Artists of South Whidbey will be opening the ASW Christmas Art Galleria in the Langley Mall during December. The galleria’s grand opening will take place on Saturday, Dec. 4, and stay open that evening to celebrate Langley’s First Saturday. The ASW Galleria Hours will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until Jan. 1 when it closes. ASW Galleria will be closed on Christmas day.
On Saturday, Dec. 4, from 3 to 5 p.m., Alimah Helming, headliner for the Evening in Marrakesh event, will be returning to Whidbey Island to present a very special workshop: “Beautiful Basics: Finesse from the First Steps,” to benefit the Whidbey Island Language Academy.
They came out in droves on Thursday to grab a plate, or three, at the ninth annual North Whidbey Community Harvest feast. Military men and women, young families, senior citizens and city leaders alike showed up at the Elks Lodge in Oak Harbor for a succulent Thanksgiving holiday.
It’s doubtful that dozens of Oak Harbor residents woke up this weekend feeling like they desperately needed to buy multiple poinsettia plants, but that’s the thing about Black Friday sales: they force people to go crazy for items they never even knew they wanted.
A 29-year-old Oak Harbor man is facing possible prison time for allegedly choking his girlfriend and forcibly preventing her from leaving her apartment, court documents indicate.
An effort to annex 10 acres of undeveloped forest into Oak Harbor may result in a handful of county residents going along for the ride, whether they want to or not.
County Commissioner-elect Kelly Emerson included me in a photograph on her recent political flyer. Several people have asked me about the picture and I feel compelled to set the record straight.
The Island County commissioners want to implement a new county taxing district that will take between $1 million and $2 million out of our pockets each year; all because they claim storm water runoff will contaminate our wells.
The Washington State Auditor’s Office recently completed its annual audit of the city of Oak Harbor. What the state came up with was discussed at two unannounced meetings one day in November. What was said we don’t know because our reporter, who represents the public, was told to leave before the audit findings were revealed to city officials.
It happens before you know it. Turn around and suddenly you’re the oldest person at the Thanksgiving family dinner.
For the first time, the Oak Harbor High School wrestling program will also feature a girls team.
New coach Trisha Clayville will build her first team around five returning letter winners.
Dressed up in little suits and hair tied with fancy ribbons, three children were welcomed into their forever families last week as the county celebrated National Adoption Day.