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Redevelopment and improvements of Oak Harbor Marina top the list of the city’s priorities.

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Oak Harbor Marina at top of city priority list

Redevelopment of the Oak Harbor Marina is once again the top priority among a list of capital facilities…

North Whidbey resident Mathew Gordon smokes some “Old Toby

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Whidbey pot grower claims he’s developed beneficial strain

Mathew Gordon experimented on himself to perfect what he claims is a medicine that can cure everything from…

The busy intersection of State Highway 20 and Barriangton Drive is one of those that the state plans to integrate as part of a traffic project in Oak Harbor.

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Signal project to improve traffic on Highway 20

A state Department of Transportation project should improve traffic flow on State Highway 20 in Oak Harbor.

A still image from a surveillance video alleged shows Michael Hardesty as he was robbing a bank. The FBI nicknamed Hardesty

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Former Whidbey man arrested for bank heists

A former Whidbey Island resident made a name for himself this summer.

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Attention to detail nabs car thief

Coupeville Marshal Rick Norrie’s attention to odd details led to the apprehension of a suspected car thief and…

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Oak Harbor mayor says council playing politics with crosswalk

A proposal to build a crosswalk has turned into an unlikely controversy in a city filled with unlikely…

Gloria Carothers

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Jeweler finds Pioneer Way a perfect setting

Only a handful of businesses have survived and thrived in downtown Oak Harbor over the decades.

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Oak Harbor City Council nixes mayor’s appointment

An appointment that’s normally routine turned into a battle over parliamentary procedure during Oak Harbor City Council’s Wednesday…

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Oak Harbor Elks will take over Whidbey Marathon

Members of the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge may have to sprint to organize the next Whidbey Island Marathon…

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Coupeville couple jailed for tax fraud

A Coupeville husband and wife were sentenced to federal prison last week for conspiracy to defraud the government…

Oak Harbor resident Cheryl Louder speaks at a community meeting about Island Transit Monday evening. She relies on buses to travel to the airport.

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Disappointment apparent during Island Transit meeting Monday

Disappointment was the dominant emotion at Island Transit’s first community meeting Monday in Oak Harbor about impending bus…

Maureen Cooke

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Two apply for county marijuana business licenses

The anticipated operators of two recreational-marijuana-related businesses planned for Whidbey Island have filed applications with the Island County…

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Violent theft could mean eight years in prison for South Whidbey homeless man

An attempt to steal a couple of fishing lures led to a violent encounter that could mean as…