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Filing week opens with surprises

Candidate filing week began with a couple of surprises.

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Trespassing chickens | Island Scanner

The following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office:

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Island Transit adding service between base, Navy housing

Navy personnel who live in base housing will be able to get a free lift to work.

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Women injured in one-car accident

An Oak Harbor woman was seriously injured in a one-car accident on North Whidbey Thursday night.

Robber sought on $500k warrant

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Robber sought on $500k warrant

A man who allegedly robbed an Oak Harbor bank is wanted on a $500,000 arrest warrant while his…

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Oak Harbor preschool owner accused of molesting girls

A man who owns an Oak Harbor daycare with his wife is accused of raping and molesting three…

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Couple comes home to find an intruder; appliances, TV gone

A couple returned home after being gone a couple of weeks to find an uninvited man sitting inside…

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Gambling tax proposal changes again

The city of Oak Harbor’s new gambling taxes will likely be significantly lower than originally proposed.

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Tips help identify bank robbery suspect, accomplice

Oak Harbor police identified a suspect and an accomplice in an April 30 bank robbery, but they aren’t…

Rep. Smith’s budget work may transform mental health system

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Rep. Smith’s budget work may transform mental health system

State allocates 15 times what was spent in 2013-15

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Whidbey organizations are big winners in state budget

Boys &Girls Clubs in Oak Harbor and Coupeville are among the winners in the state’s recently approved capital…

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Keystone boat launch fixes planned, but when unclear

Getting boats into the water is a little more difficult and time consuming at the boat launch next…

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One man found alive, another dead in water off Whidbey

One man was recovered alive and another man was found dead in the water west of North Whidbey…