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    Articles by Jessie Stensland
    Navy League welcomes new president
    Navy League welcomes new president
    By Jessie Stensland • March 23, 2016 9:51 am

    By Debra Vaughn  The Oak Harbor Area Council of the Navy League has a new president. Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr….

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    Military flyers invited to swap stories over lunch
    Military flyers invited to swap stories over lunch
    By Jessie Stensland • March 23, 2016 9:49 am

    By Kari Bray Herald Writer CAMANO ISLAND — Bob Blank is rallying veterans who have taken to the skies for…

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    Society offers loans, grants to sailors, Marines
    Society offers loans, grants to sailors, Marines
    By Jessie Stensland • March 23, 2016 9:48 am

    By Debra Vaughn Most sailors earn enough in pay and allowances to get by, but it doesn’t take much —…

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    Contaminated water at Camp Lejeune linked to diseases
    Contaminated water at Camp Lejeune linked to diseases
    By Jessie Stensland • March 23, 2016 9:43 am

    By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer EVERETT — After enlisting in the Marines in 1979, Doug Jones spent time at Camp…

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    Club names teen military youth of year
    Club names teen military youth of year
    By Jessie Stensland • March 23, 2016 9:41 am

    By Debra Vaughn Oak Harbor High School junior Ashley Serna is the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Boys & Girls…

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    VA makes changes to Veterans Choice Program
    VA makes changes to Veterans Choice Program
    By Jessie Stensland • March 23, 2016 9:39 am

    The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a number of changes to make participation in the Veterans Choice Program easier and…

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    VA and PenFed Foundation unite to prevent veteran homelessness
    VA and PenFed Foundation unite to prevent veteran...
    By Jessie Stensland • March 23, 2016 9:37 am

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is teaming up with the Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation, or PenFed Foundation, to strengthen…

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    War stories and coffee
    By Jessie Stensland • March 23, 2016 9:36 am

    By Ron Newberry As the clock approaches 9, they begin showing up at a long table in the dining area….

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    Nonprofit group provides gifts to hundreds of childre
    Nonprofit group provides gifts to hundreds of childre
    By Jessie Stensland • January 29, 2016 2:55 pm

    More than 300 children connected with Naval Air Station Whidbey Island had a warm Christmas thanks to the generosity of…

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    Coupeville ferry to close for earthquake retrofitting
    By Jessie Stensland • January 27, 2016 1:05 pm

    The Coupeville ferry dock will be closed for a weekend next fall to make it safer in the event of the Big One.

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    Family settles for $4M over county jail death
    By Jessie Stensland • December 16, 2015 3:25 pm

    For the father of a young man who died in Island County jail, a three-county settlement for $4 million really wasn’t about the money. It was about what the money says, the acknowledgement of unconscionable negligence, Coupeville resident Fred Farris explained.

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    Quilters honor Whidbey Island veterans
    By Jessie Stensland • December 7, 2015 2:40 pm

    By KATE DANIEL Cheryn Weiser-Roosen-Runge wrapped the soft red, white and blue quilt around the shoulders of her 7-year-old grandson,…

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    Gift from the heart: Retired Navy captain donates...
    By Jessie Stensland • December 7, 2015 2:26 pm

    By RON NEWBERRY The first time Anne Langer met John Geragotelis, she butchered his last name. It was 1986. She…

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