An Island County Superior Court judge recently sentenced a man to more than four years in prison for driving under the influence, among other charges.
Members of the largest union of Island County workers sent a complaint letter to county commissioners and filed a grievance in a separate matter last week.
Tom Chandler, a 2006 graduate of Oak Harbor High School, is becoming one of the most decorated athletes at the United States Air Force Academy.
Once again Oak Harbor High School will be represented at this year’s 4A state basketball tournament at the Tacoma Dome, March 3-6.
The following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office: Monday, Feb. 22 At 9 a.m.,…
Effie M. McAuliffe passed away Feb. 28, 2010 at Mira Vista Care Center, Mount Vernon, at the age of 90….
The huge earthquake in Chile early this morning may have a tiny impact on Whidbey Island this afternoon as the…
In a history-making day at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Pastor Fannie Dean became the city’s first black history pioneer.
For 30 years, Dean has been a major organizer for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day event and Junteenth, a celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S.
The city ushered in its third high school Monday night, when the Oak Harbor School board made a unanimous vote.
HomeConnection, the home-based learning program that combines public schools with home-schoolers, was approved as an official high school with the authority to issue diplomas.
An argument over parking in downtown Oak Harbor last July turned criminal when a driver allegedly struck a pedestrian on purpose, court documents state.
Prosecutors charged Sylvester Barron III, a 35-year-old Oak Harbor man, in Island County Superior Court Feb. 1 with assault in the second degree and perjury in the second degree. He pleaded not guilty Feb. 22.
The Coupeville Library’s temporary location at the Pacific Rim Institute on Parker Road closed this week. The closure was necessary to allow workers to move materials and furniture into the expanded library building that is set to open sometime in March.
It’s the law in Island County and Oak Harbor that dog owners must license their animals. But it’s one of the most ignored laws on the books; one that even the most upstanding citizens forget about or procrastinate over, year after year.
Hikers exploring the bluff trail at Ebey’s Landing enjoyed an unexpected treat last weekend. They saw a couple of gray whales feeding about 150-feet off Perego’s Lagoon in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.