The Coupeville Festival Association is pleased to request applicants for four $1,000 scholarships. The scholarships have been named in honor of longtime festival volunteers and in recognition of their years of dedicated service:
Folks who would like to grow vegetables, but don’t have the space, have another option.
Coupeville’s community garden project is starting up its second growing season and town officials are looking for gardeners.
The Coupeville Lions Club has pledged $3,881 to help support the relief efforts of Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) in response to the 7.0 earthquake that struck the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The money was raised through member donations, a Lions’ pin auction, with matching funds from the Coupeville Lions Club.
Oak Harbor Police Dept. The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department: Tuesday, Feb….
Coupeville Town Marshal The following items were selected from reports made to the Coupeville Town Marshal’s Office: Sunday, Feb. 21…
Oak Harbor sophomore Jennifer Fremd earned a win in three matches at the Washington state 4A wrestling championships at the Tacoma Dome last weekend.
The Whidbey A-3 Skywarrior Memorial Foundation’s fundraising efforts have kicked into overdrive.
A small but growing group of former A-3 pilots, engineers, mechanics and enthusiasts are ready to do what is takes to bring an A-3 jet to Whidbey Island.
The Oak Harbor Area Council, Navy League of the United States, along with community and military leaders and friends, gathered at the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Chief Petty Officers’ Club on Feb. 11 to participate in the council’s ninth awards banquet and the 34th “Change of the Watch.”
The National Association for Black Veterans, Inc., or NABVETS, has established a local chapter.
Northwest Chapter 50 is about eight members strong and growing, said veteran Keith Roberts, a Whidbey Island resident.
They meet once a month on the third Thursday at the Veterans Administration Office in Mount Vernon since the membership is fairly dispersed.
A 19-year-old Oak Harbor man who got whacked on the head with a wine bottle while burglarizing a garage last fall was recently sent to prison, court documents show.
Dakota Simpson pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Feb. 16 to residential burglary, unlawful possession of a firearm and vehicle prowling in the second degree.
Less than 24 hours after the Oak Harbor City Council set a public hearing date to consider reducing the speed limit along sections of N. Oak Harbor and Heller streets, a Chevrolet Cobalt rear-ended a Chevy Silverado pickup truck in the middle of the busy area.
Oak Harbor Street is in line for a full makeover.
The Oak Harbor City Council awarded a contract for construction of the N. Oak Harbor Street Improvement Project to G & G Excavation, Inc., of Anacortes in the amount of $1.54 million for improvements to the roadway between Whidbey and Crosby Avenues.
A Department of Corrections’ investigation into a 26-year-old Oak Harbor man who tried to molest a sleeping boy reveals a sad, familiar story of substance abuse, untreated mental illness and wasted youth.
Brandon Cole pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Jan. 4 to attempted child molestation in the first degree. On Feb. 16, a judge sentenced him to more than three years in prison, with the possibility of a life sentence.