A wedding planner, photographer, florist and a host of other industry vendors and support businesses will have some extra work this winter thanks to the second annual Weddings on Whidbey and Events Tour this past weekend.
If money makes a difference in races for political office, then it appears Island County District 3 Commissioner candidate Karla Jacks will have a hefty advantage over challenger Rick Hannold on Nov. 4.
One of South Whidbey’s most wanted is in police custody this week.
Despite Island County Sheriff Mark Brown’s assertions to the contrary, South Whidbey residents insist the drug problem on the South End has reached “epidemic” proportions.
Like many young aspiring business owners, South Whidbey residents Tiffany and Damien Cortez had a vision.
Wells Fargo in Clinton was robbed Monday.
The Island County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the bank was hit by a lone gunman.
A longtime Whidbey Island pharmacist struggling with industry changes is considering a prescription for corporate ownership.
Greg Gilles is known throughout South Whidbey as a respected homebuilder.
A near collision on State Highway 525 last week left a motorcyclist injured and state troopers looking for the driver of the other vehicle.
Pending Island Transit service cuts will hit the community hard, and residents let IT officials know it this week.
South Whidbey is mourning the death of a long-time community and business leader this week.
Charles “Chuck” Maddox, a Freeland resident and Snohomish County Fire District captain, was checking his catch in Holmes Harbor shortly after 7 a.m. Monday when a line around his foot caused him to lose his balance and fall overboard.
Acquiring key shoreline properties in Glendale for public use will mean the removal of an existing concrete boat launch and an over-water pier.
Boat launches, marinas and leasing land for a cell tower, but the Island County Fairgrounds?
In a surprise move last week, Port of South Whidbey commissioners voted unanimously to consider taking over management of the Langley property, a job currently performed by the Island County Fair Association.
A lot of words can accurately describe Gil Nyerges: teacher, artist, craftsman.
Some even say he’s a legend, on South Whidbey at least.
An anchor believed by the recovery crew Anchor Ventures LLC to be from the HMS Chatham ...
If it’s what a team of treasure hunters hope, an artifact connected with the Pacific Northwest’s most famous European explorer will leave the seafloor for the first time in over two centuries next week.
State regulators have issued Anchor Ventures, LLC, a permit to raise an anchor they believe was lost during Captain George Vancouver’s legendary exploration of Puget Sound in the early 1790s.
It’s done, it looks great and the MV Salish Responder is now officially in service.
Some think they’re cool, others say they’re gross.
While opinions on tent caterpillars seem to vary, there is one thing no one seems to dispute — the little buggers are everywhere.
Estimated by experts to number in the billions, they’re wiggling and munching their way across communities throughout Western Washington, and Whidbey Island is no exception.
Whidbey General Hospital will move forward with the sale of a 4.5-acre lot in Bayview.
The board of commissioners agreed in an unanimous 5-0 vote at it’s regularly scheduled 7 a.m. meeting Monday that the property was no longer compatible with the designs of the hospital, and that selling the property was the best decision.
