For the past five years, a UH1H helicopter has been sitting in the front yard of Brien Lillquist’s home on Swantown Road near Oak Harbor, becoming a prominent landmark for folks on Whidbey Island.
Because of the negative effects to nearby organic farming projects, the commissioners for the Port of Coupeville will likely reject a proposed Douglas fir tree orchard for the Greenbank Farm.
After seeing all of the furniture, antiques, tools, mementos and sporting goods Friday afternoon, some of the most frugal-minded shoppers in the state work themselves into a frenzy.
Oak Harbor resident Mike Milat has been organizing the Noon Rotary Fourth of July pancake breakfast since 1996.
He’s going to have some additional duties when the annual event takes place Saturday. He’ll be riding in the Oak Harbor’s Fourth of July parade serving as its grand marshal.
The Keystone Ferry Advisory Committee is recommending the Washington State Transportation Commission reject a proposal to rename the Keystone ferry terminal the Coupeville ferry terminal.
A business group is hoping a new name for a ferry terminal will help tourists visiting Whidbey Island.
The Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce submitted a proposal this week to the Washington State Transportation Commission to change the name of the Keystone ferry dock to the Coupeville ferry dock.
“We thought it was logical,” said Lynda Eccles, executive director of the Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce.
Organizers are combining islanders love of vintage autos and historic buildings for a new event that will benefit the Island County Museum.
The Oak Harbor School Board members are questioning whether the district should financially support a lawsuit against the state over public education funding.
In a cost-saving move, Oak Harbor school officials took advantage of a resignation to eliminate an administrator position in the face of continued funding reductions from the state and federal government.
If the early weeks are any indicator, Whidbey farmer’s markets are due for a banner year in spite of the cold and wet weather.
Farmers markets in Oak Harbor and Coupeville are operating each week and selling locally grown produce to North and Central Whidbey Island residents.
After nearly three years of ferry service littered with cancellations and delays, a permanent replacement ferry will start sailing in and out of Keystone Harbor by the end of summer.
North Whidbey firefighters got some much-needed training and the Nielsen family got rid of an old home.
Firefighters from North Whidbey Fire and Rescue burned an old, 800-square-foot farm house to the ground Saturday near Polnell Point. The home was owned by Tristy and Karl Nielsen.
Linda Lines has been struggling to find a new place to live after firefighters pulled her from a burning home last week.
Since the fire that damaged her Crockett Lake Estates home June 9, the 60-year-old disabled woman has been living in a hotel room in Oak Harbor. Thanks to the firefighters, she wasn’t injured in the blaze.