Police arrested a 21-year-old Oak Harbor man last week on suspicion of dealing marijuana in another joint operation between the Oak Harbor Police and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
The bust could mean an extended prison term for the suspect, Korey Jensen, because he was allegedly dealing out of an apartment within 1,000 feet of two schools, according to police.
A well-known, 77-year-old Coupeville man was struck and killed by a truck early Friday morning as he was making his morning walk to the Tyee Restaurant for a cup of coffee.
The Island County Planning Department recently reported some positive numbers for the construction industry and the county budget.
In a report to county commissioners, Planning Director Bob Pederson detailed permit activity in January of this year compared to the same month last year. The preliminary numbers show a significant growth in revenues from building, and especially, land-use permits.
A 38-year-old man who savagely beat his girlfriend in a travel trailer parked in a Greenbank woods Jan. 23 was recently sent to prison for three years.
A 24-year-old Navy man who was about to be deployed to Afghanistan is accused of choking his wife during a fight that occurred while he was packing to leave, court documents indicate.
Prosecutors charged Cullen Sedgwick in Island County Superior Court Jan. 22 with assault in the second degree, domestic violence. He pleaded not guilty Feb. 1.
Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation’s rate for euthanizing animals is one of the lowest in the state, or depending on how you look at it, in the nation, according to statistics from the nonprofit group.
A 35-year-old North Whidbey man is accused of choking his girlfriend during an argument that turned physical Jan. 9, court documents state.
Prosecutors charged James Randall in Island County Superior Court Jan. 13 with second-degree assault, domestic violence. He pleaded not guilty Feb. 1.
The “Barefoot Burglar” has struck again. Maybe.
The Islands Sounder reported Thursday that Camano Island native Colton Harris-Moore, 18, is a suspect in a Feb. 11 airplane theft in Skagit County and a burglary at a market on Orcas Island.
A 31-year-old former Oak Harbor resident who admitted to molesting a child and turned himself in to police has also pleaded guilty.
Joshua Lawrence, currently a Marysville resident, agreed to a plea bargain that potentially could have saved him from years in prison. He pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Feb. 8 to three counts of child molestation in the first degree.
Living on a Whidbey Island beach can have its challenges. There’s the trespassers, the duck hunters, the wind and the large, rotting carcasses in the backyard.
A resident of Madrona Way near Coupeville called 911 last Friday to report a dead cow on the beach. The call was passed on to Erica Martell, an environmental health specialist with the Island County Health Department.
Again this year, the majority of the funds collected through Island County’s lodging tax were disbursed to the six chambers of commerce in the county.
But that distribution could change in the future.
A couple of recent announcements spell good news for land conservation efforts in Ebey’s National Historical Reserve, the nation’s first and arguably most scenic national historical reserve.
Last week, The Nature Conservancy announced that the National Park Service had purchased a scenic easement from the Conservancy to protect 35 acres surround the 150-year-old Ferry House, one of the oldest and most significant buildings in the state.
A 41-year-old Oak Harbor woman’s wedding night ended badly last November.
According to court records, she was arrested on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine and driving under the influence on the way home from a night in a bridal suite. Her new husband was arrested on a felony warrant from another state.
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