The Whidbey Camano Land Trust had been hoping to make history today by becoming the new owner of the fabled Trillium property in South Whidbey.
But it appears history will have to wait another week.
The conservation group was expecting to close with three Snohomish County banks for the 664-acre tract of forest between Greenbank and Freeland Wednesday, Sept. 22. However, some last minute but essential details have stalled the finalization of the deal, according to Pat Powell, executive director for the land trust.
America’s prisoners of war and missing in action were honored and remembered in Oak Harbor last week by both the roar of motorcycles and soft, heartfelt words.
Whidbey environmental groups are ramping up for their last charge at the U.S. Navy’s proposal to increase operations in its Northwest Training Range Complex.
A decision to reroute treated effluent to its lagoon facility on the Seaplane Base will solve Oak Harbor’s broken sewer outfall problem but the solution is not without risk, city officials say.
Shoppers at Safeway in Oak Harbor got more than they bargained for Friday evening when a vehicle caught fire in the grocery’s parking lot.
At about 7:25 p.m., the store’s internal speaker system announced that a red Pontiac Grand Prix appeared to be on fire in a stall near the front doors. Shoppers rushed out to find smoke pouring from under the hood of the vehicle.
Construction of what’s being hailed as the centerpiece of Oak Harbor’s waterfront trail system may soon begin.
After an absence of about 12,000 years, one of the world’s most famous but extinct herbivore species will make a reappearance on Whidbey Island this weekend.
At least in spirit that is.
This Saturday, Sept. 18, the Island County Historical Society Museum in Coupeville will host its seventh annual Mammoth Day. The event, which will teach you everything you ever want to know about the lumbering wooly giants, begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 4 p.m.
A Whidbey Island resident is without house or home following a Wednesday morning fire that consumed his car and motorhome.
A little more than one year ago, the lives of one Oak Harbor family changed forever.
Ben and Mary Phelps’ 2-year-old son, Jacob, was diagnosed with brain cancer.
The Oak Harbor City Council has taken its final steps to secure a $1 million county grant for the SE Pioneer Way project but the fate of the funding remains uncertain.
Living in Oak Harbor may soon become more expensive as the Oak Harbor City Council is set to consider rate hikes next week for three of the city’s four utilities.
Local and federal emergency responders scoured the waters between Camano and Whidbey Islands Tuesday morning following the discovery of a mostly submerged dinghy.
Hundreds turned out for the ninth annual Military Appreciation Picnic at Windjammer Park in Oak Harbor.