The new Miss Oak Harbor is Mara Powers, a top student at Oak Harbor High School.
THE SITE is a public Facebook page called North Whidbey Island Weather. It was started two years ago by William Ingram of Oak Harbor, a self-described “weather geek” who worked for the Navy as an aviation electronics technician.
Rev. Jeffrey Spencer arrived at work Monday morning to an ugly surprise.
Someone had spray painted two walls near the entrance of the Oak Harbor Lutheran Church where he serves as pastor.
Gary Stone’s “Bernie 2016” sign survived two 60 mph Whidbey Island windstorms but not a bout with a yahoo armed with spray paint.
Soroptimist Oak Harbor is hosting a national traveling festival of short films by, for, and about women Tuesday at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge.
Spelling has always come naturally to Natasha Decker.
It’s not just talent but hard work that took her within a hair’s breadth of reaching the Scripps National Spelling Bee — a prestigious televised event featuring the best spellers in the country.
Leprechauns left a little surprise outside Oak Harbor businesses Thursday.
The fairies deposited potatoes topped with Irish flags outside doorsteps along Pioneer Way and other parts of town sometime in the wee hours of St. Patrick’s Day. They also stenciled shamrocks on the ground to bring a bit of extra luck.
Champion mussel eater Elmer Carampot offered only one piece of advice: Just keep swallowing.
The Blaine resident won Saturday’s mussel eating contest at the annual Penn Cove MusselFest, slurping down three red plastic cups worth of the mollusks in a few minutes.
After a brief breath, another windstorm whomped Whidbey Island on Sunday.
Rotary Club of Oak Harbor — known to many around town as “the noon Rotary” — celebrated its 80th birthday Friday at the Yacht Club with paper hats, a giant cake and recognition of its most faithful member.
Hundreds of people filled Coupeville streets Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the annual Penn Cove MusselFest.
Quick action on the part of some Oak Harbor School District staff helped saved the life of a North Whidbey Lions Club member.
Dave Engle is one of seven chaplains who volunteer at the hospital. Although Whidbey General is a secular hospital, the chaplains’ function is vital in a place where people can often feel powerless and alone, said Nancy Bailey, manager of volunteer services.
