South Whidbey voters supported change in Tuesday’s election, and Langley residents voted strongly in favor of a bond issue to improve water, sewer and stormwater… Continue reading
For years, Grant Heiken worked in a windowless lab, always wearing what look like cotton pajamas and often spending 14 hours a day peering at… Continue reading
On a recent morning, the sunrise turned the waters at Deception Pass a bright orange behind a seemingly endless stream of cars traveling across the… Continue reading
There will likely be new faces on the Langley City Council and South Whidbey School Board come January. Craig Cyr is ahead of incumbent Councilman… Continue reading
As part of an ongoing effort to change its culture, WhidbeyHealth is choosing a different organization to manage its emergency department. Starting Jan. 21, 2020,… Continue reading
What started with seven women who weaved together has, 50 years later, grown into a guild that is 150-plus members strong that promotes friendships, lifelong… Continue reading
The large, vacant 150-year-old building that was once home to Col. Granville and Henrietta Haller, renters and raccoons, seems destined to become a haunted house.… Continue reading
Living a green life is popular with the people of South Whidbey. And so, apparently, is staying green in death. Langley’s Woodmen Cemetery recently sold… Continue reading
A man has died from burn wounds from a residential fire in Greenbank. Shawn M. Cavanah died Sunday from injuries he sustained Friday afternoon at… Continue reading
Island County is searching for a new planning director, and the department will be re-structured in the meantime. The current director, Hiller West, has asked… Continue reading
Women’s health care shouldn’t be considered a specialty area of medicine, according to Tabitha Sierra, patient safety and experience coordinator at WhidbeyHealth. “The intent to… Continue reading
An era of Naval aircraft history came to an end this month at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. “This is a big deal,” said Capt.… Continue reading
A 65-year-old Langley man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Friday afternoon after his plane crashed at Whidbey Airpark on South Whidbey.… Continue reading
Island County’s opioid outreach team is hosting Narcan Night 6 p.m., Oct. 24 at Oak Harbor Library to discuss warning signs of overdose, how to… Continue reading
For the first time in more than 30 years, there will be a new face settling planning disputes in Island County — a couple new… Continue reading
Fort Casey evokes images in the mind’s eye of sweeping views of Puget Sound, batteries with deep historical roots and — for this month —… Continue reading
Candidates at Tuesday night’s League of Women Voters forum in Langley kept mostly subdued and agreeable with their opponents, with one exception. Ed Jenkins, who… Continue reading
An effort to save a connecting trail system and 40 acres of forest could come to a successful end in November. The South Whidbey Parks… Continue reading
Firefighters aided in the rescue of an elderly Labrador retriever that became stuck on a steep bluff Saturday afternoon. Gus’ family heard him barking from… Continue reading
A steep water rate hike is likely in Langley’s future. Consultants from an engineering firm and utility planning agency presented the draft update to the… Continue reading
