People drove as far as 25 miles to a county commissioners’ meeting in Coupeville Wednesday night to protest a proposed $5 assessment on parcels of land that would fund the two conservation districts that serve Island County.
Sprinklers saved an apartment complex from flames Monday night, according to the Oak Harbor Fire Department.
Battalion Chief Ray Merrill said a resident of Oak Bay Station, an apartment complex next to the Roller Barn, was packing to leave and set a box of pots and pans on the stovetop.
A 23-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of stealing his parents’ car, speeding and rolling the car while driving three teenagers home from a party Aug. 10, according to court documents.
Prosecutors charged Garry Hibbard in Island County Superior Court Sept. 28 with taking a vehicle without permission and four counts of reckless endangerment.
A 24-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of smashing a bottle of Jack Daniels over another man’s head and stealing his marijuana, court documents indicate.
At a meeting with Island County commissioners Wednesday, county Assessor Dave Mattens outlined “a whole slew of concerns” with the conservation district’s proposed special monetary assessment.
“I’m trying to get out in front of this train wreck,” he said in an interview afterward. “I’m quite supportive of the conservation district’s mission, but there are a lot of unanswered questions.”
Oak Harbor police are looking for a teenaged burglar with a possible wine-bottle-shaped laceration on his head.
Police Chief Rick Wallace said a resident of SW Judson Street Drive woke up at about 4 a.m. Thursday after hearing his garage door opener go off. He grabbed a wine bottle for protection before going into the garage.
Shane Rambow is accused of choking his girlfriend, entering her apartment without permission and breaking her cellular phone, court documents show.
Criminals should be careful in Oak Harbor lest they come face to face with a champion weight lifter or boxer in a police uniform.
Two officers with the Oak Harbor Police Department traveled to Canada this summer to participate in the the 2009 World Police and Fire Games. They came back with three medals and one broken bone between them.
A former coach for a North Whidbey soccer club will be going to prison for repeatedly raping a teenaged player.
Jeovanni Camacho, Jr., a 34-year-old Oak Harbor resident, pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Sept. 28 to three counts of child rape in the third degree.
Oak Harbor firefighters responded to a report of a boy in a tree Wednesday afternoon. And it wasn’t the first time.
Battalion Chief Ray Merrill said a 4-year-old boy climbed 70 feet up a large redwood tree on NE Sixth Avenue, but then he was scared to climb down. His worried parents called 911 for help.
A bouncer at the Element Nightclub in downtown Oak Harbor is accused of assaulting a sailor severely enough that the blows fractured the man’s eye socket in seven places, court documents state.
Prosecutors charged Bo Thomas Shuck in Island County Superior Court Sept. 23 with second-degree assault. If convicted, he could face from three to nine months in jail under the standard sentencing range.
Verizon telephone service has been on and off — mostly off — for three days this week at Island Transit and other locations in Central Whidbey, spurring concerns about senior citizens who rely on the bus service to get to medical appointments.
“This is really serious for us,” said Martha Rose, director of Island Transit. “We are truly a lifeline for older folks.”
Oak Harbor resident David Smith has gone through a lot this year. He was accused of an unthinkable crime, went through a difficult trial that ended with a hung jury and spent more than seven months in jail before all the charges were eventually dismissed.
