Greenbank News

It was mid-day Nov. 11 and a new baby whale was swimming with its mother on the west side of San Juan Island.

Amidst grueling discussions about budget cuts, dozens of people packed into the Island County commissioners' hearing room to praise a program that provides the community with an amazing variety of services, from a lighthouse docent program to gardening education to 4-H. Washington State University Extension Service of Island County is among the ...

If turkeys could talk, they might not have too many nice things to say about Tom Arhontas.

The Greenbank Farm has been named to the Washington State Heritage Barn Register by the state Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

At Thanksgiving time, our thoughts always turn to all the things for which Whidbey Islanders have to be thankful.

The South Enda s new fire chief said he cana t wait to get started. And he doesna t mind the rain.

The Whidbey Weavers Guild is presenting a oeUncommon Threads,a its annual sale at the Greenbank Farm this weekend, Nov.

IDIPICa s safety program a oeBe Safe Be Seen on Halloweena returns to Oak Harbor Wal-Mart this year on Halloween.

Rhody love: Meerkerk Gardens, a woodland and rhododendron display garden on Whidbey Island, will host its annual autumn rhody sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Two-term incumbent Mike Helland and former three-term commissioner Gary Gabelein will face each other in next weeka s General Election for a seat on the Island County Fire District 3 board of commissioners.

It was whale-watcher paradise at Bush Point during the weekend as the local mammal population continued its annual fall travels.

Leigh W. Burns in rehearsal with the Saratoga Chamber Orchestra. Photo by Sue Frause.

Music buffs might recognize the repeated three quick Gs and one long E-flat as the most memorable music phrase of all time.

The historic Greenbank Store changes hands Thursday, but it wona t be changing families.

Several island municipalities are facing stiff competition for grant funding from a state agency.

The fourth annual Whidbey Farm Tour will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is a free, self-guided tour of 20 working farms on the island featuring locally grown food and products.

The eighth annual Tour de Whidbey, a bicycle ride benefiting the Whidbey General Hospital Foundation will be held Saturday, Sept.

Three years after the approval of the 2006 EMS levy, the Whidbey General Hospital Emergency Services south facility, located in Bayview, is nearly ready to open for business.

The stories of two people featured in The Herald are included in "Ripley's Believe It or Not! Seeing Is Believing," a new collection of gee-whiz stories.

Workers put the finishing touches on a giraffe in Greenbank. It's all a part of Verlin Leedy and Karen Bonifas' new zoo galleria called Animal House II .