Tourists and residents alike will catch a different glimpse of Native American culture during the Penn Cove Water Festival.
This weekend, May 22 and 23, marks the first Native Spirit Art Show during Coupeville’s festival which celebrates Whidbey Island’s Native American history.
The Highway 20 roadside will have a more historic-looking flair in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve thanks to a new construction project.
Officials from the town of Coupeville aren’t pleased with a surprise fee from I-COM, Island County’s 911 dispatch center, and a lack of budget foresight by the agency’s board.
If funding becomes available, the Greenbank Farm would be the next public place on Whidbey Island to harness the power of the sun.
Port of Coupeville and Greenbank Farm officials are looking for funding from Puget Sound Energy and local residents to get the money needed to build the project.
Coupeville school officials were disappointed to learn Island County Assessor Dave Mattens won’t be able to resolve an error this year that cost the district $158,000.
Fort Ebey State Park is a popular destination for hikers, campers and horseback riders, but the popular Central Whidbey park also attracts a high-flying breed of visitor.
On a sunny, slightly breezy afternoon, paraglider pilots often take off from the flat, grassy area beneath the historic gun batteries.
Sunday brunches and family outings are always a fine way to celebrate Mother’s Day. However, a few Whidbey Island moms are spending part of the holiday weekend with hammers and other building implements in hand.
Habitat for Humanity of Island County’s “Women Build” event started Friday and concludes today, May 8.
Hikers often peer through the windows to see what’s inside the Ferry House located in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve. Yet few people have ever ventured inside the iconic, 150-year-old building.
A film crew from Tokyo is taking advantage of the picturesque landscape of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve for a documentary that will be viewed in Japan.
The crew is filming a 10-hour mini-series titled “Japanese Americans,” which focuses on their internment during World War II. Thousands of families were rounded up by the U.S. government and housed in internment camps during the war.
Over the past 20 years Coupeville High School English teacher Barbara Ballard has seen the National Honor Society program double in size.
Her effort emphasizing community service projects is one of the reasons more than 40 juniors and seniors joined the prestigious society.
A Coupeville High School student will enjoy a rare experience when she attends to Seafair in Seattle this summer.
Junior Laura Chan was recently selected to the prestigious Seafair Ambassador program sponsored by the Seafair Foundation, which allows her to participate in Seafair events, provides financial aid for college and includes a trip to Seattle’s sister city in Japan.
A recent change in state law gives school districts an opportunity to collect more money for their maintenance and operations levies.
The recently approved legislation will allow school districts to hike the maximum amount they can ask voters to approve. Before SHB 2893 became law, local voters could approve funding a maximum of 24 percent of their school district’s basic education revenue.
A prominent jewelry maker featured on a popular home shopping network will visit Central Whidbey Island in early May.
Albuquerque, N.M., jewelry maker Carolyn Pollack, whose show, “Sincerely Carolyn Pollack” is featured on QVC, will spend four days visiting the major sites of North and Central Whidbey Island.