WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Large crowds across Whidbey Island protested federal policies, including VA cuts, Social Security reductions, deportations, and transgender rights rollbacks, reflecting widespread concerns about government efficiency and equity under Trump’s administration
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Bryan and Carrie Stucky announced they are taking ownership of the Oak Harbor Cinemas.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The city of Oak Harbor is looking at potentially changing the way it responds to emergencies.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: A second attempt to pass laws that would regulate artificial intelligence has stalled at the Washington Legislature.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: As the Oak Harbor City Council prepares to make a vote on the proposed business and occupation — or B&O — tax next month, Deputy City Administrator and Finance Director David Goldman returned to the council chambers with a new option.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: On top of adding career firefighters and a new fire station, the Oak Harbor Fire Department is hoping to beef up its capabilities and save more lives by offering paramedic services rather than emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, only.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Tensions were running high when a business owner repeatedly called the Coupeville mayor a liar during a town council meeting on March 11, prompting officials to call the town marshal before the man walked himself out.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: What started off as an unusually intense rivalry between two mayoral candidates degenerated into a battle of allegations and Facebook posts fought from opposite sides of the country.
