I’m enjoying the politically heated letters. Much of the current turmoil is from a segment of the population identified in the 1980s as “Right Wing Authoritarians.” Generally, 25 percent of a given population fits the profile.
The Board of Island County Commissioners yesterday approved without discussion receipt of an additional $45,400 for Oak Harbor programs to prevent or cut marijuana use by young people in the 2015-17 period.
The Island Transit board of directors adopted a $15-million budget this week that is significantly healthier than last year, when officials were forced to borrow money, lay off staff and cut routes to make ends meet.
A Clinton man is facing criminal charges in federal court after agents found 13,400 images and videos of alleged child pornography on his computer, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court last month.
Santa’s satellite workshop in Oak Harbor may be a little light on gifts for some boys and girls this holiday season.
Searchers were unable to find any additional signs of a missing Seattle firefighters whose car was found Saturday at Deception Pass Bridge.
Using an 8-0 run late in the game, the Meadowdale High School girls basketball team slipped by Oak Harbor 55-44 Monday, Dec. 14, in Lynnwood.
Keaton Farris, age 25, died April 7, 2015, in the Island County Jail. He died alone, naked, on a concrete floor in a tiny cell. He was not found for several hours though his cell was merely feet away from the control desk.
Searchers were unable to find any additional signs of a missing Seattle firefighters whose car was found at Deception Pass Bridge Saturday.
Seattle police began investigating Joshua Ryan Milton’s disappearance after he failed to arrive for his shift Thursday as a paramedic student at Harborview Medical Center, the Seattle Times reported.
The Coupeville High School girls basketball team handled both adversity and Klahowya in winning the conference opener 47-38 over the visiting Eagles Friday, Dec. 11.
Spurred by a tough man-to-man press, the Coupeville High School boys basketball team opened Olympic League play with an 82-69 win over Klahowya in Silverdale Friday, Dec. 11.
Unable to get shots to fall, the Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team lost 66-14 at Mount Baker in Deming Friday, Dec. 11.
Two South Whidbey men are facing felony charges related to an incident this summer in which a Langley police officer was hit with a laser in the face and the police chief hurt his middle finger, court documents indicate.