By Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory Sno-Isle Library Director Earlier this month, a woman stopped into a Sno-Isle library. She was not someone…
The Music Committee of the Whidbey Island Arts Council seeks submission for “Whidbey Celebrates,” a compilation CD of the music of local Whidbey Island musicians to market and distribute as a fundraiser for the Whidbey Island Arts Council. This is intended to be the first in a series of musical releases.
The Oak Harbor City Council tabled an agreement with the state Department of Natural Resources last night for a 20-year aquatic lands lease that would have allowed the city marina to continue to operate at its current location over the next 10 years.
It’s not whether you succeed or fail that’s important, it’s that you keep on trying even in the face of…
The crew of the Northwestern may have a better idea what it’s like to be king crab in a full pot.
Hundreds of Whidbey residents and out-of-towners swarmed into Oak Harbor’s Seabolt’s Smokehouse Friday night to meet the stars of the hit TV documentary, “Deadliest Catch.”
A cat that spent days limping around North Whidbey with an arrow through his chest will probably survive the ordeal.
Veterinarian Eric Anderson at Oak Harbor’s Best Friends Veterinary Center said a Good Samaritan, Cody Parker, found the injured kitty on the side of Fakkema Road at about 10:30 Monday morning and brought him in. Anderson decided to take the cat as a “charity case.”
With Sno-Isle Libraries more than two million dollars in the hole, officials have a new piece of information that might fuel a vote for a tax increase.
A group called “Yes for Libraries” conducted a random survey of voters in Island and Snohomish counties and found a majority would support a levy increase to either maintain or expand library services.
There may not be a primary election on Whidbey Island in August if the pace of filing doesn’t pick up.
A primary requires at least three candidates filing for a single position, and as of Tuesday afternoon no more than two had filed for any position, and even that was a rarity.
Crescent Harbor Elementary School will have a new principal this fall.
Oak Harbor school officials recently announced Kate Schreck, a current principal at McDermoth Elementary School in Aberdeen, will take over for Principal Craig Dunnam.
Budget cuts to the Island County Washington State University Extension program will become increasingly visible in the weeks to come.
This week, the operating hours of the Island County WSU Extension office in Coupeville will be reduced to 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The office is closed on Friday.
The complex Coupeville Kettles matrix will expand this coming weekend.
Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to bring their tools, including gloves, hoes, shovels, lopers, pulaskis and pole-saws, to break ground on a new leg of the Kettles in honor of National Trails Day.
With the children’s show “Suessical the Musical” coming this July, the Whidbey Playhouse is forging a summer youth program to draw kids into playhouse activities.
This year, in addition to a kid’s production, the playhouse staff is offering opportunities for children to participate in design and backstage work and to attend workshops.
Anglers are reeling in sturgeon on the Columbia River, lingcod from Puget Sound and trout from lakes throughout the state. Starting Saturday, June 6, trout fishing will open on dozens of rivers and streams on both sides of the Cascades.
If that sounds like fun, Washingtonians who are interested in fishing but haven’t tried it have a perfect chance to do so during free fishing weekend, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7.