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Superior court judge rules against diking district over pump assessments

Round one in the lawsuit against Island County Diking District 1 over its controversial pump project has gone…

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Sewer rates may depend on future of Freeland golf course

The sprinklers will keep sprinkling while all sides search for a way to reopen Holmes Harbor Golf Course…

Jerry Lloyd of Greenbank and Kola

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Special training will help rescue horses involved in road accidents on Whidbey

Jerry Lloyd of Greenbank is on a mission to protect horses and other large animals involved in trailer…

South Whidbey Elementary School students pose with the new bicycles they won in a school reading contest. From left are Jacob Breeden

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Reading gets lucky students rolling in Langley

here was reading, riding and a little ‘rithmetic at South Whidbey Elementary School this past week. Not two…

First- and fourth-grade students at South Whidbey Elementary School show the letters they wrote to state officials urging protection of the orcas. In the front are Brennen Pearson

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South Whidbey students to the government: Save the orcas

Students at South Whidbey Elementary School love orcas and want to make sure they continue to hang around…

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Evolutionary road: Unitarians bring Darwin to church in Freeland

What better time to mark the recent 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth than during a time like…

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Auction block looms large for Langley’s Dog House Tavern

Time is running out on Langley’s historic Dog House Tavern. Its fate appears destined for a date next…

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Edgecliff development plan hearing today at 4 p.m. in Langley

The first of two public hearings on controversial Langley Passage, a proposed 20-house development in Langley’s Edgecliff neighborhood,…

Island County Fire District 3 maintenance chief Michael J. Cherry shows off one of the district's two new pumper trucks at the Bayview Fire Station on Monday. 'It's the best thing we've ever done

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Island County Fire District 3 unveils two new pumper trucks

Two new fire engines were delivered ahead of schedule to Island County Fire District 3 and will go…

New Fire District 3 Chief Rusty Palmer supports Bayview as the site of a new central facility

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Estimate is $4.4 million for new Bayview fire district facility

The preliminary estimate for a new Island County Fire District 3 central facility at Bayview came in on…

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Controversial Edgecliff project makes a comeback in Langley

A controversial development of 20 houses in Langley’s Edgecliff neighborhood is back on track after nearly a four-year…

Russell Sparkman tries out the ambience at Langley Center Coworks: “I call it a home office away from home.”

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Langley councilman launches Center for New Media

Russell Sparkman has found a way to get out of the house and take his homework with him.

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UPDATE | Trust hopes to purchase Trillium land near Freeland

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust has an option to buy 664 acres of the former Trillium Woods property…