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    Northwest Wildlife Sanctuary offers up-close visits
    By Sam Fletcher • February 9, 2024 1:30 am

    Life’s greatest joy for Dave Coleburn comes from interacting with animals.

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    Oak Harbor Rep. seeks to regulate Artificial Intelligence...
    By Sam Fletcher • February 6, 2024 1:30 am

    State Rep. Clyde Shavers is concerned that artificial intelligence has the potential to discriminate

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    Oak Harbor resident Dennis Kjargaard points to his property at the PFAS public meeting on Thursday, which is 30 feet from the original PFAS sampling area. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Navy expands testing of wells for ‘forever chemical’
    By Sam Fletcher • February 6, 2024 1:30 am

    Naval Air Station Whidbey Island will expand testing for groundwater contamination

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    Syphilis on the rise in Island County
    Syphilis on the rise in Island County
    By Sam Fletcher • February 6, 2024 1:30 am

    In Island County from 2017 to 2021, syphilis is up 137%.

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    Surveillance footage of an Oak Harbor subject who was identified by police after he used a stolen credit card to put gas into his also-stolen motorcycle. (Photo courtesy of the Oak Harbor Police Department)
    Surveillance footage becoming increasingly useful for Whidbey policework
    By Sam Fletcher • February 2, 2024 1:30 am

    Oak Harbor police are investigating a number of cases where surveillance footage has been pivotal.

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