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Tobacco Cessation: Quitting Tobacco for Good Having celebrated in November the Great American Smokeout at Whidbey General Hospital and Oak Harbor High School, Island County Public Health continues to promote the powerful message of why we support quitting tobacco for good. Tobacco use is the #1 cause of preventable death in the United States. Tobacco kills more than HIV/AIDS, alcohol, drug induced, motor vehicles, murders and ... Full story

With the ceremonial unveiling of a new highway sign Thursday morning, business leaders, local officials and legislators officially marked the completion of the “missing link” in State Route 20 widening between Anacortes and Burlington. WSDOT’s $118-million project, funded by the 2003 gas tax package, widened a five-mile stretch of SR 20 between SR 536 and the I-5 interchange and transformed the congested two-lane highway with a ... Full story