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    Articles by Sam Fletcher
    The Hamoja Hut, rediscovered along Highway 20 shrouded in blackberry bushes in 2018, will be restored and on display outside the new Naval Museum. (Photo courtesy of Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum)
    Museum’s seaplane set to be remodeled
    By Sam Fletcher • March 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The Naval Air Museum plans to leap from a 4,700 square-foot facility to a 19,500 square-foot one.

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    Photographer Joe Manhardt poses at his booth at the book launch of "Naval Air Station Whidbey Island" at Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum)
    Navy aircraft photographer releases new book
    By Sam Fletcher • March 1, 2024 1:30 am

    Joe Manhardt’s book features 230 pages of photos of NASWI-based aircraft, squadrons and operations.

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    Island County's new animal control officers, Dylan Shipley (left) and Tammy Esparza (right) pose in front of the animal control pick-up. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Animal control officers rebuild program
    By Sam Fletcher • March 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The Island County Sheriff’s Office brought on two new animal control officers to restore the program.

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    Photo by Sam Fletcher
Whidbey bigfoot researcher David Ellis emulated a tree knock with his mouth outside Langley.
    Sasquatch researcher calls Whidbey home
    By Sam Fletcher • February 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Who do you call if you see a Whidbey Island Sasquatch?

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    The two newest members of the fleet are the E Ford 350EL model Lightning eMotors battery electric vehicles donning the organization’s brand-new design: stripes of green, blue and purple gradients behind simple linework of orcas, homes, trees and sunshine. (Photo courtesy of Island Transit)
    It’s electric! Two vans added to Island Transit...
    By Sam Fletcher • February 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Part of a plan to eliminate all carbon emissions by 2035, Island Transit acquired two electric vans this month with…

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    Whidbey Islanders partake in a fire offering ceremony for Losar, Tibetan New Year, earlier this month. (Photo courtesy of the Kilung Foundation)
    South Whidbey Buddhist Center opens doors to children
    By Sam Fletcher • February 23, 2024 1:30 am

    Kids can participate in sacred dance lessons, craft prayer flags and cook traditional Tibetan food.

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    A barred owl sits on a post in a Coupeville yard. (Photo courtesy of Martha Ellis)
    Barred owls may be culled to make way...
    By Sam Fletcher • February 21, 2024 1:30 am

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to cull nearly half a million barred owls.

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    European green crabs live in shallow, near-shore intertidal areas, eating native shellfish like clams and devastating estuaries and eelgrass beds. (Photo courtest of the WDFW)
    Whidbey is part of fight against invasive species
    By Sam Fletcher • February 16, 2024 1:30 am

    The week of Feb. 26 through March 3 is Washington Invasive Species Awareness Week.

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    County residents twice as likely to have seasonal affective disorder
    County residents twice as likely to have seasonal...
    By Sam Fletcher • February 16, 2024 1:30 am

    For some Whidbey residents, winter means headaches, irritability and low motivation.

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    Island County Planning Manager Michael Jones (left), Health Director Shawn Morris (back) and Board Clerk Jennifer Roll (right) carry an actor during an earthquake demonstration at the commissioner's meeting on Wednesday. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Tabletop exercise by Island County officials looks at...
    By Sam Fletcher • February 16, 2024 1:30 am

    An earthquake can devastate the entire county, with water, power and roadways gone in minutes.

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    Longtime Whidbey diver Jan Kocian examines some plumose anemones off Whidbey Island. (Photo courtesy of Jan Kocian)
    Whidbey diver-turned-citizen scientist provides ongoing data
    By Sam Fletcher • February 13, 2024 1:30 am

    Kocian started diving rivers and freshwater quarries in Czechoslovakia in 1964.

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    Officer Claire Herrera (left) talks with Asia James (middle), mother of William Belanger (right), whom Herrera saved, on Monday. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Oak Harbor officer earns life-saving award
    By Sam Fletcher • February 9, 2024 1:30 am

    Apolice officer was awarded the department’s life saving award on Monday for saving an infant’s life.

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    Eastern Washington cattle breeder Duane Mickelsen (left) and actor Carl Weathers (right) showing cattle at the Yakima County Fairgrounds. (Photo courtesty of Duane Mickelsen)
    Residents remember Carl Weathers, actor and Whidbey cattle...
    By Sam Fletcher • February 9, 2024 1:30 am

    Weathers passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Feb. 1.

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