Site Logo
Photo by Luisa Loi

News

Oak Harbor Fire Department bids farewell to volunteers

Rich Rodgers devoted 50 years serving as a paid-on-call firefighter for the department.

Photo by David Welton

Sports

Whidbey’s ultra athlete is going the distance

Willow Dolde runs in pink top and skirt, long pink hair flying in the breeze, feet bare.

Mozer

News

Mozer resigns again from Port of South Whidbey

In 2023, she returned to the role when port commissioners were in search of a new leader.

Photo provided by Oak Harbor Main Street Association

Life

Myriad ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Whidbey

Put on a shade of green – or risk getting pinched – as Whidbey gears up to celebrate…

File photo
Island Transit offers fare-free service on Whidbey and Camano islands.

News

Change in transit sales tax looks unlikely

Uncertainty in state and federal government may waylay discussions about lowering the sales tax.

Photo by David Welton

Life

Chefs flexed their mussels at Musselfest

Chefs challenged each other and delighted judges at the event’s first ever cooking competition.

Photo by Luisa Loi

News

Oak Harbor’s new fire station breaks ground

Construction of the Oak Harbor Fire Department’s new fire station is only a few days away.

News

Island County’s ‘safer smoking kits’ program draws criticism, questions

Some Whidbey leaders are criticizing a program that provides “safer smoking kits” to drug users.

News

Langley mayor apologizes for bond levy mishap

Property owners who were mistakenly overcharged on their taxes will owe a little less next year.

News

Freeland murder suspect claims insanity

A man accused of stabbing his mother was sent to Western State Hospital for another evaluation.

News

Oak Harbor teenager charged with vehicular homicide

The teenage driver in an April 24, 2024 car crash that killed a Coupeville student was charged.

USGS

News

Quake shakes Whidbey awake

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rattled the Puget Sound region at 5:02 a.m. on March 3.

Map by the University of Washington Racial Restrictive Covenants Project

News

UW study reveals 955 racist housing restrictions in Island County

The findings partly explain the lack of diversity in many neighborhoods on Whidbey.