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Island County, Washington
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About Island, WA

Population
Approximately 87,000 residents
County Seat
Coupeville, Washington
Coverage Area
209 square miles on Whidbey and Camano Islands

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Fort Casey State Park showcases historic batteries, lighthouse and Puget Sound vistas

Fort Casey State Park showcases historic batteries, lighthouse and Puget Sound vistas

Fort Casey State Park offers historic batteries, a climbable 1903 lighthouse and sweeping Puget Sound views, a year-roun...

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Community

Ebey's Landing Reserve protects 17,572 acres of working historic farmland

Ebey's Landing Reserve protects 17,572 acres of working historic farmland

A 17,572-acre National Historical Reserve around Coupeville preserves working farms, shoreline and military sites, prote...

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Business

Fitch Daniel Pitney catalogs 621 organizations for community-controlled South Whidbey directory

Fitch Daniel Pitney catalogs 621 organizations for community-controlled South Whidbey directory

Fitch Daniel Pitney cataloged 621 South Whidbey organizations into a community-controlled directory to boost local visib...

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Community

10th Annual Mardi Gras at Bayview Community Hall Feb. 17, Family-Friendly

10th Annual Mardi Gras at Bayview Community Hall Feb. 17, Family-Friendly

Bayview Community Hall is hosting the 10th Annual Mardi Gras tonight, Fat Tuesday, Feb. 17, with live music by Ike & the...

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Government

Ebey's Landing Trust Board restructures, posts reserve manager as county employee

Ebey's Landing Trust Board restructures, posts reserve manager as county employee

Ebey's Landing Trust Board is restructuring due to funding constraints and posted the Reserve Manager as an Island Count...

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Community

Oak Harbor nonprofit Garage of Blessings seeks donations after rent notice

Oak Harbor nonprofit Garage of Blessings seeks donations after rent notice

Garage of Blessings must vacate its Oak Harbor space by Feb. 28, 2026 or face doubled rent; the nonprofit is fundraising...

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Business

Orchard Kitchen Chef Vincent Nattress Takes Sabbatical to Write Book

Orchard Kitchen Chef Vincent Nattress Takes Sabbatical to Write Book

Vincent Nattress, chef-owner of Orchard Kitchen in Langley, is taking a writing sabbatical to work on books, a move that...

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Education

Oak Harbor Wildcats clinch state berth in inaugural season with 23-22 win

Oak Harbor Wildcats clinch state berth in inaugural season with 23-22 win

Oak Harbor’s varsity girls flag football advanced to the WIAA state tournament after a 23-22 double-overtime win over Ev...

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Government

Trial begins for Lynda C. Mercy in Thomas Flood murder

Trial begins for Lynda C. Mercy in Thomas Flood murder

The trial of Bellingham resident Lynda C. Mercy has begun in Whatcom County Superior Court over the 2021 shooting death ...

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Healthcare

210 of 1,161 Coupeville marshal calls were to WhidbeyHealth Medical Center

210 of 1,161 Coupeville marshal calls were to WhidbeyHealth Medical Center

Of 1,161 service calls in 2025, Coupeville marshals answered 210 at WhidbeyHealth Medical Center — nearly 20% of the tow...

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Healthcare

WhidbeyHealth seeks nominees for open seat by Feb. 17, 2026; Veldman nominated

WhidbeyHealth seeks nominees for open seat by Feb. 17, 2026; Veldman nominated

WhidbeyHealth is accepting nominations for one of two vacant board seats through Feb. 17, 2026; commissioners have nomin...

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Government

SR 20 westbound and eastbound lane reductions near Anacortes Feb. 6

SR 20 westbound and eastbound lane reductions near Anacortes Feb. 6

SR 20 near Anacortes had daytime lane reductions while WSDOT crews installed signs, causing delays for drivers and promp...

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Education

Island County 4-H Grows to 161 Youth, 48 Adult Volunteers

Island County 4-H Grows to 161 Youth, 48 Adult Volunteers

Island County 4-H enrollment rose to 161 youth and 48 adult volunteers in 2025, signaling local growth in hands-on youth...

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Healthcare

WhidbeyHealth Board Seeks Nominees for Two Vacant Seats, Nominates Henry Veldman

WhidbeyHealth Board Seeks Nominees for Two Vacant Seats, Nominates Henry Veldman

WhidbeyHealth’s board now has two vacancies and has nominated Henry Veldman; Desert Healthcare also opened a replacement...

