Ken Green was among a throng of contractors who came to either watch or compete in the first belt sander racing event at Frontier Building Supply’s Coupeville store last Friday.
Mat Sypert wanted to ask his Oak Harbor High School sweetheart to marry him in a unique way. Ashley Lewis, Simpson’s sister, came up with the idea of the drive-in proposal and Sypert ran with it.
The first time I set foot on this road on the perimeter of Hoypus Point Forest, it was part of a First Day Hike on an icy New Year’s Day morning, part of a tradition at Deception Pass State Park and other state parks.
Returning last week on a day that would reach well into 70s in Oak Harbor, the air was still cool, though this time it was welcome.
Just before the lunch-time rush, a customer pulls up to the drive-through window at Freeland’s Whidbey Coffee wearing a T-shirt with a vintage company logo. On the other side of the window, Megan Williams is having trouble containing her excitement.
According to emergency response records in Island County, 31 accidents have occurred in the last five years at that intersection. There have been five collisions so far this year. Two accidents over the years have resulted in fatalities.
Evans’ book, “This is Not a Werewolf Story,” is a middle grade novel aimed at 9-to-12-year-old readers that is set at Fort Casey on Whidbey Island.
A 32-foot private fishing vessel came aground in Penn Cove Tuesday, prompting emergency responders to work together quickly to help contain a fuel spill.
The westerly winds that regularly blow in from the Strait of Juan de Fuca are as much a part of the Whidbey Island fabric as any other natural feature.
National Park Service to offer rare glimpse inside Ferry House on Aug. 20
Lightning filled the sky on the west side of Whidbey Island Thursday night, July 21. The lightning and thunder show started in the evening and continued well into the next morning.
It’s not often one gets to step inside the Ferry House, the empty, solitary landmark that rests above Ebey’s Landing and once served as an inn, tavern, post office, residence and Hollywood movie site.
Yet, opening the doors to the public to enter one of Washington’s oldest residential buildings is what is in store for one day next month and is why Zipp, Richards and others with the Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve will be hopping in the coming weeks to prepare for the rare event.
North Whidbey Fire and Rescue and Navy Region Northwest combined efforts to perform a high-angle rescue after the two boys slid down into an area of the bluff about 50 feet that was too steep to safely climb out without help.
For the sake of delivering a talk about maritime history last week, Roger Sherman left the comforts of his own home and addressed a small group on the porch of the Island County Museum.
