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.
With marina dredging project bills stacking up, the Oak Harbor City Council Monday moved forward with a plan to pay off a contractor by borrowing from itself.
Graham Kerr, “The Galloping Gourmet,” is coming to Whidbey. Kerr’s keynote address will open this year’s Whidbey Gardening Workshop Saturday, March 19, at Coupeville High School.
Monica Field became a mother when she was 16, dropped out of school, became addicted to heroin and methamphetamine, and got involved with an abusive boyfriend.
The South Whidbey resident, now 26, eventually lost custody of her three children. She stole a checkbook and forged checks. She ended up in jail, accused of 14 felonies and facing seven and a half years in prison.
Recently the Whidbey Island chapter of AAUW (American Association of University Women) was privileged to hear Trish Rose speak about the upcoming hospital bond issue. Trish is a straight-talking woman who has all her ducks in a row when it comes to presenting the facts supporting the need for passage of this bond.
Oak Harbor Mayor Jim Slowik never ceases to surprise, a case in point occurring last week when he walked into an antique store and walked out with one of his 2007 campaign signs that had been somewhat altered. A dose of black marker added “Vote Him Out” to the original “Jim Slowik for Mayor” message.
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station will be participating in a Navy-wide force protection exercise called Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2011, Feb. 22-25.
Oak Harbor Police Dept. The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department: Sunday, Feb….
A 25-year-old Navy man who got into an armed standoff with deputies last fall was recently sentenced to two weeks in jail after a deputy prosecutor determined that he may not have pointed a gun at anyone.
For the second time in as many weeks, Oak Harbor City Councilman Scott Dudley found himself alone in his opposition to the SE Pioneer Way improvement project.