Earlier this month, Joan Samson and Ed Hodson opened Japonica Diner in the former Whidbey Doughnuts space at Bayview Corner.

For Oak Harbor native Keith Jordan, that has presented a great business opportunity. He is hard at work to become, as he says, “#1 in the #2 business.” A little more than four years ago, he founded ...

The judge granted a defense motion to dismiss the single hate crime charge against Tyler Dinsmoor. A judge in Island County Superior Court dismissed a 2022 hate crime charge against a North Whidbey ...

Muri Mitschak — hired in early April — invites the community to Prairie Days May 2-4 at the 175-acre property in Coupeville.

An unattended wood stove caused some damage to the contents of a backyard shed that caught on fire late Sunday night, according to South Whidbey Fire/EMS. The call came in at 11:49 p.m. for the Timber ...

Less than two weeks after the resignation of Coupeville High School/Middle School Principal Geoff Kappes, Superintendent Shannon Leatherwood announced the tentative hiring of Dan Berard as his ...

A 22-year-old South Whidbey man is accused of stealing a car, among other things. A 22-year-old South Whidbey man is accused of stealing a car, leading police on a short car chase, crashing the car ...

Island County commissioners are considering a total of four applications this year for a program that preserves and maintains ...

Gause and the group left the one-story house unharmed and ecstatic as the fire academy’s students stormed in to put down the ...

Whidbey residents conjectured online, in emails and phone calls that the man who fired the shots broke the law, although ...

The Whidbey Island Culture Fest, a rebrand of Oak Harbor’s 55-year-old Holland Happening tradition, is making its debut next ...

The public is invited to explore and learn about the Village by the Sea with a free scavenger hunt hosted by the Roots of ...