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Community

Langley Mystery Weekend Returns for 41st Year, Interactive Whodunnit Feb. 21-22

Langley Mystery Weekend Returns for 41st Year, Interactive Whodunnit Feb. 21-22

Langley Mystery Weekend returns for its 41st year Feb. 21–22 with clues across downtown Langley at 1st & Anthes and a Bi...

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Community

Fanbulance Unit 12 Delivers Seahawks Spirit, Community Outreach Across Whidbey Island

Fanbulance Unit 12 Delivers Seahawks Spirit, Community Outreach Across Whidbey Island

A lime-green-and-blue Fanbulance visited Coupeville and toured students, spreading Seahawks spirit and community outreac...

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Community

Central Whidbey Resident Roddy Blelloch's Ferry Photographs Now On Display

Central Whidbey Resident Roddy Blelloch's Ferry Photographs Now On Display

Coupeville resident Roddy Blelloch’s black-and-white ferry photos are on display at the Bellevue Leica store through the...

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Community

Oak Harbor CERT Basic Course Set for Feb. 13–15

Oak Harbor CERT Basic Course Set for Feb. 13–15

Oak Harbor hosted a CERT Basic Course Feb. 13-15 at 855 E. Whidbey Ave., listed on the Island County Emergency Managemen...

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Community

Cindy L. Wilson Sentenced to 8.5 Years for 2019 Fatal Crash

Cindy L. Wilson Sentenced to 8.5 Years for 2019 Fatal Crash

Cindy L. Wilson was sentenced to 8 years, 6 months after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in ...

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Government

Port warns of steep drop-off at Possession Beach ramp after storms

Port warns of steep drop-off at Possession Beach ramp after storms

Storms and king tides eroded sand beneath the Possession Beach ramp, causing a partial collapse and a steep drop-off; la...

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Community

Century-old schooner Suva added to National Register in Island County

Century-old schooner Suva added to National Register in Island County

Suva, a century-old wooden schooner owned by the Whidbey Island Maritime Heritage Foundation, was listed on the National...

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Community

Life Award Will Honor Whidbey Resident Grethe Cammermeyer for Contributions

Life Award Will Honor Whidbey Resident Grethe Cammermeyer for Contributions

A Life Award will honor Whidbey resident Grethe Cammermeyer for contributions that have positively affected the Whidbey ...

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Government

Port of South Whidbey raises moorage, campground and parking fees May 1

Port of South Whidbey raises moorage, campground and parking fees May 1

Boaters with vessels 25 feet or longer will pay $2.00 per foot per night at South Whidbey Harbor from May 1 to Sept. 30,...

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Government

Oak Harbor Secures $3 Million in Grants for Mulberry Village Workforce Housing

Oak Harbor Secures $3 Million in Grants for Mulberry Village Workforce Housing

Oak Harbor secured $3 million in grants to support the 96-unit Mulberry Village workforce housing project, funding road ...

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Business

The Barnyard smokehouse and taproom has returned to Freeland.

The Barnyard smokehouse and taproom has returned to Freeland.

The Barnyard smokehouse and taproom has returned to Freeland, reopening at the end of 2025 in the former Greenbank Cider...

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Government

Oak Harbor Resident Kaleb M. Christensen Charged After Clinton Home Invasion

Oak Harbor Resident Kaleb M. Christensen Charged After Clinton Home Invasion

Court documents say two people broke into a Clinton home and beat a man asleep with his girlfriend; an Oak Harbor reside...

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Business

Whidbey Telecom wins $9.5M grant to expand BiG GiG fiber islandwide

Whidbey Telecom wins $9.5M grant to expand BiG GiG fiber islandwide

Whidbey Telecom received $9.5 million to extend BiG GiG fiber to underserved south and south-central Whidbey neighborhoo...

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Government

Island Transit Adds Two Electric Paratransit Vans, Boosts 2035 Zero-Emission Goal

Island Transit Adds Two Electric Paratransit Vans, Boosts 2035 Zero-Emission Goal

Island Transit added two battery-electric paratransit vans and charging at its Coupeville facility, advancing its zero-e...

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Government

Whidbey Island base disables intruding quadcopter; EOD finds no explosives

Whidbey Island base disables intruding quadcopter; EOD finds no explosives

A personal drone flown by a Navy reservist was disabled by defense systems over NAS Whidbey Island; EOD inspected the de...

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