The state Liquor Control Board issued a 10-day liquor license suspension to the Element nightclub in Oak Harbor for allowing a minor into the cocktail lounge.
The popular club on Bayshore Drive is closed for 10 days, from Aug. 3 to 13.
It may be the dog days of summer, but some canines in Oak Harbor haven’t been taking it easy in the heat.
Oak Harbor Police Chief Rick Wallace said officers dealt with three dog-bite incidents over the weekend. Oak Harbor Animal Control Officer Terry Sampson has the job of investigating the cases this week. He doesn’t blame the weather or the alignment of the planets for the uptick in dog attacks.
The owners of Oak Harbor businesses don’t have to fear a boycott for speaking their minds about a proposed tax increase.
The director of the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce sent out an email to chamber members Wednesday warning that employees of Island Transit and members of the “Save Our System” campaign had threatened to boycott businesses that didn’t support the transit proposal on the ballot.
Three men have been charged in connection with a vicious assault in Coupeville that left a man with a broken nose, four broken teeth and a fractured eye socket, court documents state.
An 18-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of raping a girl who had passed out at a birthday party July 5, court documents state.
Prosecutors charged Andrew Rodriguez in Island County Superior Court with second-degree rape, or in the alternative, indecent liberties. An alternative charge allows a jury a choice of verdicts if the case goes to trial.
A 52-year-old Oak Harbor man pleaded not guilty July 20 to a charge that he sneaked methamphetamines into the Island County jail in his sock, court documents state.
Oak Harbor officials have been discussing the notion of building sewer lines to spur development on Goldie Road for a decade. It’s an issue that has caused controversy over the years, partly because the area is outside the city limits.
Monday at noon, a bank sign on Midway Boulevard in Oak Harbor said it was 84 degrees. But according to the National Weather Service, the temperature in the city was a mere 66 degrees.
A 40-year-old man who barricaded himself in a North Whidbey motor home and held off police with a sawed-off rifle during a three-and-a-half-hour standoff could end up in prison, court documents indicate.
A 22-year-old Oak Harbor man was arrested for assaulting a former friend at the skate park Thursday afternoon, according to police.
Oak Harbor Police Chief Rick Wallace said the two men got into an argument at the skate park on SE Jerome Street just after 5 p.m. The suspect kneed the 20-year-old victim in the face and kicked him in the face, Wallace said.
A 28-year-old employee of Skagit Farmers Supply in Oak Harbor stole more than $3,000 in cash from the business, court documents alleged.
Prosecutors charged Serena Overby in Island County Superior Court June 29 with theft in the first degree. Her arraignment, scheduled for Monday, was postponed until July 27.
A sailor assigned to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station is back at work after being charged in federal court with stealing and selling high-tech gun sights.
Two people were injured in a four-car, chain-reaction accident in Oak Harbor early Tuesday afternoon.
Oak Harbor Police Officer Dennis Dickinson said he had just made a traffic stop in the northbound lane of Highway 20 when the accident occurred in the southbound lane, near the intersection with NE 16th Avenue.
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