Hard work, posh accommodations and one of the best views in town have earned two Coupeville innkeepers national recognition.
Dave and Dianne Binder’s bed and breakfast on North Main Street, the Anchorage Inn, has been named one of the 10 best in the country.
It’s August in 1980 and rookie Oak Harbor cop Sean Magorrian is on patrol.
He’s alone because the city’s population of about 9,000 doesn’t yet warrant more than a single officer on duty at a time. His bulletproof vest is hot and extremely heavy, as it is one of the earliest versions, and his car is devoid of electronics with the exception of a radio.
A city councilman who is considering a run for mayor next year may have put Oak Harbor in a tricky legal position should pending personnel issues land the city in court.
A nasty January windstorm that damaged boats in Oak Harbor Marina may have blown out more than nine months ago, but it’s still whipping up trouble for the city.
Several weeks ago, the city received its second claim for damages from the Jan. 18 windstorm that caused a portion of “C” dock’s roof to collapse. The sheet metal landed on two boats, one belonging to Langley resident Andrew Loehr and the other to Oak Harbor resident Dennis Behrman.
A 158-unit apartment complex that will replace an aging mobile home park in Oak Harbor has received the green light from city officials.
The Oak Harbor City Council unanimously approved two measures Tuesday, Oct. 19, concerning the Franklin Manor project, which will see the construction of four four-story buildings on a 5.6 acre lot on Swantown Avenue. It’s currently the location of the Windmill Court mobile home park.
Glen Russell, the late Greenbank artist and activist, will be honored Monday when his last work is dedicated in a ceremony at the Sno-Isle Coupeville Library.
The Oct. 25 event begins at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Community Meeting Room, located at 788 NW Alexander Street. Music will be provided by Vern Olsen, a longtime friend of Russell and a member of the Shifty Sailors band.
With its constant flow of back and forth television attack ads, bitter retorts, and campaign websites that seem to focus more on opponents than goals, the race for the U.S. Congressional District 2 seat between incumbent Democrat Rick Larsen and Republican John Koster has gotten particulary nasty.
New rules that shift the balance of Puget Sound’s annual crab take toward recreational fisherman have many in the commercial industry scratching their heads and wondering if by this time next year the only thing they will be fishing for is a new job.
In the race for Position 1 in the state Legislature’s 10th District, incumbent Norma Smith, R-Clinton, very nearly won another two years in Olympia simply by default.
Oak Harbor’s biennial 2011-2012 budget is beginning to take shape and although city officials have already slashed millions of “wish list” dollars, they still have a long way to go before balancing the budget with real numbers.
After months of uncertainty, the fate of $1 million in grant funding for a controversial Oak Harbor street project has been decided.
On Monday, the Island County Commissioners unanimously voted that the city will get the money it was promised three years ago for the SE Pioneer Way improvement project, an $8.35 million plan to turn the downtown street into a bustling commercial district by transforming it into a pedestrian friendly one-way.
If a man’s life can be measured by the things people say about him after he’s gone, then Dallas Kloke did something right.
In the few weeks since his death, the sheer number of people that have come forward with stories or comments about how the 71-year-old Anacortes resident and former Oak Harbor School District teacher made a difference in their lives is astonishing — even for those who knew him best.
Efforts to convince the Island County commissioners to rescind a $1-million grant in the hopes or crippling a major Oak Harbor street project are not looking good.
The board met this week, Oct. 3, to discuss the concerns about the SE Pioneer Way Improvement Project brought forward in August by a group of merchants, business leaders, and Oak Harbor City Councilman Scott Dudley.
