“Our plan is to offer our full drink menu, along with an expanded food menu and the house-made pastries that people know and ...

Freddy, an 8-year-old Dutch shepherd, concluded six years of service as one of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s military working dogs. Command leadership, including Capt. Nathan Gammache, and base ...

The summit, organized by the Association of Washington Student Leaders, was led by 18-year-old Advocacy and Policy Chair Aanchal Batwara, who lives part-time on Whidbey. Batwara said the idea began ...

A Navy man is accused of exchanging images of child pornography and bestiality with a fellow chief petty officer in 2023 and 2024, according to a report by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

Two new wells are needed in the Navy’s cleanup of harmful per- and polyfluoroalkl substances in Coupeville. Tuesday, the town council unanimously approved the Navy’s request to enter the town’s ...

Penn Cove Musselfest returns to Coupeville March 6-8, bringing with it succulent mussels, lively music and plenty of mingling. The ever-popular Mussel Mingle, an over-21 event featuring food, drinks ...

Coupeville Elementary School opened a new sensory room on Feb. 18, expanding its commitment to supporting students’ academic success by addressing their sensory and emotional needs, Principal Erica ...

“Singing as Resistance: a community protest sing along,” organized by Indivisible Whidbey, is part of a grassroots movement spreading across the country in the wake of ICE crackdowns in Minneapolis.

Eugene William Gilbert passed from this world to the next on December 10, 2025. Born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, to Helen (Maurer) and John Gilbert, he was known to many as “Gene” or “Dud.” ...

Backbreakers offers a variety of services, but demand is largely for assistance with household moves. Many of their customers move to other places on the island, Hansen said, although they do ...

Funding for emergency readiness and disease outbreak response is at risk of being cut, as Island County commissioners learned last week during a Board of Health meeting.

SOS Whidbey, formed in 2019, was created because its founders felt that democracy in the U.S. was at risk. However, especially in the last year, the volunteer-led organization has grown into a network ...