

A Navy veteran is using her love of travel to help other people plan their dream vacations.

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Fresh out of the Bandbox

In Bandbox Beauty Supply, customers can find cruelty-free and predominantly vegan cosmetics.

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Lees Datin, left, and Rose Worley are the owners of Overboard, a small bites and craft cocktails restaurant that opened last month in Coupeville.

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New restaurant takes Coupeville ‘Overboard’

The owners of a casual new eatery are seeking to introduce some night life to the historic downtown.

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Manu Unni stands in the kitchen of his new restaurant, Unni’s Kitchen.

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Indian restaurant strives for authenticity

The owner of Oak Harbor’s newest restaurant loves to share the culture of his native South India.

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Willow Skaggs, 7, enjoys a drink from TONIC Juice & Remedy, a new business in downtown Langley.

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Drinking in wellness

If you’re in need of a healthy snack, look no further than Langley’s newest businesses.

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Puget Sound golf Club owner Josh Ray takes a swing using the golf simulator.

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Golf goes high tech at new Oak Harbor business

Puget Sound Golf Club offers a high-tech system that allows people to practice golf indoors.

Willow Mietus, 50, poses for a photo at her home in Coupeville, Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Mietus bought a former Frito-Lay truck to sell her dyed yarn out of. She calls it "The Wool Wagon." (Annie Barker / The Herald)

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The Wool Wagon to hit the streets of Whidbey Island

A self-described “professional yarn temptress” from Coupeville is setting up shop in a modified truck.

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Roller Barn expands with indoor pickleball

Pickleball players on Whidbey Island can now enjoy Washington’s official state sport all year round.

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Above, Ryan Prichard mans the counter at Whidbey Wonka’s Chocolate Co., his new business on Pioneer Way. 	Below, Prichard plays the guitar in the shop.

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Oak Harbor chocolate shops offers more than sweets

If you’ve walked into this new shop and found yourself wondering what it’s meant to be — that’s…

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Darbonnier Tactical Supply sells protective equipment like helmets to all branches of the U.S. military.

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Oak Harbor business is tactical

A veteran and woman-owned business in Oak Harbor is supplying gear and equipment to NAS Whidbey.

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Aurora Echo gathers campanelle pasta extruded from her commercial pasta-making machine. She recently launched her new business, Wildly Beloved Foods, to sell her organic pasta, which also comes in a spinach variety.

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Oh, the pasta-bilities: One-woman noodle factory starts up in Langley

To make her pasta, Echo uses Italian semolina flour, fresh baby spinach and whole eggs.

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Molly Vigallon tattoos Molly Waterbury in Nite Owl’s new location. Vigallon has been working at Nite Owl for eight years.

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Tattoo shop moves, expands after decade

There is no need to travel to a big city to get high-quality ink or piercings.

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Ian Kenney, who owns Deception Pass Golf Center with his father Don, tees off at the course’s most picturesque hole.

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North Whidbey golf course tees up big plans

A golf course on North Whidbey is undergoing several updates and improvements.