Three women were hospitalized Sunday after sustaining injuries in an early morning car accident north of Oak Harbor.
According to a Washington State Patrol news release, the accident occurred at about 4:25 a.m. on Highway 20 near the intersection of Monkey Hill Road. A northbound traveling vehicle, a 2006 Nissan Altima, reportedly crossed the centerline and stuck a 1996 Saturn 4D that was traveling southbound in the other lane.
The Pioneer Way Improvement Project hit a major milestone this week when about half the roadway received its first layer of asphalt.
Crews began work Thursday morning and by day’s end, Pioneer Way from City Beach to Dock Street was covered in fresh blacktop. With curbs and sidewalks already in, the asphalt transformed the road’s appearance and gave merchants their first real glimpse of what the downtown area will look like once the project wraps up this fall.
The race for Oak Harbor mayor is on.
Following word that he officially announced his candidacy at a Rotary of Oak Harbor meeting last week, Mayor Jim Slowik confirmed Friday that he will seek a second term this November in the general election.
Slowik, who was elected in 2007, owns a used car dealership on Midway Boulevard. He will face off against Oak Harbor City Councilman Scott Dudley, a financial advisor for Edward Jones Investments.
Dudley was elected in 2009 and is in the second year of his first term. He threw his hat into the ring in March.
When it comes to next year’s budget, Oak Harbor School District Superintendent Rick Schulte isn’t doing any sugarcoating. On Tuesday, the school board members gave their solemn nod of approval to a staff reduction plan that Schulte said will put the district in a compromising situation.
An Oak Harbor man was arrested over Memorial Day weekend for allegedly raping a 20-month-old girl he was babysitting and causing such a severe injury that the toddler had to undergo reconstructive surgery, court documents indicate.
A 37-year-old Oak Harbor man left behind a trail of blood during a crime spree last month, court documents indicate.
Sixty years old, going on forever. At least that’s the way Don Boyer and Dur Roberson see the future of the Oak Harbor Lions Club. Between the two of them, there is more than a 100 years of membership. Though who exactly is the senior member is a matter of friendly debate.
After surviving years of moves, borrowing rooms and being cramped in tight quarters, the First Church of Christ, Scientist finally found a place of its very own in Oak Harbor. The white structure off Scenic Heights Street is inviting and cozy. With plush chairs in its library and fresh cut lilacs decorating its chapel, it’s no wonder that the church’s members have decided to call the building home for half of a century.
I don’t recall the year our family first participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. I do, however, remember watching our son Dan zip around the track on a small scooter alongside his best buddy Kurt. It was a much smaller event back then and there was room for such conveyances.
The salaries of Whidbey Island’s three mayors may be dissuading potential candidates from running for office.
This is a letter to the Island Transit folks, so listen up. You are in the middle of a classic business mistake, you are forgetting what business you are in. Your job is to move self-loading cargo from point A to point B safely and efficiently.
I felt I had to write regarding the story “Eagle dies after being pulled from Puget Sound.” First off I really feel the headline was misleading. This eagle did not die, but was killed (euthanized).
The Navy’s top brass has reaffirmed that Whidbey Island Naval Air Station is still in line to receive four squadrons of the new P-8A Poseidon aircraft, according to statement released today from U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s office.
Larsen, a Second District Democrat and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said he recently met with Admiral Gary Roughead, chief of Naval Operations, for breakfast at the admiral’s home in Washington, D.C.