Oak Harbor News

Friday Harbor Postmaster Dan Fleming is being transferred to Oak Harbor, effective Saturday.

An inmate at the North Nevada Correction Center will also have to spend time at a prison in Washington state for raping an Oak Harbor teenager three years ago, court documents indicate.

Faced with a multibillion-dollar deficit, Gov. Chris Gregoire and fellow Democratic lawmakers will likely be unable to avoid a very unpopular topic next year: taxes.

Strong winds sent trees crashing to the ground and fire departments racing around the island Monday.

About 25 people attended an open house-style meeting Thursday night about upcoming improvements to Oak Harbor Street between Whidbey and Crosby Avenues.

Seven West owner Darnell Allen lounges on a zebra-striped couch in the back room/dance area of the club, also nicknamed "the play house." The club's design is bright and geometric, and it includes a "Laker's hallway" with purple and gold paint and decor for the Los Angeles basketball team.

Local residents and small-business owners are invited to hear the three legislators from District 10 talk about what theya re doing to help Whidbey Island weather the economic downturn.

The South End continues to pack the most powerful political punch in Island County, and South Whidbeya s ascendency at the ballot box sealed the fate of Referendum 71 and Initiative 1033 in Island County, a Record analysis of precinct votes shows.

The former manager of an Oak Harbor used car business, who was busted when a large amount of methamphetamine was found at the lot, was recently sent to prison.

Inflation is down below zero, but property taxes may go up if the Oak Harbor City Council declares a a oefinding of substantial needa at its next meeting.

The Island County Health Department temporarily closed down the Acorn Motor Inn in Oak Harbor Tuesday after testing showed methamphetamine contamination in a room and hallways.

OAK HARBOR -- Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Burnett and his company on combat patrol in Iraq when a vehicle in their convoy broke down.

Two people in Island County have died and 12 hospitalized from the H1N1 swine flu, according to Island County Health Director Keith Higman.

The Oak Harbor community has pulled off another amazing success story with the purchase of a a oepeanut dog,a for Logan Gonzales, the student at Crescent Harbor Elementary School with a life-threatening allergy to peanuts.

Incumbent Larry Morse's lead was cut to a meager 2 votes when another batch of ballots was counted late Friday afternoon.

An 18-year-old Oak Harbor man who got hit over the head with an empty wine bottle while burglarizing a garage Oct.

The Navy just celebrated our 234th birthday. Last month NAS Whidbey Island turned 67 and we celebrated the 11th anniversary of the PBY Memorial Foundation.

The Island County sheriff is holding a public meeting in Oak Harbor Thursday, Nov.

Four Oak Harbor children who were sexually abused by a former youth leader at Living Faith Christian Center won a $150,000 settlement from the church's insurance company last week.

November 2, 2009 - Breadfarm, an artisan bread bakery is installing a new oven and remodeling their bakery and storefront after 61 2 years of operation.