They say the grass is always greener on the other side of the street, but that’s not always so, particularly when it comes to Whidbey Island first responders.
A 20-year quest to bring home Lolita, the last of seven orcas captured from Penn Cove decades ago, has resulted in a small but significant victory.
Once strong and new, it secured our future. Now rusty and covered in sea life, it will connect us with our past.
Maybe.
Considered by some to be a Holy Grail of Puget Sound archaeology, three men — a commercial diver, an amateur historian and an attorney — believe they have found the fabled lost anchor of Captain George Vancouver’s exploration of the Pacific Northwest more than 200 years ago.
Lying in shallow water along the west side of Whidbey Island, the historic artifact could be recovered by the three-man team that makes up Anchor Ventures LLC within the month.
Thought the only physical proof left behind by the long-ago expedition, the anchor has been a highly sought-after prize by historical groups for years.
They’re cute, they’re fuzzy and they’re 100 percent off limits.
Seal-pup season began last month and runs through September. Experts are once again warning the public to keep their distance.
Every year, people see pups that seem to be abandoned and make the mistake of “helping,” said Matt Klope, a biologist and member of the Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
A land deal between a longtime farming family and a nonprofit group has resulted in the permanent preservation of 113 acres of pristine North Whidbey farmland.
The Whidbey Camano Land Trust announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement with the Muzzall family, owners of 3 Sisters Family Farms, to purchase a farming conservation easement on their property along the north side of Scenic Heights Road overlooking Penn Cove.
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Rimas Meleshyus, a Russian immigrant with big dreams, sailed out of Oak Harbor Monday and into history.
To what end, no one can say.
A Coupeville woman died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle this week after sustaining injuries Saturday in a three-car pile up on North Main Street.
Margaret Bagwell, 75, was in intensive care and in critical condition Tuesday but died later that day, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Coupeville resident Lisbeth Cort has been selected to serve as interim manager of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
She will be filling in for the next three months as Reserve Manager Mark Preiss is leaving for a job in Montana.
A Central Whidbey community group aiming to close Outlying Field Coupeville has taken its fight to federal court.
Citizens of the Ebey’s Reserve for a Healthy, Safe & Peaceful Environment filed a lawsuit Monday.
Driftwood Way residents in the Ledgewood community will have to rely on a tiny, single-lane gravel road as the sole access to the homes for at least two years.
That was one of the messages that came from a community meeting in Coupeville last week.
The fate of a much-discussed, law-and-justice levy is now in the hands of Island County voters.
The Board of Commissioners green-lighted a resolution Monday to put a modified version of the property tax measure on the November general election ballot.
A Central Whidbey man is facing two felony charges this week following a joyride down State Highway 20 on a stolen John Deere farm tractor.
The very-slow-speed chase ended with the man at gunpoint.
Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson is no longer chairwoman of the board.
Carrying through with threats made last week, commissioners Helen Price Johnson and Jill Johnson voted to revoke Emerson’s status as chairperson during the final minutes of Wednesday’s work session.
Johnson was appointed chairwoman in her place.
