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UPDATED: OLF flight operations scheduled June 12-14

UPDATE: Field Carrier Landing Practice operations are now scheduled for late morning and early afternoon on Tuesday, June…

Police chase ends with crash in Oak Harbor | Updated

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Police chase ends with crash in Oak Harbor | Updated

A police chase through Oak Harbor today ended with a crash at the intersection of Crescent Harbor Road…

Residents look over maps for possible additions to hiking, biking and beach areas on Whidbey Island during public meetings this winter. A second round of meetings take place in June on the non-motorized trail plan. County planner Brian Wood explains the bike trail system at a Coupeville meeting earlier this year.

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Expanding access for outdoor pursuits part of the plan

Bridge-to-Boat trail updates set for June

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Oak Harbor student pleads guilty to hate crime

An Oak Harbor High School student was sentenced Monday for committing a hate crime against a transgender student.

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Naked jumping jacks observed | Island Scanner

The following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office:

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Oak Harbor Public Schools considers new buildings

Oak Harbor Public Schools contracted with NAC Architecture to conduct a long-range facility planning study for the district’s…

Father, son haircuts take on a new meaning at Relay for Life

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Father, son haircuts take on a new meaning at Relay for Life

Mollie Brodt attends Oak Harbor’s Relay for Life each year to lop off some hair.

Images of the Coupeville High School Top 10 seniors from the Class of 2017. Photos by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Introducing Coupeville High School’s Top 10

Growing up together in a small, rural town, students at Coupeville High School develop a close bond that…

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Free fishing weekend June 10-11

Anglers across Washington can legally cast their lines without a state-issued fishing license next weekend.

Kyle Jensen / The Record — Responders work to extricate Jedlicka from the vehicle.

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No serious injuries in Greenbank rollover accident

A Freeland woman survived a rollover accident in Greenbank on Wednesday.

A hit-and-run accident on South Main Street in Coupeville leaves Coupeville’s Greg Odle to contemplate what happened while emergency responders with WhidbeyHealth EMS and Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue tend to him as a school bus passes Thursday. Odle was uninjured. The driver who fled on foot was later found in a nearby field and arrested and booked into the Island County jail. Pictured in reflective vests are WhidbeyHealth EMS personnel Greg Behan, left, and Robert May, right. Next to Odle is firefighter/EMT Marvin Raavel. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Dog assists in catching man who flees from accident in Coupeville

A man fleeing on foot from a hit-and-run accident in Coupeville couldn’t escape the keen senses of an…

Justin Burnett/The Record — Thom Gunn, a longtime Greenbank and Seattle resident, is running for Seattle mayor.

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Greenbank man hopes to be Seattle mayor

Fifteen years ago, Thom Gunn wrote a column for the Seattle Times musing that if he were “king”…

A parade of sail will bring tall ships through Admiralty Inlet June 13. A poster for the event shows a painting by maritime artist Gordon Miller of British Columbia titled “Chatham and Discovery in Juan de Fuca Strait, April 30, 1792.” Illustrated provided by Lynn Hyde/San Juan Island National Historical Park

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Parade of tall ships to pass through Admiralty Inlet June 13

During a lifetime spent on Ebey’s Prairie, Roger Sherman can’t recall seeing any tall ships in Admiralty Inlet.