Following revelations about a DUI case, Island Transit’s interim director told board members Friday that he doesn’t want to become the permanent head of the agency.
On breaks and at lunch time, Brad Gluth and other employees in Oak Harbor’s public works department head outside to care for some leafy youngsters.
It’s not official yet, but the interim director of Island Transit admits it’s a near certainty that the famously fare-free buses will soon have fare boxes — at least on some routes.
A South Whidbey woman discovered she was raped while unconscious at a party by viewing a video that her sister’s boyfriend shot while he assaulted her, according to court documents.
The suspect, Timothy P. Greene, 24, of Langley, admitted to a detective that he videotaped himself sexually assaulting the young woman with his finger without her knowledge or consent, according to the detective’s report.
A Greenbank woman was arrested Thursday night after she crashed a pickup and fled from the scene, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Sarah Whitmarsh, 36, was driving a 2012 Chevrolet 1500 pickup and struck a power pole on North Bluff Road at Wonn Road at a little after 6 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said.
New estimates of construction costs for a sewage treatment plant in downtown Oak Harbor show the price tag has decreased.
Yet the numbers are still well above the original estimate for the large-scale project being built on City Beach Street.
Oak Harbor City Councilwoman Tara Hizon became a victim of gun violence earlier this month.
She heard noises outside her home just before 1 a.m. on Sept. 19, went to investigate and she found a stranger standing near her car. The man, who appeared drunk and unsteady, pointed a gun directly at her, according to a police report on the incident.
The Washington State Patrol is investigating a fatality accident on Camano Island Saturday that involved an Island County Sheriff’s deputy.
Complicated litigation that’s pitting the Island County prosecutor and the board of commissioners against each other has become even more complicated.
A man accused of shooting and killing his estranged friend during a small-time drug deal in Oak Harbor last October will remain in jail in lieu of a $1-million bail bond.
The Washington State Attorney General’s Office has appealed a judge’s decision regarding reimbursement of attorney’s fees in a criminal case against an administrator at Whidbey General Hospital.
Ira Blackstock is guilty of causing a car crash on Halloween 2013 that killed 17-year-old twin sisters and badly injured their friend.
A jury in Skagit County Superior Court found the 54-year-old Oak Harbor man guilty of two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault today.
Janeah Goheen, a 17-year-old Oak Harbor resident, died at the scene of the Oct. 31, 2013, accident on State Highway 20 near Anacortes; her twin sister, Janesah Goheen, was injured and died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Oak Harbor Police Chief Ed Green said the department is holding an open house from 3 to 7 p.m. It’s part of a series of such events that departments are holding this year in recognition of the city’s centennial.