Coupeville News

The state's signature ship, the brig Lady Washington, will visit Coupeville later this month and participate in a mock battle with the topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain, complete with booming cannons and ...

Charlie Drummond, Mark Sais and Wyatt Johns are some of the volunteers who helped raise the mast on the Soul Mate, the 28-foot Lancer sailboat the Port of Coupeville took possession of after it sank in Penn ...

There's a rare contested race for Island County Superior Court, and the winner will be determined in the Aug.

City and county officials agree the time is ripe to pitch a ferry funding plan at state legislators, and they're pursuing a lobbyist and economic analysis to aid them.

Even in a small town like Coupeville, Washington routine traffic stops usually don't make the news.

Monday, the Island County Superior Court judge said he appreciates how Jonathan Everbeck, a 33-year-old Oak Harbor High School graduate, took responsibility for his actions and was remorseful.

When their primary election ballots arrive the first week of August, Central Whidbey residents will have to decide whether to pay for a $2.3 million expansion of the Coupeville branch of Sno-Isle Regional Libraries.

The library expansion proposal is the only measure on the primary ballot.

Sno-Isle hopes to double the size of the Coupeville branch by building a 2,800 square foot addition. For the project to move ahead, voters must approve two measures on the ballot.

The first measure is the creation of a capital improvement district, the boundaries of which are same as the Coupeville School District. It will require a simple majority - more than 50 percent - to pass.

The Coupeville Town Council approved the town's six-year transportation improvement plan Tuesday, July 22. All projects depend on external funding.

The plan is essentially the blueprint for transportation improvements from 2009 to 2014. The state requires the plan be updated every year by the end of July.

The plan calls for improvements to the road base and resurfacing of Front Street, NW Seventh Street, NW Eighth Street and Madrona Way. Madrona Way also is marked for water and sewer infrastructure improvements.

A local animal group is taking care of a baby seal tonight. The pup was found Friday night in a car that was pulled over for running a red light in Coupeville.

A Clinton man is in jail after threatening to kill deputies with the Island County Sheriff's Office and repeat what his uncle did nearly 21 years earlier.

The number of suspected or confirmed cases of whooping cough on Whidbey Island has now hit 65 -- more than twice the number who were ill just two weeks ago.

Only days remain before a dedicated band of bicyclists departs Edmonds on a mission: to support people with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and those with an ostomy.

"Get Your Guts In Gear" is the inelegant name of the three-day venture, and it takes off from Marina Beach on Friday, Aug. 1.

The annual Edmonds-based event is one of only three in the nation.  Each rider in the 210-mile test of grit and endurance has committed to raising $1,900 in pledges and donations.

Three days after departure, the riders return to Edmonds for closing ceremonies at the Frances Anderson Playfield on Sunday, Aug. 3.

The number of suspected or confirmed cases of whooping cough on Whidbey Island has now hit 65 -- more than twice the number who were ill just two weeks ago.

No, Diablo Dam hasn't moved to Island County. Sue Frause photo. I'm beginning my staycation this week.

The candidate signs posted on the highways and byways of Whidbey Island are an obvious indication that the political season has come.

The Coupeville medical support fund Small Miracles is now up and running and ready to help with medical expense crises.

On one side, Bryon Koeller's family members insisted that he was innocent and was being railroaded by vindictive women.

Jean Gervais visited her daughter's grave just prior to speaking at a sentencing hearing for the woman who got drunk and caused the fatal car wreck last year.

Graduate and undergraduate degree designations for the following schools include: BA, Bachelor of Arts; BAE, Bachelor of Arts in Education, BMUS, Bachelor of Music; BS, Bachelor of Science; MA, Master of Arts; ...

With its reserve fund empty and 10 years left before the Greenbank Farm bond is paid off, the Port of Coupeville is asking Central Whidbey Island residents for a tax increase.