A couple who blocked beach access by building a rock wall at the east end of Greenbank’s Wonn Road is set to offer the Island County commissioners today a settlement meant to end a lawsuit the county filed nearly three years ago.
Wines that taste the same year after year? That’s not what the foursome who own Rain Shadow Cellars are all about.
Whidbey Island has three new mayors starting their terms this year: Tim Callison of Langley; Molly Hughes of Coupeville; and Bob Severns of Oak Harbor.
The Coupeville Chamber of Commerce scored the lion’s share of the county’s basic 2 percent hotel-motel tax revenues for 2016, garnering $26,450 for use at its visitors’ center, according to a document approved Tuesday by the Board of Island County Commissioners
A short stretch of Driftwood Way, south of Coupeville, on Monday night broke apart and slid about eight feet downhill, isolating four houses at the northern end of the street.
Oak Harbor City Council last week passed without discussion a resolution to donate $40,000 to the city’s newly approved Main Street program in 2016.
Three of the seven environmental-protection issues in which a quasi-judicial board found Island County lacking can be resolved with minimal effort, while four others require more research, the county’s principal planner said in a memo earlier this month.
The Board of Island County Commissioners is considering hiring an Edmonds engineering firm to help it stave off new or increased flood-insurance premiums for waterfront landowners.
Hot Rock Pizza in downtown Oak Harbor went out of business last week, citing a poor location and excessive rent.
“We had to close our doors,” read an announcement on the website for the family-owned business.
Oak Harbor may become home to a second state-licensed marijuana retailer, and the rest of Island County can host an additional two stores, under measures proposed this week by staffers at the state’s Liquor and Cannabis Board.
The Board of Island County Commissioners yesterday approved without discussion receipt of an additional $45,400 for Oak Harbor programs to prevent or cut marijuana use by young people in the 2015-17 period.
Oak Harbor’s historic downtown on Jan. 1 will become an official Washington State Main Street Community, a step that city businesses and leaders hope will bring the money and training to revitalize the area.
The Board of Island County Commissioners on Monday enacted an $83.2 million budget for next year and agreed to raise some additional taxes through three property-tax levies.
