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Island County planning director suddenly ousted
Island County’s Planning and Community-Development Department will likely be split in two, with a separate leader for each…
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Planners send proposal on to commissioners
The perennial struggle between protecting wetlands and encouraging farming tilted at least temporarily toward wetlands Monday at a…
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Island County pays $15K to foundation to public records request oversight
Island County agreed to pay $15,000 to The Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based advocacy group, after failing to act…
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Island County payroll rising $247,000 in 2016
Forty Island County positions will get substantial salary boosts next year, with one increasing by 19 pay grades.
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County pays $15K to settle records request failure | Corrected
Island County has agreed to pay $15,000 to The Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based advocacy group, after failing to…
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Fate of federal land protections fund uncertain
A federal fund that has invested nearly $1 million in Island County and $500 million in Washington state…
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Island County moves on with shoreline plan
A new county Shoreline Master Plan came one step closer to reality Monday when the county’s Planning Commission…
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Oak Harbor man merging love of art, business
Artists have always had a hard time making it, and Eric Vargas, a long-time Oak Harbor resident, is…
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Haggen store will remain open in Oak Harbor
Troubled grocery chain Haggen will leave open its store in Oak Harbor, to judge by documents it filed…
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Island County conservation fund panel to release funding recommendations
A group of volunteer citizens Monday got started ranking five projects that seek money from Island County’s Conservation…
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A virtual party guy: Oak Harbor DJ touching the lives of others via online show
Becoming an online DJ is not a way to get wealthy, acknowledges Rich Vance, an Oak Harbor native…
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Island County Planning Commission approves Co. planning policies
Island County’s Planning Commission last week recommended final approval of a set of countywide planning policies that will…
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Animal control now Island County job
Island County’s animal-control services as of Oct. 1 will be delivered by a county employee rather than an…