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2024年11月19日 · Mobile home community unites against alleged landlord negligence Last week, Valley High households came together to plan, seek legal advice and vent.

2024年12月13日 · Island County’s first administrator resigns The Island County administrator announced that he will resign from the position, effective Feb. 7.

2024年10月22日 · Everyone’s favorite book recommender is back on South Whidbey this year to share some of her favorites reads. Best-selling author and retired librarian Nancy Pearl will reveal her list of top choices during a free event hosted by the Friends of the Langley Library at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. Since 1998, Pearl, a Seattle resident, has been ferrying ...

2024年12月3日 · Navy continues to remediate contamination impact The road ahead for addressing polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, contamination on Whidbey is long.

2023年3月3日 · LIHI faces tough crowd in Freeland A community meeting about a shelter at the Harbor Inn may have yielded more questions than answers.

2024年11月22日 · The Navy is expecting to complete a court-ordered supplemental analysis of an environmental study of EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island by approximately Feb. 1, 2025. After that, the supplemental drafts will be available for public comment while the Navy plans to have in-person and virtual public meetings no later than mid-March, according to the status report filed Nov. 15 in ...

2024年12月3日 · New bakery offers childhood nostalgia A simple whiff at Amaya’s Bakery can teleport any sweet-toothed visitor to grandma’s kitchen.

2024年12月27日 · Another eventful year on Whidbey draws to a close. It’s been a year of joy and laughter, heartbreaking tragedy, politics and community, with a little weirdness in the mix. Here’s a look back at the headlines: January Newly elected Oak Harbor Mayor Ronnie Wright is sworn in during a ceremony with outgoing Mayor Bob Severns. Superintendent Steve King of the Coupeville School District ...

2024年12月17日 · Windstorm causes widespread outages A windstorm hit Whidbey Island on Saturday and caused the second major power outage of the season.