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Sausage-shaped speedsters: Oktoberfest features wiener dog race

Twenty-five pups are already registered for the race.

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Mr. South Whidbey celebrates 20th anniversary

Friends of Friends provides funds to South Whidbey who need help paying their medical bills.

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New director dives into Sound Water Stewards

A Whidbey-based filmmaker, underwater photographer emerged to lead an army of citizen scientists.

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Ahoy, young mariners! Tokitae has new wheel for little hands

Young passengers can now try their hand at “steering” the ferry on the Mukilteo-Clinton route.

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Whidbey corn maze will be a wonderland

An Alice in Wonderland-themed corn maze is coming to Oak Harbor Sept. 19 through Oct. 31.

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Whidbey anteaters go viral

The irresistibly cute lesser anteaters, named Cheech and Chong, created a buzz online.

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Whidbey Cider Festival returning to the prairie

The event is Sept. 20 at the Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship outside Coupeville.

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Mark Wahl and Laurie Keith look back at the Whidbey movement that changed state policy.

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Whidbey’s grassroots success story: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of no-spray movement

Citizens in Island County inspired a statewide movement that in turn influenced many other states

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Library to host Whidbey farming history program

Visit the Oak Harbor Library from 4-5 p.m. on Sept. 18.

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Whidbey-based producer finds success in screenwriting

Kim Hornsby is busy behind the scenes of a handful of independent movies.

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Longtime South Whidbey Record reporter Kira Erickson tied the knot September 5, 2025 with Mitch Kimball, her boyfriend of nearly 10 years, in Mukilteo, Washington. The wedding featured plenty of Lego flower arrangements. The bride wore starfish in her hair and sparkly Chuck Taylors.

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Married, at last

Longtime South Whidbey Record reporter Kira Erickson tied the knot September 5, 2025 with Mitch Kimball, her boyfriend…

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Whidbey woman elected as president of Soroptimist International of the Americas

Sue Riney is a well-known volunteer in the community.

Robert Sindelar and Dan Christiaens in OCP's production of "The Caretaker" by Harold Pinter playing Sept. 12-28 at the Black Box Theater in Langley. Photo courtesy of OCP.

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An iconic play comes to the Black Box Theater

OutCast Productions is presenting “The Caretaker,” a play by by Harold Pinter