It’s not something you see every day. More than 100 United States flags were retired on Flag Day, June 14…
Jason Haack has been in the Army for 15 years. He’s done two tours of duty in Iraq and is…
Judy Leu freely admits she’s super patriotic. A retired Army 1st Sgt. who lives in Renton, Leu was at the…
Friday, June 15 Double Feature Night – $7 adults / $3 youth 7 p.m. – Dark Shadows (PG 13) 9…
The stars and stripes are flying a little brighter and a little more securely in front of the Oak Harbor Senior Center today, thanks to members of the American Legion George Morris Post 129.
Hangar 5 on Whidbey Island Naval Air Station was abuzz as the Yellow Jackets of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 saw its leadership change from Cmdr. Tabb Stringer to Cmdr. Andrew DeMonte.
Music from Navy Band Northwest echoed around the hangar as squadron personnel and guests gathered for the formal change of command held May 24. The colors were presented as the band performed the national anthem. Honored guests included five survivors of Pearl Harbor, who were warmly welcomed by Cmdr. Stringer.
Friday, June 8 Double Feature Night – $5 adults / $2 youth 7 p.m. – Think Like a Man (PG…
There’s a difference between reading about history and making history. Battle of Midway survivor Harry Ferrier knows about making history. The retired Navy commander also knows how to share history, as he did Monday during a commemoration ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway at the marina on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s Seaplane Base.
An Oak Harbor veteran and his family have an active summer planned – a very active summer. Clark Schroeder, his…
Whether you’re looking for a destination drive or just a pretty route to take to Bellingham, Chuckanut Drive is certainly…
There is new leadership at the helm of Oak Harbor’s Veterans of Foreign Wars. An installation ceremony was held at the Whitehead-Muzzall Post 7392 Saturday, May 19 for the VFW Post, the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and the VFW Jr. Girls Auxiliary.
Pirates. That’s what first interested retired Navy Cmdr. Harvey Lasell in the sea. Well, perhaps pirates and “The Thief of…
Islanders will be honoring the nation’s war dead this Memorial Day weekend, but Tuesday evening a small but determined group turned out for the Navy Wives Club of America’s annual Babyland dedication at Maple Leaf Cemetery in Oak Harbor.
It was a bittersweet remembrance ceremony, as members of NWCA Branch 150 paid respects to the children buried there and acknowledged the loss of longtime member Betty Glein, who died last year after a battle with cancer. Glein, who worked tirelessly to keep up that corner of the cemetery, is now buried there, along with the children whose graves she so ardently cared for.
