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Oak Harbor Memorial Day to be held in person this year

Veterans will be honored during a Memorial Day service May 31 at Maple Leaf Cemetery in Oak Harbor.

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Island County opioid outreach team distributing COVID vaccines

The team has been highly successful despite challenges unique to their target population.

A rendering of the new Coupeville Boys and Girls Club building shows what it will look like from the outside after construction. (Photo courtesy of the Boys and Girls Club)

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Coupeville Boys and Girls Club given $1 million from state budget

The club will use the funds to construct a new building on South Main Street.

Photo courtesy Whidbey Island Grown Cooperative

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Eat local this Memorial Day weekend

The Whidbey Island Grown Cooperative is encouraging people to eat locally this Memorial Day weekend.

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Farms offering veggie, flower subscriptions

Some Whidbey Island farms still have spaces open in their Community Supported Agriculture programs.

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Retired Navy officer named assessor

Douglas “Bernie” Upchurch is the new Island County assessor and will serve at least until the end of…

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Student petition leads to two new courses

High school student activists called on school officials to “bring education into the 21st century.”

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Langley’s mask proclamation extended

The proclamation, which was originally created in May 2020, remains unchanged.

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Virtual meeting on affordable housing set

The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25.

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Candidates for school board to be narrowed in primary

Nine candidates are seeking three positions on the South Whidbey School Board.

Artist Mark Wacker hangs a fish ornament he created for the taproom barn.

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Freeland Taproom to open barn doors May 27

The new venture is a collaboration between Penn Cove Brewing Company and South Whidbey resident Randy Urquhart.

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Community Health Advisory Board to resume meetings

A county health official announced the board’s upcoming return in a meeting May 18.

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Investigation clears superintendent of bias, retaliation

An attorney’s investigation into the Coupeville school superintendent for alleged bias and retaliation largely exonerated him, according to…