Island County Planning Director Jeff Tate surprised the county commissioners Wednesday afternoon by handing in his letter of resignation during a staff session.
“It’s with a great deal of sadness that I approach the board today,” Tate said. “I am tremendously indebted to this county and the commissioners for this opportunity.”
Tate’s resignation will be effective March 2.
Whidbey General Hospital officials hired a Chicago law firm to help investigate and resolve instances in which the hospital may have broken a complicated federal law.
Joe Vessey, the hospital’s chief financial officer, said he’s aware of rumors that the hospital committed Medicaid fraud and may face penalties that could bankrupt the institution, but he said that’s a vast exaggeration. The truth, he said, isn’t so dramatic or cut-and-dry.
A 44-year-old Oak Harbor woman is accused of whacking her boyfriend on the head with a baseball bat because he tore up a gift certificate, according to court documents.
Sherry Gordon pleaded not guilty in Island County Superior Court Jan. 5 to a single count of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, a domestic violence charge.
A 68-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of molesting a teenaged girl, according to court documents.
Prosecutors charged Melvin Ross in Island County Superior Court Dec. 24 with child molestation in the second degree. He pleaded not guilty Jan. 5.
The U.S. Treasury Department wired $26.38 million to Whidbey Island Bank early Friday morning.
The cash infusion makes Washington Banking Company, the holding company for the Oak Harbor-based bank, the latest in a series of healthy banking companies to participate in the federal government’s Capital Purchase Program, which is part of the controversial $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Police say a 25-year-old Navy man was stalking his wife while there was a military protection order barring him from contacting her, according to court documents.
Prosecutors charged William Turner of Oak Harbor in Island County Superior Court Jan. 6 with harassment (with threats to kill) and stalking.
The makeup of an important group that helps guide land-use decisions in Island County will be changing soon.
Island County Commissioner Angie Homola, a Democrat who beat longtime Republican Commissioner Mac McDowell, will be appointing two new members to the nine-person county planning commission that is dominated by people involved in industries that generally support property rights and development.
Deputies are looking for a Renton man who sexually assaulted a North Whidbey teenager in her home Jan. 9, the Island County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Fortunately for the cops, the man left behind two cell phones and a wallet with his driver’s license and a Mexico federal ID card.
An Oak Harbor man is facing a rape charge for impregnating a 14-year-old girl when he was 19 years old, according to Island County Superior Court documents.
A 34-year-old Everett man is facing a felony assault charge for allegedly choking his wife at a friend’s house in Oak Harbor, court documents state.
Prosecutors charged Donald Wiley in Island County Superior Court Dec. 10 with assault by strangulation in the second degree.
The senior senator in the Washington State Legislature delivered gloomy news Saturday to a room packed with about 50 civic-minded…
A search dog tracked down and found an 11-year-old girl whose disappearance Thursday night led to a major search effort on North Whidbey.
Island County Sheriff Mark Brown said the girl was undoubtedly cold after spending about five hours outside in the dark and wind, but she was returned to her mother in good health.
A 24-year-old Oak Harbor man who removed an ankle bracelet while he was supposed to be under house arrest could face a long prison term, court documents state.
