Charles Wilford “Bill” Fleming, 83, died Feb. 20, 2011, at Careage of Whidbey, Coupeville, following a lengthy illness. He was…
Three of Oak Harbor’s five entries in the state 3A wrestling meet won two of three matches Friday, Feb. 18, in the preliminary rounds and can finish as high as third at the Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome.
Stephen and Della Smollack of Oak Harbor are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Keely Paige Smollack, to Cory James Wingett, son of Timothy and Robin Burklow of Oak Harbor.
The Coupeville Lions are hosting their sixth annual Scholarship Auction. Again, the full force of the Coupeville Lions is being directed to its annual soup social and auction. In the five years they have produced this fine event, nearly $100,000 dollars has been raised to furnish a variety of scholarships to qualified Coupeville High School graduates.
In today’s Whidbey News-Times readers are asked to tell us what they want from their hometown newspaper.
Bayshore Drive residents who live near downtown’s Element Nightclub sent the Oak Harbor City Council a clear message this week.
They say something needs to change, and soon, because the existing situation isn’t working.
I have always valued the family photos I’ve collected throughout the years, and I’m particularly excited about a new software program that will enable me to produce digital scrapbook pages.
It’s a full body transformation and quite a mouth full. This fall, Coupeville police officer and Sensei Chris Peabody opened North Whidbey Seibukan Karate-Do in Oak Harbor.
A well known Oak Harbor man died unexpectedly this week following an ill-fated bicycle ride on Morris Road just south of Coupeville.
Denton Palmer, 78, was found along the 100 block of Morris Road lying next to his bicycle Wednesday, Feb. 16, at about 1:40 p.m. He was transported to Whidbey General Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Tonight the second Oak Harbor politician this month will receive a Schrammie, a dubious award presented with thick sarcasm and…
The Tuesday evening sailings of the Chetzemoka were canceled after the ferry system’s newest vessel ran aground in Keystone Harbor.
Ferry officials said the 64-car ferry experienced a “soft grounding” alongside the western side of Keystone Harbor at approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday evening as it was sailing to the Coupeville terminal, according to a news release provided by Washington State Ferries.
Arnie Deckwa sat in his boyhood home off Cornet Bay Road and talked with red-rimmed eyes about his father.
“He was one of the most beautiful examples of life you could find,” he said.
The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
Beginning next week, Oak Harbor Marina staff will once again become the proud parents of 30,000 coho salmon.
They will spend the next four months feeding them, protecting them from predators, and then sometime this June send them into the world with wishes for the best. Unlike most parents however, if they do see them again it’s with hopes that they’ll be dangling from the end of a fishing pole.