In 2017, a net-pen farm failure off Cypress Island in Skagit County released 260,000 Atlantic salmon into Washington waters that are unrecovered to this day. On Jan. 7, the Board of Natural Resources ...

Small Business Saturday is a celebration of Main Street America, of Americana, of community. Set at the beginning of the holiday shopping season, it’s meant to remind people of the small, locally ...

Man, oh man! I couldn’t help but laugh uncontrollably after reading the letter “Trump meets definition of a Fascist.” The letter writer goes and writes 14 definitions. All of them are incorrect, ...

In your opinion section of the Nov. 23 paper you published a letter that was headlined “Trump meets the definition of fascist.” Given the vitriolic bickering that our country has endured for the last ...

Firefighters from Oak Harbor, North Whidbey, South Whidbey and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island united last week to ignite ...

In 2019, a male trumpeter swan swam about the wetlands, feeding on vegetation. It was very exciting to David Welton, South ...

Paull’s Santa can be found at the Greenbank Farm Saturday, Nov. 30, from 3 p.m. 5 p.m., and from 2 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 1, 7 and ...

Chief Criminal Deputy Evan Tingstad with the Island County Sheriff’s Office said investigators have to wait weeks for the ...

An Oak Harbor man is accused of sending a teenager nude photos of himself with a 2-year-old. An Oak Harbor man is accused of messaging a teenager, sending her nude photos of himself with a 2-year-old ...

With fewer recreational crabbers in the winter, more crabs have time to mature and fill out their shells, meaning crabbers ...

A Clinton man who shot himself in the leg early this year is now facing a felony charge, according to court documents. Prosecutors charged 37-year-old Franklin H. Lovell in Island County Superior ...

Next week, Oak Harbor will host a town hall meeting regarding SPiN Cafe, a nonprofit organization that provides resources to ...