Beginning March 23, Island Transit will remove many of its Whidbey Island routes in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Island Transit is not planning to… Continue reading
On the last day of school at Oak Harbor High School before mandatory closure, teachers handed their students a list of resources that will allow… Continue reading
Efforts are underway to breathe new life into the Oak Harbor Marina. Oak Harbor is looking to bring more business to the harbor by purchasing… Continue reading
Due to growing concerns related to the coronavirus, most of the calendar events submitted to the Whidbey News-Times have been canceled. Here are a few… Continue reading
John Del Prete’s fourth-grade class crowded around two cardboard boxes stacked on a small cluster of desks near the whiteboard. The students were electric in… Continue reading
A number of changes are in the works for WhidbeyHealth. In addition to opening walk-in clinics in Oak Harbor and Clinton, the hospital district is… Continue reading
Oak Harbor poet Daniel Edward Moore has published two books in the span of three months and is promoting them during reading tours across the… Continue reading
Unlike some other events across the country and state that were canceled because of coronavirus concerns, Coupeville’s annual Musselfest drew a fairly healthy sized crowd… Continue reading
Construction on Fort Nugent Road and Loerland Drive is expected to occur in the summer followed by road construction in neighborhoods near Crosby Avenue in… Continue reading
Oak Harbor residents may see police officers on electric bikes. The Oak Harbor Police Department purchased three electric bikes from Rad Power Bikes to use… Continue reading
This year’s MusselFest marks the fifth anniversary of The Penn Cove Taproom’s opening, and the owners have an ace up their sleeve for the chowder-tasting… Continue reading
The halls of Oak Harbor High School hummed with the sound of different regional school jazz bands while volunteers in purple shirts offered directions to… Continue reading
Oak Harbor is in talks with Anacortes to install “wet fiber” in water lines near Deception Pass and Pass Lake. The fiber optic cables would… Continue reading
An Arlington man was injured in a one-car crash Sunday morning on North Whidbey, the Washington State Patrol reported. Mark Strait, 45, was airlifted to… Continue reading
The winter run of Chinook, or blackmouth salmon, is underway in Puget Sound with reports of fish as large as 10 pounds being reeled in.… Continue reading
Island County Department of Emergency Management is collecting damage assessment forms in the hopes of receiving aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and loans… Continue reading
Coupeville School District has received an $82,345 grant to grow its Connected Food Program. The grant from the state department of education is being used… Continue reading
