Discarded cigarettes apparently started a fire that caused about $20,000 damage to an Oak Harbor condominium Saturday afternoon, according to the Oak Harbor Fire Department.
Battalion Chief Ray Merrill said the residents of a duplex condo on NW Falls Creek Loop noticed smoke coming out from under their home just about the time the smoke alarms went off. They called 911 just after 3 p.m.
A former coach of the North Whidbey Aquatic Club who mysteriously resigned amid complaints more than a decade ago has been charged in California with molesting young female swimmers, according to Santa Clara County Deputy Prosecutor Ray Mendoza.
The deputy prosecutor said 61-year-old Andrew “Andy” King was charged in May with 20 counts related to child molestation. If convicted, King will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
Nellie Williams, the Whidbey News-Times’ beloved and world-famous proofreader, passed away peacefully at her Oak Harbor home Wednesday night. She was 100 and a half years old.
Firefighters on North Whidbey handled three fires in three days, beginning early Saturday morning. Fortunately, nobody was injured.
Jay Wallace’s feud with Island County continues as the former deputy followed his $500,000 claim of damages with a formal lawsuit.
Through the window of his chambers, Island County Superior Court Judge Alan Hancock can see a small, red house that once was known as Polly Harpole’s Maternity Home. He was born there on a cold winter day 58 years ago.
Four finalists for the Island County planning director position will be grilled during a closed-door, executive session June 18.
Larry Larsen, the county human resources director, said the commissioners originally picked six applications to go through the interview process, but two dropped out.
The Island County Planning Commission will probably tackle fewer issues this year as a result of the slow-healing economy.
Island County Commissioner Angie Homola suggested at a meeting Monday that a couple of items be removed from the planning commission’s “docket” of tasks for the year. Specifically, she said updates to the parks plan and affordable housing element of the Comprehensive Plan could wait for another year.
A 16-year-old student at Oak Harbor High School was arrested Thursday for streaking through Parker Hall during lunchtime.
Capt. Rick Wallace with the Oak Harbor Police said the boy was wearing a sock on his genitals and a sign on his buttocks that said “censored.”
People who want to light big fires in Island County will have to pay more and burn faster beginning Oct. 1.
Island County Commissioners approved a resolution Monday that raised fees for burn permits and lowers the burning duration in unincorporated Island County.
The Island County commissioners didn’t award the county’s first project funded by federal stimulus dollars to the lowest bidder because of a technicality of bidding rules.
Instead, Krieg Construction of Oak Harbor, the second-lowest bidder, won the contract to widen Ault Field Road and interconnect two signals lights. They bid $893,301 for the project.
Stephen Allen robbed Walgreens at gunpoint while visiting Oak Harbor with a friend March 15. The 23-year-old Kirkland resident agreed to a plea bargain last month that means six years behind bars.
Although there were no legal shockers at the recent sentencing hearing, attorneys on both sides of the aisle agreed that it was an unusually melancholy scene for everyone involved.
Two Whidbey Island residents have been charged with robbing and assaulting a man they met at a Clinton bar May 14.
Prosecutors charged Shawn Blanton, a 25-year-old Clinton resident, in Island County Superior Court May 18 with robbery in the first degree, assault in the second degree and theft in the second degree.
The other suspect, 26-year-old Casey McDonald of Greenbank, was charged with the same counts May 26.
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