Grads got creative with decorating their caps. Chris Harshman, right, looks on as one of his graduating students plays the ...

For small business owners on Whidbey Island, the current presidential administration’s global tariffs have had a big impact, ...

Gerry and Norm Haveman of Oak Harbor will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on June 16, 2025 — a remarkable milestone ...

Public comments will be accepted on the revised goals and policies until July 14. To provide a comment, send an email to [email protected], mail a response to the Planning and Community ...

Running Start has helped students across Washington since 1990. But for years, it wasn’t available during the summer, when students had the time, drive and need. That changed with HB 1316, which I ...

After news of the city’s beloved Frida’s closing in Oak Harbor, Trish Sillavan worried the community would lose its only local arts and crafts store. Undeterred, Ember and Elegance was soon born, an ...

An Oak Harbor task force established to address homelessness and safety is holding a public hearing to provide an update on the progress and answer questions on Wednesday, June 11. The meeting of the ...

From left, Delanie Lewis, Bailey Thule, Zachiery Tackett and Nicholas Shelly listen to graduation speeches. Bailey Thule left and Delanie Lewis walk together. Dane Hadsall and Matthew Ward get their ...

As a result, the county commissioners adopted an amendment to an ordinance last week clarifying that the county’s one-tenth of 1% sales tax to support housing can be used for the purchase and ...

A woman who claimed she was bitten by an unusual animal called a binturong — also known as a bearcat — at a wildlife sanctuary on North Whidbey is suing for damages from “severe bodily and emotional ...

Coming to a campfire on Whidbey Island this summer, Dacha Theatre presents Simon Henriques and Skylar Fox’s “The Grown-Ups,” a critically acclaimed immersive play directed by Nick O’Leary, according ...

Having family at Whidbey Island, I agree with several letter writers. It was bad enough that Joe Biden’s mental acuity deteriorated before our eyes in the last three-quarters of his term. His mental ...