It had only been a couple of days after the season had ended and Brent Batchelor was already missing baseball.
Just as it has every year, the Island County Fair Association faced a dilemma in determining who would lead the Whidbey Island Fair parade as grand marshal.
Kyle Hooker set the bar exceptionally high in what will likely be his last time competing in the Whidbey Triathlon.
Student enrollment in South Whidbey schools will continue its more than decade-long downward slide in the upcoming school year.
South Whidbey Fire/EMS’s year-old fireboat has been out of commission for more than one month, and it will likely be shore bound several more weeks before the vessel returns to service.
The boat’s starboard engine failed on June 25 during a regular training exercise, said Assistant Chief Paul Busch, and must be replaced.
Terri Desrosiers wakes up each day in pain.
But she’s found a simple remedy that helps her cope — walking.
If there’s one thing in life that makes Michael Washington a happy person and a happy coach it’s an abundance of players turning out to shoot some hoops.
South Whidbey Parks and Recreation hosted the “Beat the Heat Waterworks” event on July 23 at Community Park. South Whidbey Parks and Recreation utilized a warm day to sponsor the cooling event.
The South Whidbey School Board held a public hearing and approved a $19.4 million budget Wednesday for the upcoming 2015-16 school year.
At-risk veterans in the community will have access to help and support when the Whidbey Veterans Resource Center hosts the fifth annual Veterans Stand Down on August 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the American Legion Post 141 off Highway 525.
It’s the genuine vibes of the volunteers, fellow competitors, and spectators who take part in the Whidbey Triathlon that keep Useless Bay resident Bob Thome coming back year after year.
He is a week away from competing in the event for the 16th consecutive year.
Drew Fry doesn’t get nervous during the big moment in a game.
Well, maybe just a little bit, the pitcher and shortstop says.
That’s because Fry’s mind is elsewhere. It’s focused on the next pitch, the next strike. And after South Whidbey’s 11/12 Little League All-Stars defeated Sedro-Woolley 3-1 in the second of two championship games in the District 11 tournament Thursday night, it’s on to the next game. South Whidbey will face District 4’s champion at the 2015 Washington State Little League Baseball State Tournament at 11 a.m. July 25 in Bothell.
Before 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, Elizabeth Donnelly wasn’t going to the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in Jacksonville.
Not because she hadn’t qualified — Donnelly finished fifth in the 800-meter race in the 15-16 age group at the regional meet in Portland — but because she had family obligations in Maine.
But by the 9 p.m. deadline to register for the meet, she was in. And now, the South Whidbey High School sophomore will compete for a national title once again, having qualified for the meet in 2014.