Kenmore Air will stop flying out of the Oak Harbor Airport at the beginning of next year and officials say they probably can’t come back without a ridership guarantee from the Navy.
The Whidbey News-Times has a professional proofreader who’s cute as a button, quick with a retort and beloved by all.
Nellie Williams also happens to turn 100 years old today, Nov. 19, possibly making her the oldest living proofreader on the planet.
With vote counting nearing an end, there is still no official winner in a remarkably tight race for a seat on the Island County Board of Commissioners.
Island County officials won an important victory in a battle over zoning around Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, but the land-use war may not be won.
A 23-year-old Oak Harbor man was jailed for sending weirdly threatening messages, which he signed “Lord Sparta,” to his ex-girlfriend and her roommate.
A 30-year-old Oak Harbor resident is going to prison for dealing cocaine and using the credit card of a former deputy prosecutor.
Some Island County department heads were surprised, even outraged, to discover that next year’s budget projection is in the red by $2 million and that 30 jobs cuts have been proposed by county commissioners.
“It’s looking pretty challenging for Island County,” Island County Commissioner John Dean said. “It’s less than surrounding counties, but we’re a little smaller, so it’s pretty significant for us.”
A 28-year-old Oak Harbor man is in jail for kicking open his ex-girlfriend’s door early in the morning on Aug. 10.
Renante Delfinado pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Nov. 3 to malicious mischief in the third degree with domestic violence and criminal trespassing in the first degree.
Ballot counts are so close in two elections affecting Island County that candidates’ fingernails have reason to be afraid. Very…
It looks like history was made in Island County on election day with two big upsets. In a county that’s…
