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Oak Harbor to do ‘everything we possibly can’ to accommodate growth predictions
Engineering consultants provided options for the housing element of the comprehensive plan update.
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Legacy lives on in Soup Box Derby
If you see a large, ripe fruit on wheels racing in Langley, no, you’re not hallucinating.
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North Whidbey Fire and Rescue finds long-awaited permanent chief
Christopher Swiger will begin negotiations to become the permanent chief of the fire department.
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Safeway seagull problem to be resolved within 30 days
The Island County Health Department has enforced three separate ultimatums to fix the health concern
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ALERT program seeks more volunteers
A community-led emergency preparedness group in Langley is searching for more volunteers.
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South Whidbey School Board votes to extend budget
The need came from the addition of paraeducators and a transitional kindergarten program.
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Skates: Whidbey’s big, unsung bottom-dwellers
Some Whidbey Islanders have found skates hooked on their line or washed up on the beach this summer.
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Death doula helps Whidbey patients and families
Amy Briscoe helps the elderly and the ill peacefully transition to death.
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School contruction projects receive DOD grants
Oak Harbor School District was recently awarded grants for new buildings.
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Island County starts manual recount Monday
The Elections Office will count ballots by hand because of 3 very tight races from the primaries.
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Volunteers monitor bull kelp, a key ‘ecosystem engineer’
Beyond Whidbey’s southernmost beach lies a 90-acre underwater forest wrapping around Possession Point
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Grone leaves as finance director
The Village by the Sea’s head of the Finance Department is resigning – this time, for certain.