The Commissary on the Seaplane base in Oak Harbor will host the “Your Healthy Lifestyle Festival” Friday through Sunday, June…
All of Camano Island lost power between 8:45-11:40 a.m. this morning when a tractor knocked over the island’s main transmission pole, according to Neil Neroutsos, spokesperson for Snohomish Public Utility District.
A final approval was made last week to open county offices to the public on Fridays starting the week of June 15.
Commissioners approved an ordinance during their May 12 regular meeting that finally rolled back staffing and office hours cutbacks dating back to 2009.
An agency serving the island’s disabled residents is seeking new partnerships with employers.
“We’re about building community,” said Ashley Van Oeveren, area manager for Service Alternatives. “Every community member should have an opportunity to be involved. One of the best ways to be involved is having a job.”
While Oak Harbor teens know that drinking regularly carries risk, they also think that alcohol is easy to get, according to a recent survey.
A rally protesting jet noise at Outlying Field Coupeville Friday was quieter than expected.
While the event was staged to occur during Field Carrier Landing Practice, or touch-and-gos, a last-minute schedule change eliminated their noisy backdrop.
Island County’s two new department directors come to their jobs with broad experience and a love for the island.
County commissioners approved the two employment contracts during Monday’s regular meeting.
Cancellation of this past Friday’s touch-and-go practices at Outlying Field Coupeville was the result of a “tactical pause” ordered Navy wide after a crash off the coast of Texas.
Reid Schwartz says he has a serious pizza issue.
He loves good pizza, and he’s on a mission to create it.
Having just announced his new brick-and-mortar location inside the Old Town Mall, where Cameron’s Cafe was formerly located, Schwartz said he’s ready to bring that great pizza to Oak Harbor year-round.
Island County offices will soon be open to the public on Fridays.
Commissioners Jill Johnson and Helen Price Johnson agreed Monday that the community needs the extra day to access county services, giving the board the majority it needed to pass the change.
For a brief period during Monday, it appeared that recreational marijuana would be banned in Island County.
Discussions about a new ordinance headed for approval took an abrupt turn when Commissioner Kelly Emerson reversed her earlier position and called for a ban of marijuana in the county.
Commissioner Jill Johnson quickly seconded the motion.
Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson stunned many by announcing her resignation Monday.
Emerson gave a one-week notice just seven months shy of finishing her term.
Her resignation came after a heated meeting that highlighted tensions that have long existed within the board.
Island County is looking to revive a program that would recycle and repurpose debris from construction sites.
Up until 2012, the county’s wood waste was recycled through Kimberly Clark Corp., according to Gene Clark, the county’s recycle and hazardous waste coordinator.
When the company moved its operations away from wood burned energy to natural gas, the county was forced to throw the wood in with regular municipal waste disposal.