A historic ferry landing ramp in Coupeville was inadvertently reduced to rubble this week during a demolition project designed to remove an aging structure that rested on top of it.
Ron Apgar admits he’s no morning person.
It’s no coincidence that the Paint Your World business that he and his wife own in downtown Oak Harbor doesn’t open until 11 a.m.
But Apgar was up bright and early last Thursday, joining about 30 other business leaders who attended a 7:30 a.m. breakfast event hosted by Oak Harbor Public Schools and Superintendent Lance Gibbon.
Bud Zylstra can still remember the roar of the PBY engines over Oak Harbor.
He shared some of those memories during the opening of the PBY-Naval Air Museum’s new aircraft display exhibit Wednesday.
Lorina Mullen professes that she doesn’t need much to be happy.
At 90 years of age and in good health, she’s perfectly content with a book in her hand and shrugs at the thought of needing much else.
Oak Harbor’s grocery store carousel has finally stopped turning, leaving customers and store employees with a chance to start gathering their bearings.
Safeway re-emerged Friday morning in Oak Harbor, opening its doors at a new location after a month-long hiatus and returning a banner familiar to the city since 1967.
The week of the Penn Cove Musselfest, event organizers didn’t know if they were going to be able to use the community green for parking.
Throughout the week, they checked with officials each day for an update, finally getting the OK Friday, the day before the event began.
Keith Ludemann’s fascination with marine life and the natural world dates back more than a half century, even before the Navy brought him to Whidbey Island in 1962.
The controversy and buzz created by Oak Harbor’s newest piece of public artwork took an unexpected turn last week when the Oak Harbor Public Schools formally embraced the “Fighting Kraken” as its new high school mascot.
Troubled with the former Wildcats nickname’s lack of a local connection to Whidbey Island, the high school student body pushed for a mascot change and presented the idea of the Fighting Kraken to the school board after the metal-and-copper sculpture was installed in Oak Harbor last month.
The relationship between Suzanne Maris and Ken Grigsby is one of trust and mutual admiration.
When Maris directs plays at the Whidbey Playhouse, she feels comfort in having Grigsby as producer, knowing he has a long track record of getting things accomplished while still wearing a friendly smile.
Duncan Chalfant knows that topping last year’s Bids for Kids auction and fundraising dinner would be a sizable feat.
The allure of tulip fields in bloom in the Skagit Valley can be so captivating at times that little else can seem to distract one’s attention.
Even though her mom thinks it might be time to look for other pursuits, Trina Alarkon-Desquitado isn’t sure she’s ready yet.
Those longing for the return of the Safeway banner in Oak Harbor don’t have to wait much longer.
