After nearly 500 people showed up for a haunted house event at Fort Casey State Park last Friday night, Jon Crimmins said he and other organizers were feeling pretty good about how well they handled things.
There is no shortage of opportunities for children and teens looking for treats and thrills this weekend.
Cesar Rodriguez has an unusual birthday wish for boy a turning 7.
Instead of gifts, he’s asking for food. He wants to donate this food to his church to help those in need.
Scheduling the Oak Harbor Hydroplane Races involves navigating through tide charts and watching out for other conflicting events.
Unable to find a weekend in August when those two forces would align, the race’s organizer canceled the event for 2016 with plans to bring it back the following year.
Earle Darst died Tuesday at the age of 96 inside his San de Fuca home, only a quarter-mile away from the cottage where he was born.
Coupeville High School’s homecoming parade swept through downtown today in rides that represented both the town’s historic flavor and the rural, farming backdrop.
Oak Harbor Pigfest raised $12,000 for the second year in a row to give to North Whidbey charities.
Julie Engstrom, now cancer-free for eight years, sees the overwhelmed look on the faces of others who get similar diagnosises and uses her own life experience to help.
Once a week, she travels from her home in Coupeville to the Providence Regional Cancer Partnership treatment center in Everett.
Fall is a busy time for Rick Castellano at the Island County Museum.
And it just got busier.
Castellano, the museum’s executive director, recently got word that he needs to find a new site to store the museum’s collections.
Coupeville High School’s homecoming week will culminate with a parade and football game Friday followed by a dance Saturday night.
If Rusty the Cocker Spaniel mix had been able to contain his excitement, he might’ve avoided running free into the great outdoors and getting stuck in the mud at Crockett Lake Saturday.
Heather Ausman is not sure why she’s still alive, uncertain whether to trace her existence to chemotherapy and radiation treatments, a mastectomy or endless prayers from friends and family in her adopted hometown of Coupeville and from other parts of the country.
But she is grateful beyond words to still be with her husband Josh and their three young daughters, Brooke, 12; Harlee, 10; and Josie, 8; and tries to make the most of each day.
She’s not sure why she’s still alive, uncertain whether to trace her existence to chemotherapy and radiation treatments, a mastectomy or endless prayers from friends and family in her adopted hometown of Coupeville and from other parts of the country.
But she is grateful beyond words to still be with her husband Josh and their three young daughters, Brooke, 12; Harlee, 10; and Josie, 8; and tries to make the most of each day.
