Greenbank is reeling from the loss of one its own this week.
Glen Russell, a well-known artist, unexpectedly died in his sleep Monday, July 19, at his home off Day Road. Although his exact cause of death is unknown, Russell, 64, is believed to have died from heart complications.
Candidates vying for the position of Island County Clerk faced off for the first time at a League of Women Voters forum Monday.
The city of Oak Harbor’s public meeting policies may soon be under the scrutiny of one of the state’s highest offices.
At a League of Women Voters forum in Coupeville Monday, opposers of Island County’s Proposition 1 found themselves outnumbered and on the defensive.
Paula Spina, owner of the historic Crockett Barn off Fort Casey Road, has decided to appeal the conditions imposed on her rural event permit after all.
By the look of the three lonely camper-trailers in the “train wreck” parking lot on the Seaplane Base Friday morning, it was hard to believe that the same desolate place will be transformed over the next few days into a small city of up to 800 sunburnt, party-loving sailors.
After years of delay and indecision, Whidbey General Hospital staff have gotten their first official go ahead to proceed with plans for a $50 million expansion project.
A large residential development near the Whidbey Golf and Country Club received its final go ahead this week when the Oak Harbor City Council approved the project’s final plat.
The Island County Board of Commissioners’ charge to educate constituents on Proposition 1 through a series of public meetings came to an end this week with verbal jabs between elected officials and people leaving early in apparent disgust.
Aviation lovers, veterans, U.S. Navy dignitaries, former newspaper pubishers, even a state representative showed up to Simard Hall on the Seaplane Base Saturday, July 10, to permanently welcome back a PBY 5A Catalina flying boat that once called Whidbey Island home.
Whether you realize it or not, if you’re from Oak Harbor there is a good chance you know 21-year-old Matt Deal.
If not by name, then by his signature moves and hard-to-forget spring-heeled shoes. After all, there just aren’t that many guys rocking out on one of the city’s busiest street corners waving a sign for $5 pizzas.
Oak Harbor’s insurance company has awarded a longtime former city attorney with a $2,391 settlement.
A car was destroyed in Coupeville Monday evening after it caught fire in the Careage of Whidbey Parking lot.
The incident occurred at about 8 p.m. and was put out a short time later by Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue firefighters. According to Capt. Pat Kisch, what caused the 2002 Ford escape to catch fire is still unknown. However, the vehicle was likely damaged beyond repair.
