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Land Trust works to protect land leased from state

The nonprofit is proposing a partnership with the county to protect seven properties.

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County resolution to atone for racist property deeds

About 900 properties in the county have covenants restricting non-white people from homes.

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Mask mandate case appealed

Litigation over a mask mandate at the Island County Elections Office isn’t going away anytime soon.

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Eight families in Gaza: Amplifying their voices

The event is 3-4:30 p.m., at the Langley United Methodist Church.

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Canceled: Homelessness task force to host public meeting

The public meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on May 13 at Oak Harbor High School.

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Good Cheer Garden Co-leads Katherine Proulx and Carlee Bane harvest crops with a volunteer.

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Food programs on Whidbey face challenges

Food banks are waiting to hear just how much has been cut by the Trump administration.

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Candidate filing weeks begins on Whidbey

Third position on the WhidbeyHealth board is open after Hospital Commissioner Kate Rose passed away

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State Sen. Ron Muzzall of Oak Harbor looks over the railing of Deception Pass Bridge.

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Sen. Muzzall successfully worked to get $900k in state budget to engineer suicide prevention at Deception Pass Bridge

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Protests hold signs in Bayview on the day that shots were heard from a nearby residence. (Photo by Barbara Wolf Terao)

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Prosecutor declines to file charges against man who fired gun near protest

Banks sent out his analysis of the evidence and the law in a memo Friday morning.

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State files notice of potential fines against WhidbeyHealth for ‘numerous deficiencies’

Hospital allegedly “demonstrated an inability to correct numerous deficiencies”

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Teen accused of kidnapping, robbery at Oak Harbor grocery store

The defendant allegedly displayed a gun and pistol-whipped a 17-year-old boy.

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Man leads police on car, foot pursuits on South Whidbey

A 22-year-old South Whidbey man is accused of stealing a car, among other things.

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Charge dismissed in Oak Harbor hate crime case

The judge granted a defense motion to dismiss the single hate crime charge against Tyler Dinsmoor.