Island County commissioners have set three public meetings around the county to talk to citizens about controversial plans to create a clean water utility and an accompanying fee.
A house fire that occurred late Monday evening has left an Oak Harbor woman dead and investigators searching for answers.
A Harborview Medical Center official confirmed that 42-year-old Dawn Campbell died Tuesday evening after being airlifted from Coupeville to the Seattle facility early that morning. She had been in intensive care with her condition described as “critical.”
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 “Grey Knights” begins arriving home from a 6-month deployment on Monday.
A 58-year-old North Whidbey cattle farmer is accused of threatening an illegal immigrant who worked for him, court documents indicate.
Coupeville’s Tyler King finished 10th in the annual BorderClash cross country race Sunday, Nov. 21.
There is no institution on this island where a lone child can go to get off the streets.
There is no easy way to tell a little girl that although she’s been good this year, Santa will be skipping her stocking on Christmas Eve.
There is no simple answer when the decision between providing heat or food for a child must be made.
Take some time as the holidays approach to make sure all families on Whidbey Island have enough to eat.
The two food banks on North and Central Whidbey Island, Help House and Gifts from the Heart, are busy collecting food and dispersing it to increasing numbers of families showing up each week seeking help.
Oak Harbor City officials barred the public from attending two meetings Friday morning between state regulators and the City Council concerning the results of the city’s annual financial audit.
A Level 3 sex offender recently released from state prison was back in jail last week for allegedly violating the terms of his parole.
Nathan Thomas Marion Evans, 28, was taken into custody Nov. 15 by state Department of Corrections officers and booked into the Oak Harbor Jail at about 1:30 p.m., according to community corrections officer Rob Diekman.
Island Scanner: Oak Harbor Police Department
Last month, the Island County commissioners denied the city of Oak Harbor’s request to expand its urban growth area.
So-called UGAs may seem like a small, esoteric subject to most, but not to Oak Harbor Mayor Jim Slowik. He sees the expansion of the UGA, which allows for annexation and development, as nothing less than vital to the future of the city. UGA is the ring of land around a city earmarked for eventual annexation.
In the past, Whidbey Island resident Jack Tingstad’s model railroad open house helped collect more than 500 pounds of food for the Gifts from the Heart food bank in Coupeville and that was just over one weekend. Talk about the little engine that could.
Winter weather that blasted Whidbey Island Monday caused the closure of Deception Pass Bridge, creating an hours-long traffic backup that reached into Oak Harbor.