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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Tonight Whidbey residents probably won’t think twice if they see bed-sheet ghosts walking on streets or knocking at their front door. But at least one Oak Harbor resident claims he has seen, heard, ...

A guy I know was at the get together last weekend at Bayview. He was spooked when those gun shots rang out from a property across the highway. Just thinking about it for a minute… First of all, ...

The company managing Ken’s Korner Shopping Plaza in Clinton already signed a new lease with a grocery outlet store to replace ...

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