Latest Curated Headlines from Oak Harbor and North Whidbey

CITY OF OAK HARBOR: Video of the City Council Workshop of Tue., Oct. 28, 2025.

DAVE PAUL: As Chair of the House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee, I’ve spent a lot of time over the summer and fall meeting with educators, small business owners, and labor leaders to discuss ways we can improve workforce training across our state.

WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Keeping membership trained is a shared priority of two fire commissioner candidates going head-to-head.

WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Two doctors are vying to sit on a board that will decide the future of Whidbey Island’s hospital public district, which employs more than 700 people and runs a critical access hospital, eight outpatient locations and three EMS stations.

WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Oak Harbor approved a $133,118 feasibility study for a long-planned recreation center, emphasizing community engagement and economic growth as consultants begin design and planning phases.

The Island County Democrats posted a list of their preferred candidates in Island County’s 2025 elections.

The League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island held a virtual candidate forum for Oak Harbor City Council candidates on Oct. 14, 2025.

WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Linda Gipson, retired chief nursing officer, filed as a write-in candidate against Dr. Mark Borden.

WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Two first-time election seekers are facing off for a position on the board of officials who govern the Whidbey Island Public Hospital District.

WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Discerning the needs versus the wants of North End firefighters is the challenge awaiting two commissioner candidates.