Collecting things with unique histories has been an occupation for Kim Christianson nearly her entire life.
In the two years he’s had his own barber shop in Oak Harbor, Lampton Lawrence has created quite the following.
On a recent weekday Lawrence had five men sitting in his small Midway Boulevard barber shop waiting for one of his legendary haircuts.
The paving project from Frostad Road to Sharpes corner begins Monday, June 8 and will include five nights of full closures for Deception Pass and Canoe Pass bridges in mid-July or August.
The project is expected create substantial traffic delays as contractor crews repave four sections along the highway for the state Department of Transportation.
The Everett Connector is likely to be restored by a bill that is expected to be signed by Gov. Jay Inslee in the coming weeks.
The state House of Representatives and Senate approved $1 million in the 2015-17 biennial budget to reinstate the Everett Connector.
The governor has 20 days to act on the bill once his office receives it, likely this week.
A holistic practitioner who was arrested by Oak Harbor police in March is suing the state Department of Health and the city for $25 million.
Sea stars around Whidbey Island are making a slow recovery after the effects of a deadly disease wiped out millions of them over the past year.
It started with two dogs.
But the pack of stuffed canines that frequent the corner of Center and Fourth Street in Coupeville has swelled to nine over the last two years.
A Langley man was charged with assault after allegedly ramming his car into a neighbors’ car and threatening to kill them.
Christian Devon Irmer, who was charged this week in Island County Superior Court, apparently was involved in ongoing dispute about property lines with his neighbors, according to the police report.
The first two weeks each May is when Whidbey Island sees a increase in the number of adorable and seemingly helpless baby deer.
Despite the human urge to gather them up and protect them when they appear abandoned, state and county officials urge people to keep away.
Island Transit board members voted Friday to cut Whidbey Island’s only off-island route and initiate a fare study.
“I’m obviously disappointed,” said Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson, who serves on the IT board.
Approximately 125 people gathered recently to celebrate some of Whidbey Island’s most civic-minded citizens.
The evening’s event recognized the 2015 Linda Lee Martins Memorial Community Health Heroes.
The first few minutes when a person is unresponsive are the most critical, according to Whidbey General Hospital paramedic Rob May.
An Island County Superior Court judge has ruled that Island Transit leadership did not fire a former lead mechanic because of his race or age.
Judge Vickie Churchill entered a summary judgement Monday in favor of Island Transit.
