Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson is no longer chairwoman of the board.
Carrying through with threats made last week, commissioners Helen Price Johnson and Jill Johnson voted to revoke Emerson’s status as chair during the last minutes of Wednesday’s work session.
A consultant will begin work soon on a feasibility study that will examine the final phase of restoration at Ala Spit.
The Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Monday a contract with Coastal Geological Services, a Bellingham-based firm that focuses on assessments, restoration, monitoring and coastal management.
Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson’s status as chairwoman of the board could be in jeopardy following her approval of what appears to be a second non-board-sanctioned special session notice.
Bouncing up to the scale with her prize clutched tightly between two tiny hands, Breanna Lewandowski’s ear-to-ear grin was absolutely infectious.
The 8-year-old fisherman had just become the first to land a fish at the 33rd annual Kids Fishing Derby in Oak Harbor Saturday and it didn’t matter that her catch was barely three inches long.
They’re 13, fraternal twins, excellent violin players and know karate.
Black belt karate.
By just about anyone’s standards, Dustin and Avrey Scharwat are cool kids. Whether you’re listening to them play music or watching them practice martial arts, the Central Whidbey brothers inspire.
They’re no slouches when it comes to putting their skills to good use either, especially when it’s to the benefit of the community.
The Island County Board of Commissioners rejected this week community requests to lower the speed limits on two rural roads.
On Monday, the board agreed to support the recommendations of traffic engineers and not reduce the speed limits on Classic Road on South Whidbey and Patmore Road south of Coupeville.
Residents from each community submitted separate but formal petitions this past December to lower the existing limits from 50 mph to 35 mph for safety reasons. News of the rejection was mixed from disappointment and anger.
After more than six years at the helm, Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve Manager Mark Preiss is hanging up his hat and headed for high country.
Preiss has accepted a position as chief executive officer of Glacier National Park Conservancy, the nonprofit fundraising partner for the Montana-based park.
A plea made by Ledgewood residents to the governor and state lawmakers paid off this month with a $200,000 appropriation.
The money, which comes from the state Department of Natural Resources, funded additional drilling and aerial radar mapping in the community.
Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson was scolded by her fellow commissioners Monday for taking action as chairwoman that conflicted with an informal but majority decision by the board.
The heaviest hand slap came not from Commissioner Helen Price Johnson, a South Whidbey Democrat, but from fellow Republican Commissioner Jill Johnson.
The first round of public meetings concerning a proposed $2.6 million law and justice tax was held on Whidbey Island this week.
If attendees were an accurate reflection of the community, backers of the proposal may have their work cut out for them.
Some call him courageous. Some say he’s crazy.
Others think he’s a bit of both.
Whatever your opinion of Rimas Meleshyus, he plans to sail out of Oak Harbor next month and into history.
Despite the pleas of a handful of residents, fireworks season in Island County will not be shortened beyond state law.
The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to alter county rules for the sale and discharge of fireworks so that they align with state regulations but nothing more.
Jet noise over Central Whidbey is loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage, a privately-funded acoustics study asserts.
Jerry G. Lilly, president of Issaquah-based JGL Acoustics, was hired earlier this year by Citizens of the Ebey’s Reserve for a Healthy, Safe and Peaceful Environment to conduct an auditory study on jet operations at the U.S. Navy’s Outlying Field Coupeville.
