150 swimmers briefly plunged into the high tide waters of Double Bluff Beach in Freeland on Jan. 1.
The following are the top news stories from the front pages of the South Whidbey Record in 2025. A surge in norovirus appeared to hit Island County, as indicated by health care providers, school ...
Bruiser the elk has been making local headlines since his arrival on the island in 2012, when he likely broke from the herd in a neighboring county and swam over to Whidbey in search of some solitary ...
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 ...
A Navy presence and limited available housing keep the real estate market on Whidbey mostly steady. Whidbey’s real estate market is typically insulated from buying and selling trends affecting the ...
An overnight incident involving an exchange of gunfire with police in Clinton and a kidnapping in Oak Harbor ended with the ...
Terry Knight, a veteran diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, was the recipient of a smart home in a peaceful neighborhood in Coupeville. He celebrated moving in ...
Two nights of reimagined blues and rock classics will open at WICA on Jan. 2.
Around noon on Dec. 24, the Oak Harbor Fire Department, Navy Fire and North Whidbey Fire and Rescue responded to an apartment fire on Northeast Ireland Street, according to a press release from the ...
Washington State Ferries has released exact dates and times when work will occur on the Mukilteo terminal’s west wing wall. The in-water structure, which helps stop the boats, will be repaired and ...
Whidbey Island’s own TC Ryder and the Groovetones will perform at 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve at Ott & Hunter Winery Tasting Room. The powerhouse band will rock, funk and groove you straight into 2026 in ...
Cozmo is part of a Northwest volunteer group, Dogs on Call, led on Whidbey by LaMonte, that regularly visits high schools, ...