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    Environment
    A gray whale has lingered around Possession Sound in July 2022. (Sara Montour Lewis / Our Wild Puget Sound)
    Scientists: Gray whale spotted at Mukilteo waterfront was...
    By Ellen Dennis • August 9, 2022 1:30 am

    The whale has lingered around Possession Sound. It’s unclear if it will join a group of regular visitors known as the Sounders.

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    Researchers and volunteers recently examined a dead gray whale found on a Camano Island beach. (Cascadia Research Collective) 20220411
    Dead gray whale on Camano Island beach to...
    By Jacqueline Allison • April 20, 2022 1:30 am

    The death is the latest in an ongoing unusual mortality event for gray whales. This one appeared to be malnourished.

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    A grey whale carcass found beached on the west side of Camano Island. (NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region)
    Gray whale beached on Camano
    By Everett Herald Staff • April 12, 2022 12:30 pm

    Officials said they would perform a necropsy Saturday. The species is experiencing an “unusual mortality event.”

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    Gov. Jay Inslee joined other governors Monday at the Climate Registry & Climate Action Reserve press conference in Glasgow, Scotland, to talk about climate achievements and goals. From left, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Hawaii Gov. David Ige, Gov. Jay Inslee and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. (Photo courtesy of Gov. Jay Inslee)
    Inslee: State agency vehicles must be all-electric by...
    By Jerry Cornfield Everett Herald writer • November 16, 2021 1:00 am

    The governor, who is in Scotland for an international climate conference, set an aggressive timeline.

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    Geoscientist Brian Sherrod stands near where the southern Whidbey Island fault line runs underground, at the Brightwater Treatment Plant in Woodinville, Washington. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
    Whidbey fault quake potentially a bigger ‘Big One’
    By Julia-Grace Sanders The Everett Herald • May 14, 2021 2:40 pm

    An earthquake along the southern Whidbey Island fault reshaped the land some 2,700 years ago. Another big one is expected, and it could be devastating.

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    Dirt is moved during the deconstruction of a seawall on Friday, Jan. 29, 2020 in Langley, Wa. Shoreline restoration underway north of Langley involves removal of an old barge and bulkheads. Sea level rise makes such habitat improvements all the more important to endangered salmon and their prey. The project is a partnership between Seahorse Siesta property owners and the Northwest Straits Foundation. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
    Small fish, big barriers: A county confronts climate...
    By Julie Titone • February 16, 2021 4:00 pm

    Island County has 196 miles of shoreline to protect as sea levels rise. And erosion is only one of the challenges.

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    Whidbey Island Conservation district holding election
    Whidbey Island Conservation district holding election
    By Jessie Stensland • January 15, 2021 1:30 pm

    The election is Feb. 2.

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    Waterfront property owners could receive up to $5,000 in grants
    Waterfront property owners could receive up to $5,000...
    By Emily Gilbert • October 16, 2020 5:00 pm

    The new grants are part of Island County’s efforts to guard against erosion.

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    • Letter: Community pulls together for school bond
    • Letter: Democrats don’t want other ideas heard
    • Letter: School bond is an opportunity not to be missed
    • Letter: Donations will help replace ambulances
    • Community land trust focuses on affordable housing on Whidbey

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