Island Transit will not borrow $22.4 million from an out-of-state lending firm to build a new facility at its site just south of Coupeville.
Oak Harbor city officials are breathing a sigh of relief this week as it looks like the most expensive part of the controversial SE Pioneer Way project will cost far less than planned.
An unforeseen turn in the municipal bond market may leave Oak Harbor in a tight financial position next month.
The city’s plan to pay off the $2.9 million dredging project at Oak Harbor Marina with a 20-year bond suffered a setback when attempts this week to secure a buyer at an acceptable interest rate were unsuccessful.
With more than 45 years of experience under his belt, there aren’t many people who know the funeral industry like Gary Wallin.
More than 220 civilian employees working on Whidbey Island Naval Air Station now have a lot more might behind their swing.
Following a year-long effort, the workers overwhelmingly voted this past December to join Machinists Union District Lodge 751, a division of the one of the largest aerospace unions in the country, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
A man was rescued from the frigid waters of Penn Cove Friday after spending about 30 minutes clinging for his life to the side of a canoe.
According to North Whidbey Fire and Rescue Operations Chief Henry Vanden Haak, emergency responders received a 911 call at about 3 p.m. today about a man who had fallen out of his canoe near Kennedy Bay on Madrona Way.
A man was sent to Whidbey General Hospital this week for minor burns he suffered while attempting to put out a car fire.
According to Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue Chief Ed Hartin, firefighters were dispatched to the corner of Highway 525 and Classic Road at 5:54 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, after a 911 caller reported that a 1996 Ford Ranger pickup truck was on fire.
Along with construction on Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor residents can expect to contend with more than a month of road work this summer on the city’s busiest street.
The state Department of Transportation is planning to resurface about 2.7 miles of Highway 20, from Harbor Vista Drive to NE Narrows Avenue, beginning in June. The $2.9 million project is anticipated to last about 40 days.
After years of being shot down for federal and state grants, Island Transit officials have come up with a new plan to pay for two new buildings at their facility just south of Coupeville.
Oak Harbor’s accounting practices put public funds at risk of loss and misappropriation, according to the results of 2009 state audit.
A wrecking truck became a wreck itself Sunday when it went over the side of an embankment on a section of Highway 20 a few miles north of Coupeville.
Oak Harbor City Councilman Jim Campbell stunned colleagues and members of the public alike this week with the announcement that he’s been diagnosed with cancer.
Slowly but surely, the amount spent on a Seattle-based consulting firm for public outreach during the SE Pioneer Way improvement project is being whittled away.
