Don’t worry if you live in the Crescent Harbor area and hear gunfire coming from the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Seaplane Base tomorrow.
Oak Harbor Police Department The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department: Tuesday, July…
An Oak Harbor High School teacher has been invited to visit Washington, D.C., this winter to be honored for her outstanding teaching methods in mathematics.
The college and career singles group from Bible Baptist Church in Oak Harbor recently attended the Leadership Training Institute of America in our nation’s capital, most graduating the course of instruction with honors.
If you see me driving around town and I don’t wave, please don’t take offense. I honestly didn’t see you. I’m not known for noticing much beyond the scope of immediate traffic. I’m most likely thinking and listening. I like talk radio and ‘70s music. I also enjoy the antics of my chihuahua, Bear Wells, who thinks a trip in the car is the next best thing to chasing bunnies across the lawn.
Get ready islanders; here’s your chance to witness the madness behind the masterpieces, and maybe even pick up a tip or two.
Next weekend 18 local artists from painters to potters are going to allow visitors a behind-the-scenes look at their process during the Summer Art Studio Tour.
A $1.2 million hole in Island County’s current expense fund, which will likely swell to $2 million in a few years, has sparked debate over how the county spends money.
A handful of residents have argued that at a time of 9 percent unemployment in the county, local government should cut spending instead of raising taxes. Some want to target the salaries and so-called “gold-plated benefits” of county employees for cuts.
A 40-year-old Oak Harbor bookkeeper is accused of stealing more than $60,000 from the American Legion and another $15,000 from a small business over the last couple of years, court documents indicate.
Finally, summer has come to Whidbey Island.
After one of the wettest Junes on record, the sun is shining, the temperature is rising and people are enjoying the parks on Whidbey.
The Central and North Whidbey 13-14 baseball teams will square off Friday, July 9, at 6 p.m. at the South Whidbey Community Park to secure a spot in the District 11 championship game.
Thanks to two eagle-eyed members of the Whidbey Audubon Society, a small terrier was rescued Thursday after spending more than a week trapped on a narrow ledge overlooking a bluff.
In May hundreds of people swarmed around the Ebey’s Landing Ferry House to rally support for a campaign to benefit the historic building.
Those efforts paid off recently when Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve officials learned they received a $65,000 award through the Partnership in Preservation.
Oak Harbor decision makers will meet for their first workshop later this month concerning the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant expected to cost city ratepayers up to $70 million.