A malfunction in the environmental control system of an E/A-18G Growler led to an on-deck emergencythat seriously injured two aircrew…
Sherrye Wyatt estimates that at least a dozen major film productions have taken place on Whidbey and Camano islands over…
At first, it seemed like the body spotted Monday evening on a rocky ledge below Deception Pass Bridge was part of technical rope rescue skills scheduled that evening.
A call was placed to the duty officer at North Whidbey Fire and Rescue asking if the fire department had begun its drills already.“They had seen something that wasn’t moving,” said Mike Brown, fire chief with the agency. “They asked, ‘Did you put a play victim in place early, or a dummy, down for the drill?’
The beach was quiet along the Keystone Spit near Driftwood Park Sunday.
Ordinarily a buzz of human activity this time of year, nature was stealing the show as diving ducks darted below the water and a pair of porpoises surfaced so close that you could hear them exhale through their blowholes.
As a mental health counselor and grief specialist, Mark Lucero often helps people get through some of the most heart-wrenching experiences of their lives.
He works with those who’ve lost a loved one, are facing a terminal illness or are coping with other major life events. Sometimes, the emotional investment Lucero puts into comforting others and guiding them through life changes can lead him on his own path to recharge himself.
If you didn’t know better, you might’ve thought that a Hollywood film crew had returned to Whidbey Island.
Each year, the Washington Restaurant Association recognizes four businesses in the state for the charitable contributions they make in their communities.
Jerry Bell spotted a clearing in the gray sky and guessed it wouldn’t be long before his body started warming up.
The chill from the nearby Strait of Juan de Fuca was still in the morning air, keeping Bell and the strawberries he watches over from overheating.
“I’m semi-retired, or tired, anyways,” said Bell, 88, one of the founders of Bell’s Farm near Coupeville. “I let the kids do this now.”
Perhaps it’s fitting that the once grand home of a Civil War Army major isn’t going down without a fight.
A group working to save Coupeville’s Haller House got a double dose of good news last week to keep alive hopes that it can purchase the home, restore it and one day turn it into a heritage and visitor center to showcase Washington’s territorial period.
Historic Whidbey, a nonprofit working to acquire the 150-year-old house, didn’t raise the $250,000 it had hoped to reach by a May 19 deadline to be eligible to apply for a state grant, but a significant pledge by a donor and a sympathetic gesture by the homeowner kept the project from being defeated.
Supporters of Joseph Whidbey State Park upset with the idea of private development in their park can breath a sigh of relief.
Joseph Whidbey is no longer under consideration for recreational business activities (RBA).
At least, for now.
The scenic waterfront park in Oak Harbor didn’t make the final cut of state parks being considered for the proposal, a controversial idea Washington State Parks is exploring that would allow private investors to help develop visitor amenities in an effort to provide additional revenue for a cash-strapped state parks system.
For many salmon anglers who cast their lines in the waters around Whidbey Island, 2015 was a fishing season to remember with a solid presence of pinks topped off with a strong showing of silvers.
About an hour into the meeting, it was time to get down to business.
Some trout flipped and flopped on the surface, bursting with new life in a giant, new world.
