Evening its record at 3-3, the Oak Harbor tennis team thumped Lynnwood 7-0 on the Wildcats’ courts Friday, March 25.
Errors continue to haunt the Oak Harbor High School fastpitch team as it dropped a 9-2 game to Lynnwood at Hillcrest Elementary School Friday, March 25.
An alleged burglar accused of stealing two large-screen TVs from a Central Whidbey home was identified through fingerprints, court documents state.
Prosecutors charged Joyce Ruma, 26, of Oak Harbor in Island County Superior Court March 7 with burglary, second-degree theft and third-degree malicious mischief. She pleaded not guilty March 21.
As volunteers gather to promote a $50 million bond to pay for construction of a new wing at Whidbey General Hospital in Coupeville, a former Oak Harbor businessman pledged to donate nearly $1 million if the election succeeds.
One-time hardware store magnate Bob Sebo — along with his wife, June — said they would donate $900,000 to pay for equipment and upgrades of the hospital’s surgery center. However, that money is contingent on success of the hospital bond proposal, which requires a 60 percent supermajority to pass.
Island County’s new emergency services coordinator lasted less than a month on the job.
But nobody is upset with Jeff Sinchak for resigning after such a short stay. Sinchak, an Oak Harbor resident, has taken a high-profile job as a spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping injured servicemen and women of the current generation.
Many Island County property owners were alarmed when they opened their property tax statements this week and discovered two bills instead of one.
But taxpayers shouldn’t worry, Island County Treasurer Ana Maria Nunez said. They don’t have to pay twice and the double-printing won’t cost the county anything extra.
The sister of one of the three men killed in an accident on North Whidbey last fall was recently charged with possessing heroin, court documents state.
Crystal Quistorf, 30, pleaded not guilty in Island County Superior Court March 14 to a single count of possession of heroin.
Detective Carl Seim, the drug enforcement officer for the Oak Harbor Police Department, obtained a search warrant last September for a rural Oak Harbor home where Quistorf lived with her boyfriend, 31-year-old Damien Hernandez, court documents show.
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station’s electronic attack wing welcomed a new leader this week.
In a change of command ceremony held on base Thursday morning, Capt. Christopher Shay formally relieved Capt. Thomas Slais Jr. as commodore of Commander, Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
All of HomeConnection’s three National History Day entries received finishes in the top three of their categories at regionals, providing them with the honor of qualifying for the state contest in May.
Regionals were held on Saturday at Western Washington University in Bellingham and more than 200 students attended. The theme for this year was: “Debate and Diplomacy: Successes, Failures and Consequences.” Students had the option of creating a project in one of the following areas: historical paper (individual), website (group or individual), exhibit (group or individual), documentary (group or individual), performance (group or individual.)
When the Oak Harbor middle school administrators stood before the school board and presented their school improvement plans, the feedback was blunt and a sense of urgency filled the room. Changes need to be made. And quickly.
Most of the discussion on March 14 stemmed from North Whidbey Middle School’s test scores, which continue to plummet. The school’s improvement plan notes that the students’ scores in reading, math and writing are lower or significantly lower than state averages across the board.
Scoring in double digits for the second consecutive game, the host Oak Harbor High School baseball team mauled Monroe 12-4 Thursday, March 24.
The Coupeville School District is out to prove that bigger doesn’t always mean better. In a year of state cuts and declining enrollment numbers, district officials want to remind people of their schools’ accomplishments and offerings.
Two wrestlers from Oak Harbor captured titles in the district middle school wrestling tournament at Anacortes High School March 19.