Earlier this month, Joan Samson and Ed Hodson opened Japonica Diner in the former Whidbey Doughnuts space at Bayview Corner.

For Oak Harbor native Keith Jordan, that has presented a great business opportunity. He is hard at work to become, as he says, “#1 in the #2 business.” A little more than four years ago, he founded ...

The judge granted a defense motion to dismiss the single hate crime charge against Tyler Dinsmoor. A judge in Island County Superior Court dismissed a 2022 hate crime charge against a North Whidbey ...