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Pedestrian killed trying to cross highway

The man was identified as 74-year-old old Alvin Kent, an unhoused man living on Whidbey.

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Electrification, overhead loading planned for Clinton ferry terminal

Changes are in store over the next few years.

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Federal grant freeze effort causes chaos, concern

A White House memo that froze federal grants caused some panic on Whidbey.

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Threats to Whidbey Telecom lead to felony charge

The man got upset that he got home late from the hospital and missed an appointment

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Oak Harbor boy accused of making school threat

A student at North Whidbey Middle School allegedly said he wants to shoot up the school.

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Woman suspected of attacking family member

An Oak Harbor woman is accused of attacking another woman.

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A rendering from Oak Harbor shows a reinvigorated Bayshore Drive.

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City plans downtown revitalization effort

Oak Harbor has set funds aside to reinvigorate a 600-acre downtown area.

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Oak Harbor Mayor Ronnie Wright’s fence is a foot taller than the city code allows.

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Fence code discussion pushed due to mayor controversy

Most council members preferred to delay the discussion because of controversy with the mayor’s fence.

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Julee May, left, and Christina Linares use water from the portable tank and add it to the reservoir in the well house.

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Ryan’s House in need of donations for new well

A nonprofit organization in Coupeville is facing its own emergency.

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A popular plan to reconfigure Flintstone Park around its new sculpture involves removing the roundabout and expanding the upper parking lot.

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Park to be reconfigured around angel sculpture

Oak Harbor will reconfigure Flintstone Park on Bayshore Drive.

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ICE takes man into custody at Langley laundromat

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a Langley laundromat Wednesday has raised concerns.

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A father and his two sons were uninjured in a fire that destroyed their RV.

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Fire destroys RV

No one was injured in a fire that destroyed an RV in Central Whidbey Sunday afternoon.

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Driver wanted after car chases

An Oak Harbor man with a habit of eluding police is wanted on two different $25,000 arrest warrants.