An enormous landslide in Ledgewood this morning has severely damaged at least one home and impacted more than 30 others.
The slide occurred in the Central Whidbey Community at about 4 a.m. Hundreds of feet of earth sloughed off from the bluff above Driftwood Way, destroying much of the road and knocking one home off its foundation.
The Island County commissioners will consider the appointment of an interim planning chief next week.
The board is scheduled to discuss the matter at its regular meeting today, March 20, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, 1 NE Sixth Street in Coupeville. The meeting begins at 9 a.m.
Two visiting pre-med students discovered a human jawbone on a beach in Coupeville last week.
Coupeville police launched an investigation, but Marshal Lance Davenport said there is little cause for public concern as the remains appear to be very old.
Steady erosion over the next 50 years may damage portions of Front Street as well as dent the town’s pocket book.
Fixing a problem area of about 400 feet now may cost Coupeville as much as $260,000, according to a town-hired consultant.
Associated Earth Sciences, a Kirkland-based geotechnical engineering firm, recently released a geologic hazards assessment of the entire North East Front Street marine bluff area.
Every year, Grace King attends the Coupeville Lions Club’s salmon barbecue at Town Park.
As a longtime member of the group, it’s an annual pastime she looks forward to every year.
Island County Planning Chief Bob Pederson is resigning.
Pederson, hired in 2009, submitted a letter of resignation to the Island County Board of Commissioners Monday morning.
A Coupeville woman was sent to the hospital today after she drove her vehicle off a forested embankment along Penn Cove.
Mary Gordon, 84, was transported to Whidbey General Hospital shortly after 2 p.m. Police said she did not appear to have been injured in the crash but that she later complained of body pains.
Already under fire over a slew of cost and design concerns, Washington’s newest ferries are earning fresh criticism from one state lawmaker as operational statistics reveal new questions about the vessels’ performance.
Two Coupeville men were rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew Monday after their small boat was caught by strong winds and pushed out of Penn Cove and into Puget Sound.
The two men and their dog, were hoisted to safety amidst 46-mph winds and six-to seven-foot seas.
Two Coupeville men were rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew today after their small boat was caught by strong winds and pushed out of Penn Cove and into Puget Sound.
The two men, and their dog, were hoisted to safety amidst 46-mph winds and six to seven-foot seas. No one was injured but all three were dropped off at Whidbey General Hospital.
A $6.3-million, low-income housing project planned for Freeland may be derailed because of a permitting issue.
Island County Housing Authority officials confirmed this week that the costs of septic system requirements may exceed initial expectations and the increase in costs may torpedo the project.
Anticipating a difficult negotiation ahead with state regulators over their recent ban of net-pen salmon farming, the Island County Commissioners are putting high hopes on new legislation proposed in Olympia.
House Bill 1599 would empower cities and counties to prohibit the siting of such facilities in their areas through provisions of long-range planning documents known as shoreline master programs.
Under one of several options being considered by the Coupeville Town Council to address staffing woes in the Marshal’s Office, law enforcement services may be contracted out to a neighboring agency.
Last week, the council unanimously approved a not-to-exceed $10,000 contract with Snohomish County Undersheriff Tom Davis for consulting services at their regular Tuesday meeting.
