The second annual Central Whidbey Hearts & Hammers Workday is fast approaching.
On Saturday, May 1, volunteers will gather in the multipurpose room at the Coupeville Elementary School at 7:45 a.m. for breakfast before beginning a busy day repairing owner-occupied homes for Central Whidbey families who are physically or financially unable to do the work themselves.
Dozens of fast hands were drawing wool during a two-day Whidbey Island “spin-in” last weekend.
The annual event was filled with lectures, spinning workshops and fabric vendors.
The Port of Coupeville won’t become the next owner of an airport. In fact, officials won’t even study the possibility.
The three commissioners for the Port of Coupeville rejected conducting a feasibility study on whether the port should acquire the airport located on Monroe Landing Road, just inside the north boundary of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station earned the 2010 Commander in Chief’s Installation Excellence Award this year from the Chief of Naval Operations. The 67-year-old base earned the title “best air station in the Navy.”
Island County commissioners are looking into ways to prevent elected officials, including themselves, from receiving salary increases in 2011.
Under county code, the elected county officials, excluding the judges, receive a 5 percent pay increase each odd-numbered year. But such hefty raises would be difficult to justify in the midst of ongoing budget problems.
The big top is coming to Oak Harbor, along with old-school circus acts. There will be clowns, jugglers, animal acts, at least one elephant, and the death-defying World Famous Wallendas.
Last October Jill Johnson, the executive director of the Greater Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, suggested I run the Whidbey Island Marathon.
I told her not to get ahead of herself, but half-jokingly agreed to run the half.
At that point in my life I’d run several 5K races in my home state of California as a pre-teen. Since then I danced, swam and hiked. I even cycled a little for recreational fun. But run? Eh, not so much.
A summer drive through Ebey’s Reserve reveals thriving fields of barley, corn, and other crops that we commonly associate with agriculture. But there’s another, far less conventional, crop that grows in Ebey’s Reserve: the seeds of Douglas-fir, noble fir, western hemlock, western red cedar, and western white pine trees.
A concert known for creativity, well-rehearsed precision and young talent is coming to Oak Harbor for the first time.
The Whidbey Island Jazz Concert, now in its 11th year, will feature all six middle and high school jazz bands from Coupeville, Oak Harbor and South Whidbey Friday, April 16.
In a combined dual-action vote, the Oak Harbor City Council approved the second phase of the Pioneer Way revitalization project and five amendments to the original phase-two outline.
The April 6 decision authorized the mayor to give the city’s chosen consultant, Perteet Inc., the go-ahead for phase two for a maximum fee of $269,208. The five amendments tacked on an additional $162,544 for a total cost of $431,752.
A retired Navy chief is so disgusted by his home being burglarized that he’s posting a $5,000 reward for the culprits, and is thinking of leaving the island altogether.
“I’ve worked hard all my life, and now I’m thinking of selling,” John Bryan said Monday.
I have had the distinct privilege and honor of serving you as a volunteer firefighter and EMT for nearly 10 years with North Whidbey Fire and Rescue. I have served at the Heller Road, Taylor Road and Troxell Road stations during this time frame, and always in that time it was a joy to serve you, and to see you at our various community functions such as the pancake breakfasts, salmon barbecue, parades, etc.
The following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office: Monday, April 5 At 8:53 a.m.,…