Anacortes Water Treatment Plant officials are asking the residents of Oak Harbor to cut back their water use by 10 percent due to the low water level of the Skagit River.
Oak Harbor City Council members seem to have taken to heart recent concerns about openness and conflicts of interest.
As governor of the Soroptimist International Northwestern Region, Oak Harbor resident Sue Riney oversees the efforts of thousands of women across five states.
Spend a few minutes talking with her and it’s easy to see why she’s the right person for the job. After nearly 25 years of volunteering with Soroptimist and a similar group, Riney still gets fired up when talking about improving the lives of women everywhere.
Cats are already blessed with nine lives, and now Oak Harbor’s kittens are lucky enough to start theirs in luxury.
The following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office: Sunday, Aug. 29 At 3:04 a.m.,…
Both of the dueling liquor-related initiatives that will be on the ballot this November make a lot of sense. If either Initiatives 1100 and 1105 were to pass, the state of Washington will no longer be in the business of selling bottles of Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels and Hennessy to those who can afford the giant markup. The odd and illogical division between where adults can buy hard alcohol and where they can buy beer and wine will disappear. Grocery stores and other retail businesses will benefit from increased sales.
A bend on Zylstra Road notorious for bad accidents has once again resulted in the dispatch of police and emergency responders.
At 6:15 p.m. Thursday evening, a 50-year-old Oak Harbor woman was traveling northbound on Zylstra in a 1995 white Chevrolet Camaro adorned with black racing strips when she failed to negotiate the 90-degree curve near Nubian Way, according to Washington State Patrol Trooper Tim Yzaguirre.
Police say they found a loaded handgun, a baggy of cocaine and $8,414 in cash when they searched a man after he struck a bouncer over the head with a beer bottle at a downtown Oak Harbor bar last month, court records state.
The reason that Commissioner Dean polled so horribly in the primary is because while in office he has refused to make the responsible decisions needed to keep our local government financially sound.
Media focus on Oak Harbor’s proposed telecommunication policy is reassuring in one respect, but disturbing in another. The school board does not yet have an official position; that is why we have multiple readings, to investigate policy nuances and potential unintended consequences. KIRO and FOX news crews did not report on Monday’s (Aug. 30) meeting with reasonable context and background; please allow me to correct this omission.
State troopers recovered a handgun and suspected heroin, cocaine and marijuana at the scene of a Sept. 3 collision on North Whidbey that killed three people and injured three others, according to documents filed Thursday in Island County Superior Court.
Although it lost, the Coupeville High School volleyball proved it could play with the best in a 3-1 loss against visiting Archbishop Thomas Murphy Thursday, Sept. 9.
A man whose suspicious behavior in Coupeville prompted schools officials to send out an alert to parents was taken into custody in Port Angeles Thursday afternoon, according to Coupeville Marshal Dave Penrod.