Hefflinger is a fifth-generation Whidbey Islander, and at least that many generations of barn owls have lived in her family’s ...

In all, the newsroom staff of the two papers won 23 awards in the statewide contest involving more than 1,500 entries from 50 ...

Whidbey’s military working dogs are not so different from other police K9s. Master-at-Arms Petty Officer First Class Tyler ...

The activists, who have been touring the U.S. since August, will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. The event, called ...

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, Sound Machine invites community members to a free concert and percussion petting ...

A 38-year-old Mount Vernon man who led police on a long, strange trip through Island and Skagit counties last month is facing charges. Prosecutors charged Brian R. Brenton in Island County Superior ...

The young suspect admitted to the officer that he was the author of the threats but that he had no plans to shoot up North Whidbey Middle School or to kill women, the officer wrote. The officer seized ...

A Camano Island man pleaded guilty to several charges and was sentenced to prison last week. A Camano Island man who was asserting an insanity defense for murdering his father more than three years ...

Oak Harbor police arrested a 31-year-old man Monday night on suspicion of murdering a woman at the Lexy Manor Apartments on Northeast Seventh Avenue. The suspect, Phadell Saddler, was taken into ...

A 59-year-old North Whidbey woman admitted that her actions led to the death of two horses and the suffering of dogs and cats in her care. Kristi Finch will serve six months in jail — and possibly ...

Due to the increase in fuel moisture levels and a return to more typical seasonal weather patterns, the county fire marshal lifted the ban on outdoor burning in Island County as of Sept. 20, according ...

The lack of affordable housing and its effects on families and businesses and the mental health crisis were at the heart of the conversation at Wednesday’s candidate forum that featured contenders for ...