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Oak Harbor resident Dennis Kjargaard points to his property at the PFAS public meeting on Thursday, which is 30 feet from the original PFAS sampling area. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)

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Navy expands testing of wells for ‘forever chemical’

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island will expand testing for groundwater contamination

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Syphilis on the rise in Island County

In Island County from 2017 to 2021, syphilis is up 137%.

Photo by Kira Erickson/South Whidbey Record

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Whidbey farmers collaborate to create children’s book

A children’s book gently explains the process of ethically raising and harvesting turkeys.

Photo by Kira Erickson/South Whidbey Record

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Woodhaven science fair explores herbal arts

Ninth and tenth graders displayed aromatic products they made themselves for the Herbal Science Fair

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District secretaries overworked after cuts

Coupeville school secretaries are concerned about the wellbeing of their coworkers and students.

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Truck theft leads to police chase

A woman in a bikini brandished a spear, stole a pickup truck and led a deputy on a…

Surveillance footage of an Oak Harbor subject who was identified by police after he used a stolen credit card to put gas into his also-stolen motorcycle. (Photo courtesy of the Oak Harbor Police Department)

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Surveillance footage becoming increasingly useful for Whidbey policework

Oak Harbor police are investigating a number of cases where surveillance footage has been pivotal.

Photo by John Fisken

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Wildcat wrestlers capture conference championship

For the first time, Oak Harbor’s girls wrestling team are conference champions.

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Psychologist diagnoses man accused in Freeland murder

Freeland man accused of murdering his mother diagnosed by state psychologist.

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Coupeville teachers air grievances over pay, contract

Coupeville teachers have little confidence in the financial future of the organization.

Photo by David Welton

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Event counts unhoused at one Point in Time

Unhoused people trickled in throughout the day at the annual Point in Time count Jan. 25.

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County adopts ban on mortar fireworks

Fans of pyrotechnics living in unincorporated Island County will have a few less options for July 4.

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FBI agents arrest man on island

FBI agents were in Oak Harbor to arrest a man charged in federal court with sexually abusing kids.