Here are the top news stories from Whidbey News-Times in 2025. Another year has come and gone, and it’s been a busy one.

SYDNEY (AP) — Defending champion and 100-foot supermaxi LawConnect led the Sydney to Hobart fleet out of Sydney harbor on Friday for the 80th running of the ocean race to the island state of Tasmania.

Fathers, mothers, daughters, sons and even twin brothers have tackled this race together, saying it’s an exciting bonding experience. By David Schmidt Many families have holiday traditions — some are ...

Commercial tours are resuming at the Lahaina Harbor Small Boat Harbor. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources More than two years after the Lahaina fire, the state ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- The Newport Beach harbor lit up Wednesday night for the 117th annual Christmas Boat Parade. Fireworks signaled the start of the event as boats decorated in lights ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Lahaina Small Boat Harbor is hosting tour vessels again as of Monday, more than two years after the 2023 Maui wildfires destroyed the historic landmark. The change marks ...

As the sun has been setting, the Dana Point Harbor has only gotten brighter as boats decked out in thousands of twinkling lights have cruised the waterway, their crews and the people watching from the ...

No one was injured after an out-of-control boat slammed into another docked vessel at Dana Point Harbor on Tuesday. Boat Captain Jerry Wetzler witnessed the crash and heard the fiberglass shredding ...

No one was injured after an out-of-control boat slammed into another docked vessel at Dana Point Harbor on Tuesday. Michele Gile reports. Nick Reiner's defense attorney asks to be replaced, again ...

The city of Oak Harbor is looking for an engineering and planning consulting to complete an infrastructure master plan as part of a major waterfront remaking in the works there. Oak Harbor wants to ...

The Milwaukee Harbor District is planning to re-imagine the boat launch at Bruce and Water streets. New plans may include green space, a kayak launch, and a river walk. Officials are seeking community ...

Organizers plan a closed-course high-speed boat race in Biloxi April 10-12, 2026. Event will occupy The Great Lawn and waterfront near Harrah’s and Margaritaville. Organizers aim to fund local relief, ...