A 35-year-old man is being held in Island County jail in lieu of $250,000 bail after he allegedly raped a Freeland woman in her home Aug. 20, according to court documents.
An informal decision from the state Attorney General’s Office may change how counties and cities distribute lodging tax dollars, but it didn’t end help the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce collect a 2016 grant award.
The man who would be police chief will be in Oak Harbor next week to negotiate a contract.
Many Island County staff members learned just how important good-old-fashioned email technology still is to their jobs this week.
A dispute over public beach access in Greenbank will likely go to trial in October.
Oak Harbor’s new police chief will be named today.
Don’t be surprised if the new leader of Island Transit takes a seat next to you on the bus. Mike Nortier, the director, has been riding bus routes to help him get a feel for both the system and the riders.
An officer’s diligence and professionalism in investigating a serious assault put a halt to a rapidly escalating cycle of domestic violence, Oak Harbor Police Administrator Terry Gallagher said.
Two Oak Harbor women are vying for a state Senate seat that may be crucial in determining which party is in the majority.
According to emergency response records in Island County, 31 accidents have occurred in the last five years at that intersection.
FBI agents came to the Oak Harbor Police Department Thursday night and arrested an officer on suspicion of receipt of child pornography, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed Friday.
Special agents from the Bellingham office questioned Oak Harbor Officer John Little, a 27-year veteran of the force, and then took him into custody.
Two 16-year-old boys who doused a live chicken in gas and threw it into a bonfire on Camano Island were recently sentenced to detention and community service.
The ability of Oak Harbor residents to participate in a medical marijuana cooperative under the state’s new rules will likely be severely restricted.