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Caraleigh Hernandez, 10, left, and her sister Denelle, 14, play on the beach at Deception Pass State Park. (Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times)

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Number of visitors nears pre-pandemic levels

Ferry riders and park visitors have increased.

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Langley agrees to sell oddly shaped parcel

It’s an odd, triangle-shaped piece of pavement down by the South Whidbey Harbor.

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Filing to open for long list of local positions

Candidates must file for the election May 17-21.

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Special vaccine clinics planned in Langley, Oak Harbor

A couple of special vaccination clinics are planned for this week.

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Students persuade council to take climate action

South Whidbey High School students led the charge at a Langley City Council meeting last week.

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Like a hot potato, city drops food truck changes

Council members dropped their support for changing the food truck ordinance.

Head Chef Zachary Harris transports a pan of freshly baked buns in Prima Bistro’s kitchen. The Langley restaurant, like many other businesses on Whidbey, is looking for more staff as the spring season ramps up. Photo by Kira Erickson/Whidbey News Group

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Whidbey’s leisure, hospitality sector seeing worker shortage

There are as many as 30 businesses looking for help in Langley alone.

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Langley continues to be a passport hotspot

The National Passport Center has been directing people to Langley.

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South Whidbey survey takes deep dive into community’s priorities for public pool

A bond measure in 2022 might be another funding source for the pool along with grants.

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Whidbey man shot to death in Whatcom County

Bellingham woman was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder.

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Langley approves new sculptures

Three new scultpures are coming to Langley

Tim Leonard, owner of the Machine Shop in Langley, hangs a purple neon star he made on the wall of his arcade. Photo by Kira Erickson/Whidbey News Group

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Neon art show colorizes Machine Shop’s reopening

A cacophony of happy buzzers and bells and a riot of glowing lights signals the return of another…

Photo by Kira Erickson/South Whidbey Record
Third grader Laszlo McDowell gets up close and personal with a gray whale skull.

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Students learn about being ‘whale-wise’

South Whidbey Elementary School students got a taste of what it would be like to live as gray…