The scene at Oak Harbor High School last Friday was grim. Two vehicles collided. Windows and doorframes were shattered and split. One student was arrested on a possible DUI charge, two were loaded into ambulances and another was pronounced dead at the scene. Luckily, in this scenario, the students were actors, the accident was staged and no one was actually intoxicated or hurt. But as the senior class watched the scene play out in the rain during an outdoor assembly, they were reminded that that’s not always the case
To add to Al Williams’ letter in the May 7 edition of the Whidbey News-Times:
I own a business in Oak Harbor and worked for Puget Sound Energy for 20 years. PSE subcontracted all their work out to Potelco and people I had knowned for 15 years were suddenly laied off, one of them had only one year to go before retirement.
South Whidbey kept the Coupeville fastpitch team winless for the regular season by stopping the visiting Wolves 10-0 Thursday, May 12.
A man who volunteered in the drama department at Coupeville schools killed himself after being arrested for possessing child pornography, according to the Island County Sheriff’s Office.
Detective Ed Wallace said the FBI provided the sheriff’s office and the Coupeville Marshal’s Office with initial information that 56-year-old Coupeville resident Charles Skow was in possession of child pornography.
The newest vessel to be added to the Washington State Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) fleet of ferries was delivered by builder Todd Pacific Shipyards today. The 64-car ferry, Salish, will restore two-boat service to the Port Townsend/Coupeville route in July.
No matter how you slice it, the Island County general fund levy is low or the lowest when compared to other counties.
Dan Jones, the levy analyst for the county assessor’s office, recently gave the county commissioners a PowerPoint presentation to address misconceptions about property taxes and rate comparisons. He looked at tax rates, taxes per capita and total levy amounts.
After round one Tuesday, May 10, of the two-day Wesco 3A boys golf tournament at the Snohomish Golf course, Oak Harbor is holding on to, barely, the third spot in the team standings.
Oak Harbor’s Cady O’Dell won two singles matches at the Wesco 3A tennis tournament at Jackson High School Tuesday, May 10, to advance to the semifinals.
Two Oak Harbor women and an infant involved in a rear-end collision on Highway 20 were transported to Whidbey General Hospital Monday.
According to Washington State Patrol Trooper Dave Martin, the three were traveling southbound in a 1998 Dodge Neon at about 4 p.m. when they rear-ended a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta just north of Coupeville near the intersection with Sherman Road.
A 26-year-old Oak Harbor man was seriously injured in a one-car accident Sunday night.
Oak Harbor Police Chief Rick Wallace said Adam Sims was driving a 2003 Dodge Durango east on Crosby Road at an estimated 80 miles per hour.
Sailors from Kirkland to Anacortes competed in the annual Round Whidbey sailboat race this past weekend.
The 65-nautical mile course lived up to its reputation for wide-ranged conditions and fickle weather when light winds, opposing currents, and an unrelenting rain proved too much for more than half of the boats competing in this year’s event.
Well, at least they wore nice suits.
Despite being dressed for success, leaders from Capella Healthcare didn’t have much to celebrate Monday night as the Whidbey General Hospital board of commissioners unanimously rejected a proposal to sell the hospital to the for-profit company.
More than 100 skeptical people crammed into the hospital’s conference room and poured out into the hallway to hear the proposal from Capella Healthcare, a company based in Tennessee. The company owns 11 hospitals across the country.
The CEO of Whidbey General Hospital, Mr. Tom Tomasino, spoke at the Whidbey General Hospital board meeting on April 11 seeking to justify the recent departure of two of the hospital’s physicians. I am one of those two physicians. The reasons given for my departure by Mr. Tomasino included misstatements regarding me and my value to the hospital.