Oak Harbor News

As the hour drew closer, a growing number of people began gathering around the tree in anticipation.

The rumbling of stomachs eager to take in a Thanksgiving meal last week didn't seem to be the only such noises heard across the central part of the North Olympic Peninsula.

It is the deep fryer to the great American melting pot. Oak Harbor's Community Harvest fries and roasts 200 turkeys and smokes 700 pounds of ham for a Thanksgiving feast befitting this working class community.

The results of the 24th Oak Harbor Nancy Leaser Cheerleading Invitational on Saturday are as follows: * First -- Whitmer High School.

Hundreds of people gathered at Oak Harbor High School on Saturday to remember former students Janeah and Janesah Goheen and the love, joy and friendship the twin sisters offered to them.

Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson speaks about a proposal for a six-month moratorium on retail marijuana stores on Whidbey and Camano Islands.

The Navy's rescheduled public meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, or SEIS, for the home basing of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft are ntal effects of home basing P-8A squadrons at Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida and Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

The Washington State Patrol reported that Janesah Goheen, 17, of Oak Harbor passed away at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Monday.

At the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month, a Veteran's Day ceremony will be held at Bayview Cemetery.

Tempers flared at a Monday Island County public hearing as several residents made clear their dislike of a proposed six-month moratorium on new marijuana distribution and production businesses.

Four people were injured in two suspected DUI accidents in the Oak Harbor area over the last two days, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Hospital commissioners recently declared two resident properties surplus, one on Echo Loop in Oak Harbor and the other on Highway 525 in Freeland.

Oak Harbor voters support the incumbent members of the City Council, according to the first count of ballots, released as short time ago by the Island County Auditor's Office.

According to its Facebook page, the Sears Hometown store at 3548 Meridian St. in Bellingham will be opening on Thursday, Nov. 7. The store will use nearly 14,200 square feet of the west section of the building, which is across the street from the Bellingham Golf & Country Club.