News
PSE holding energy blitz Aug. 9-10
Field staff from local utility provider Puget Sound Energy will canvas the Coupeville area next week, visiting about…
News
Story about son leads to flood of ‘Wish’ donations
It wasn’t out of character for Meyer to announce a $3,000 donation to the Make-a-Wish Foundation at Pita…
Business
Oak Harbor business baking with nursing moms in mind
Jenna King has always loved baking, but it wasn’t until she had her second child that King saw…
News
Aug. 2 primary ballots rolling in slowly
At the county Auditor’s Office, Elections Supervisor Michele Reagan is seeing a slow trickle of ballots that is…
Business
Association uniting small Whidbey businesses
Soap artisans, dog groomers, web designers and more — the Whidbey Island Small Business Association, or WISBA, is…
News
Jail proposes nursing staff that won’t bust budget
With room for 58 inmates, the Island County Jail is small by most standards, but the responsibility to…
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Island County Board of Health divided over issue of jet noise
While most government agencies and boards have denied they have authority to act on a local activist group’s…
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COER the target of fowl speculation
Commissioner weighs in on erroneous assertions that the activist group wants to ban chickens
News
Hot rocks: Local search for painted stones is catching fire
A race car, a ladybug, a flower or even a dinosaur — 4-year-old Olivia King knows that the…
News
WAIF offers free Trap-Neuter-Return program
As an old saying goes, too much of a good thing is a bad thing, and this rings…
Business
Stay-at-home mom turns passion into business
A stay-at-home mother of two in Oak Harbor, Lilian Charapich turned her love of crocheting into a small…
News
Work to slow highway traffic through October
Between now and October, Island County residents and visitors can expect considerable delays when traveling on State Highway…
Life
3 Sisters breaking mold as women in agriculture
The vast majority of the public have, at best, a distant relationship with the channels through which their…