A 63-year-old Oak Harbor man who raped two young girls will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
During a hearing Thursday, Island County Superior Court Judge Vickie Churchill sentenced Richard Tice Sr. to an indeterminate sentence of 12 years and three months to life in prison. That means Tice Sr. will have to spend a minimum of 12 years and three months in prison and then a special review board will decide whether he should be released.
Ten employees at Whidbey General Hospital are being outsourced this fall in a move that’s estimated to save $1.5 million over five years.
The hospital’s transcriptionists were surprised when they thought they were attending their monthly department meeting Aug. 30 and instead were greeted by a team of top hospital officials. They were told that a national medical transcription company, Wedmedx, was taking over transcription for the hospital.
A judge set bail for Dr. Donald “Russell” Johnson at $75,000 during a preliminary hearing in Island County Superior Court Thursday afternoon.
A Whidbey Island dermatologist who was on the run from the law after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend is now in custody, according to the Island County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators with the Island County Sheriff’s Office are asking the public for help locating a dermatologist who allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and may be suicidal.
Detective Ed Wallace said deputies have probable cause to arrest Dr. Donald “Russell” Johnson, 51, on suspicion of second-degree assault, a felony domestic violence charge. The alleged incident occurred at the couple’s Cornet Bay home Tuesday morning.
State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen sat beside her husband, Basil Badley, in an Island County courtroom this week as attorneys battled over a politically charged lawsuit involving allegations of groping, mental illness and the consumption of large amounts of alcohol.
A couple of medical care providers are hoping to open a new Coupeville dermatology office to fill a need created when a doctor suddenly closed his office this summer, leaving patients without a skin doctor or access to their medical records.
Oak Harbor residents shouldn’t be surprised to see Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson pushing a cart through Safeway, browsing for socks at Walmart or walking her little dogs around Fort Nugent Park.
An 18-year-old refugee from Burma drowned while swimming at a Deception Pass State Park lake Saturday afternoon, according to the Island County Coroner’s Office.
While Standard & Poor’s got a lot of guff for downgrading the U.S. credit rating, Island County officials are happy with the ratings agency’s evaluation of local debt.
Two Island County commissioners’ disagreement over a Powerpoint presentation began as dueling press releases and then spilled over into bickering at the commissioners’ meeting Monday afternoon.
Island County property owners received a one-year hiatus from paying the new fee that supports the clean water utility because of a glitch in a new computer program.
Cutting the sales tax that pays for Island County’s underused juvenile facility, sending teenage offenders elsewhere and then renting space to adult prisoners may free up money to be spent elsewhere, but the idea proposed by Commissioner Kelly Emerson has many hurdles to overcome.
