Citing newly discovered evidence, one party to litigation against a Coupeville couple who are blocking a Greenbank public-beach access told the Skagit County Superior Court May 17 that the case’s “facts are undisputed and the law is clear,” urging the court to decide the matter without a trial.

In its 26-page motion for summary judgment, the citizen advocacy group Island Beach Access contends that the new evidence “completely undermines earlier efforts” by the couple, Joanne and Alan Bruce Montgomery, “to create seeming issues of fact.”

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Island County continues to inch toward creating an ordinance that would let it ban fireworks in unincorporated areas under dry conditions.

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After months of study, four main areas of concern — access to health care, housing, depression and suicide, and interpersonal abuse — have emerged as the foci for an emerging community health improvement plan, Island County’s public health department told the Council of Governments last month.

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The Board of Island County Commis-sioners passed an ordinance meant to remedy faults in three county environmental-protection provisions.

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Five maintenance projects, but no new acquisitions, are set for discussion May 16 at a public meeting of the citizens’ advisory board to the county’s Conservation Futures Fund.

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