A Coupeville couple were involved in a rollover accident on State Highway 525 this weekend.
According to Sgt. Bruce Maier with the Washington State Patrol, the accident occurred Saturday evening at about 7:30 p.m. just south of Donahey Road in Central Whidbey.
With the crowd numbering more than 200, a rallying cry to close the U.S. Navy’s Outlying Field south of Coupeville spilled into the parking lot Wednesday.
Held at the Recreation Hall on Alexander Street, the building’s 150-person fire capacity was quickly reached and entrances blocked.
Years of financial uncertainty in Island County government may finally be coming to an end.
One of the first orders of business may be a pay raise.
Oak Harbor taxpayers will save at least $76,300 over the next 10 years thanks to a decision this week to refinance the city’s outstanding water and sewer bonds.
In 2004, the Oak Harbor City Council authorized the sale of $2.86 million in revenue bonds. It paid for the construction of several infrastructure projects, including repairs to the sewer lagoon liner on the Seaplane Base.
A public hearing on a proposal to shorten the Fourth of July fireworks season in Island County by one day next year will be held in Coupeville Monday.
The Board of Commissioners will discuss a plan to bring county code into conformance with state standards.
Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley took a council member to task at the close of Tuesday’s meeting, but the scolding may have been unwarranted.
Dudley accused a council member, whom he did not identify by name, of misconduct for failing to recuse himself from an earlier vote concerning city employees and their pay.
The public will get its first chance to weigh in on a prospective $2.6 million law-and-justice levy during community meetings to be held on Whidbey and Camano islands.
The meetings are 7 p.m., Thursday, June 27, at Fire Station No. 25, 2720 S.W. Heller Road on North Whidbey; 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 9 at the Camano Senior Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road; and 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 18341 State Highway 525.
The discussion is over.
The Island County Board of Commissioners Monday directed Human Services Chief Jackie Henderson to begin the process of replacing the troubled Island County Recovery Services with a private chemical dependency agency.
Another error and new information about Island County Recovery Services spurred strong and decisive action by law-and-justice leaders this week.
On Monday, Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks, in cooperation with Superior Court judges Alan Hancock and Vickie Churchill, announced the immediate cessation of new defendants to the county’s drug courts.
Island County and Coupe-ville elected officials are meeting next week with citizens to hear concerns about jet noise from operations at the U.S. Navy’s Outlying Field.
The meeting is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 19 at the Coupeville Recreation Hall, 901 N.W. Alexander St.
Business on North Whidbey is reaching new heights this month with the addition of a skydiving drop zone.
Long-time Kirkland skydiver Rick Mangan partnered with local businessman Jeremey Jackson to open Jet City Skydiving Center at Oak Harbor Airport, formally known as AJ Eisenberg Airport.
David Wechner accepted the job as Island County’s new planning head and is expected to report for work beginning next month.
There are, however, a few details remaining before the agreement is formalized, according to Melanie Bacon, director of human resources for the county.
More than two months after the Ledgewood and Bon Air communities on Central Whidbey were rocked by a natural disaster that made headlines across the country, the dust is finally starting to settle.
On Monday, the Island County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to dissolve a declaration of emergency enacted just after the massive landslide occurred March 27.
