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2-4-2025 City of Oak Harbor Lodging Tax Advisory Committee

On February 11, local voters will be deciding whether to renew the Oak Harbor Public Schools levy. Today, February 3, is the last day to update your voter registration online and by mail. Visit www.VoteWA.gov for more information. Our local levy helps fund important student programs and services that aren’t...

Don’t forget to vote! February 11 is Election Day! You can drop your ballot in your mailbox or at the ballot drop box located at Oak Harbor City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Drive. Levy Renewal Facts: ⭐️ The renewal helps to maintain current programs and services not funded or fully...

WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: When Oak Harbor staff brought options to revise the fence height code to the city council in a workshop this week, most council members preferred to delay a decision because of an overlapping controversy with the mayor’s fence.

WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Oak Harbor has set funds aside to reinvigorate a 600-acre downtown area by bringing retail closer to the waterfront, creating design standards and more. City renderings show a softened shoreline along Bayshore Drive and five-story buildings with storefronts.

WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: When the Oak Harbor City Council approved the installation of the Angel of Creativity sculpture at Flintstone Park, planners began drafts to reconfigure the park to better suit the artwork. This included changes to or the complete removal of the roundabout driveway and possibly moving the Naval flagstaff to Veterans Memorial Park.

1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Planning Commission

1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop

1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop

Our recent Facebook post on the Oak Harbor School District’s levy renewal measure sparked this exchange in the comments, illustrating how increasing property values impact levy rates.