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Port to hike some moorage rates

Customers of the South Whidbey Harbor will see increases in the rates they pay to moor their boats.

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Oak Harbor allows all-terrain vehicles on roads

The city council approved Ordinance 2013 to allow all-terrain vehicles or ATVs on city streets.

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Whidbey affected by bus driver shortage

Whidbey’s school districts and public transit system are hoping to get some positions filled.

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County electeds get pay increases

Island County commissioners are changing the salaries for the majority of elected county officials.

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Jeff Pangburn, 55, sits on his cart on Southwest Barlow Street in Oak Harbor.

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Island community rallies for ‘Jeff the Giant’

Residents are helping a homeless man after he tried to save a teenager who died in a car…

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Airport owner crashes in Spokane

The pilot, who was uninjured, crashed just a day before the official release of his documentary.

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Langley Creative District reveals plans for outdoor art, cultural museum

Pedestrians strolling by the Cascade Avenue bluff in Langley will have more to see besides the sea.

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Hateful graffiti leads to investigation

Oak Harbor police are investigating offensive graffiti left on a Walmart sign this week.

SPiN Cafe board members Valerie Roseberry, Michele Hines, Mark Stroud and David Thorns listen to a comment from Jamie Sherwin at a town hall meeting Wednesday night. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)

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SPiN Café clears misconceptions, takes criticism about Oak Harbor homelessness

Community members crammed into the Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church wall-to-wall.

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Oak Harbor police investigate after body found

Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine how a man found outside died.

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Driver killed in high-speed accident on South Whidbey

A former South Whidbey man was killed in a one-car crash in Clinton last week.

Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Eric Ohme questions a state trooper during a vehicular homicide case.

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Island County’s top criminal prosecutor picks up the gavel

Eric Ohme will sport a new look in the courtroom.

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Groundbreaking set for Habitat project in Freeland

The first Habitat for Humanity project in Freeland since before COVID-19 is making steady progress.