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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.

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Better broadband coming to South Whidbey

A European-based company is helping a local telecommunications company bring greater connectivity.

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Whidbey environmentalists push for state agency to codify fish net-pen ban

On Jan. 7, the Board of Natural Resources will vote on banning the enclosed floating cages.

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Navy continues to remediate contamination impact

The road ahead for addressing polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, contamination on Whidbey is long.

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The Tokitae ferry prepares to dock.

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Tokitae ferry plagued by horn issues

Neighbors reported hearing a series of short blasts, similar to a car alarm that is not an uncommon.

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County museum urgently needs storage space, board members

The Island County Historical Society is looking for a space to house part of its collection.

The mayor’s fence, which violates city code, runs alongside another fence compliant with city code.
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Fence issue divides the mayor and neighbor

An Oak Harbor resident claimed that rules were being bent to benefit the mayor.