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    Articles by Sam Fletcher
    Oak Harbor task force to tackle homelessness
    Oak Harbor task force to tackle homelessness
    By Sam Fletcher • January 17, 2025 1:30 am

    The mayor assembled a task force to create a plan for the city’s increasing number of homeless people

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    Island County to see drop in funds to fight homelessness
    Island County to see drop in funds to...
    By Sam Fletcher • January 17, 2025 1:30 am

    The county will have less money to support affordable housing and reduce homelessness.

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    Net-pen farming no longer allowed in Salish Sea
    Net-pen farming no longer allowed in Salish Sea
    By Sam Fletcher • January 14, 2025 1:30 am

    According to the Board of Natural Resources, commercial net-pen fish farming in the Salish Sea is no more.

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    City of Oak Harbor photo
A proposed port district on North Whidbey could fund improvements to the Oak Harbor marina, but also many other community assets.
    Oak Harbor to rekindle port district effort
    By Sam Fletcher • January 14, 2025 1:30 am

    Oak Harbor’s future projects may not be attainable without the creation of a port district.

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    Two bucks spar near Highway 20 and Midway Boulevrd in Oak Harbor on Wednesday. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Fun for just two bucks
    By Sam Fletcher • January 14, 2025 1:30 am

    Four bucks were spotted near the intersection of Highway 20 and Midway Boulevard last week.

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    Tendo, head monk at Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery, leads a tea ceremony. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    An introduction to zazen with Freeland’s Tahoma One...
    By Sam Fletcher • January 10, 2025 1:30 am

    The Tahoma space is one of four Rinzai Zen monasteries in the world.

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    A U.S. Navy EP-3E Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic System (ARIES) II, assigned to the “World Watchers” of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1), prepares to take flight within the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation.  (Photo provided)
    Renowned Cold War-era spy plane touches down on...
    By Sam Fletcher • January 7, 2025 1:30 am

    With the start of the new year, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island has left something behind which leaders say is…

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    Denis Muller, a resident of Parkwood Manor Mobile Home Park, revies water testing results from Edge Analytical Laboratories. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Low-income Oak Harbor resident without options after contaminants...
    By Sam Fletcher • January 7, 2025 1:30 am

    Muller blames her declining health on contaminants in her water.

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    City mulls business & occupation tax once again
    City mulls business & occupation tax once again
    By Sam Fletcher • January 7, 2025 1:30 am

    Oak Harbor leaders are considering a new tax on businesses.

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    Photo by David Welton
    Committee collects data as revelers feel the cold
    By Sam Fletcher • January 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Whidbey Islanders gathered for the annual Polar Bear Plunge before stampeding into the winter water.

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    A U.S. Navy officer, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, celebrates a change of command aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (Courtesy photo)
    Whidbey’s Wizards return after historic deployment
    By Sam Fletcher • December 31, 2024 1:30 am

    Electronic Attack Squadron 133 returned home to Whidbey from a five-month deployment

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    Number of tourists down, dollars up
    Number of tourists down, dollars up
    By Sam Fletcher • December 31, 2024 1:30 am

    The year 2024 saw fewer tourists on Whidbey, but those people spent more money than normal.

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    A barred owl dwells in central Whidbey. (Photo by Martha Ellis)
    Costly barred owl management strategy divides Whidbey conservationists
    By Sam Fletcher • December 31, 2024 1:30 am

    On Whidbey, wildlife experts don’t agree on the controversial strategy.

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