No chemicals were detected in a rusty metal barrel that washed ashore in Oak Harbor recently. North Whidbey Fire and Rescue investigated the barrel — labeled as containing isocyanate — on Dec. 26, ...

Here are the top news stories from Whidbey News-Times in 2025. Another year has come and gone, and it’s been a busy one.

Bruiser the elk has been making local headlines since his arrival on the island in 2012, when he likely broke from the herd ...

An overnight incident involving an exchange of gunfire with police in Clinton and a kidnapping in Oak Harbor ended with the ...

150 swimmers briefly plunged into the high tide waters of Double Bluff Beach in Freeland on Jan. 1.

Navy presence and limited available housing generally keep the real estate market on Whidbey steady. Whidbey’s real estate market is typically insulated from buying and selling trends affecting the ...

From her calculations, the EHV program in Island County will run out of money by the end of August or September 2026. It was always intended to be a temporary program, but the reality of a much ...

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island is one beneficiary of the $375 million the Navy announced it will dedicate to “enhancing the safety, comfort and cleanliness” of barracks across the country, according ...

The Coupeville Library will be hosting “Ethereal Journeys: Abstract Figures and Dreamscapes,” a solo exhibition by Whidbey Island artist GJ Gillespie, through January.