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Police investigate ‘potential assault’ in daycare video

Video captured by a daycare employee showed another employee inappropriately spanking a child.

Photo by Craig Craker and Orca Network

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Sightings of mammal-eating orcas increasing in Puget Sound

The Orca Network recorded more sightings of transient whales this year than the same time last year.

Crazy weather didn’t prevent Hearts Hammers volunteers from working to help a neighbor. (Photo by David Welton)

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Downpour doesn’t deter Hearts & Hammers

Kent McCord told his crew, “A little rain will not stop us from finishing this much needed deck.”

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Land trust eyes Lagoon Point forest land

A heavily forested area in the Lagoon Point area of Greenbank could be protected from being logged.

Local pilot Don Meehan readies his plane for takeoff.

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County to negotiate purchase of Oak Harbor airport

The county will not operate the airport but will turn over ownership to the Port of Coupeville.

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Candidate filing week May 16-20

Races affecting Whidbey Island are already shaping up to be intense.

Whidbey residents took to the street Tuesday in Coupeville to rally for abortion rights following the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that indicated the court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Karina Andrew/Whidbey News-Times)

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Whidbey residents rally for abortion rights

Around 30 Whidbey residents protested in front of the Island County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon.

Photo by Kira Erickson/South Whidbey Record
Whidbey Island Kayaking Instructor Ryan D’Jay paddles in a kayak at the South Whidbey Harbor in Langley.

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Paddlers welcome

Whidbey Island Kayaking acquaints new paddlers with the training needed to get on the sea safely.

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WhidbeyHealth settles $1.9M in lawsuits

WhidbeyHealth leaders have settled about $1.9 million in lawsuits over the last year or so.

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Late school board member honored

The next time the South Whidbey School Board meets, it will be in a room named for Julie…

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Hospital plan has millions in cuts, new revenue

A strategic plan by WhidbeyHealth’s interim CEO stabilized the public hospital district’s finances.

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Oak Harbor High School Choir Club ‘Can’t stop the beat’

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A South Whidbey cow was saved from a muddy predicament this week by South Whidbey Fire/EMS.

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Three critters rescued in two weeks

Firefighters on South Whidbey rescued three animals from precarious situations recently.