The attorneys for a former Island County commissioner and two county employees claim that a lawsuit filed against them by County Commissioner Kelly Emerson and her husband late last year was “frivolous and asserted without good cause.”
A 25-year-old man who was driving a car that got shot up in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day in Oak Harbor was charged in a gun-related assault that was reported at about the same time as the shooting, according to court documents.
Island County officials are applying for a large federal grant that would help very low-income homeowners in the community rehabilitate and weatherize their homes.
A reinvigorated campaign is under way to raise $3.5 million to build a large, airy, state-of-the-art building on Whidbey Island to house homeless dogs and cats until new homes can be found for them.
Board members of Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation, or WAIF, have been planning for years to replace the aging animal shelter on Highway 20 south of Coupeville.
After more than a decade of fighting between officials from Island County and the state Auditor’s Office over an accounting issue, the state Attorney General’s Office finally weighed in with an official opinion.
A 46-year-old Oak Harbor man became upset on Christmas when an expected guest didn’t visit, then choked his wife and broke a flat-screen TV, according to a report by Oak Harbor police.
A forensic odontologist helped investigators identify a body that was washed ashore in Greenbank Dec. 14 as 47-year-old Edwin “Randy” Brown of Arlington, according to the Island County Sheriff’s Office.
Brown was last seen on the night of Oct. 9 at a camping site near the Stillaguamish River in Arlington. His friends reported his disappearance to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators have discovered that Peter Moote, a longtime South Whidbey attorney, may have stolen millions of dollars from about 30 former clients, according to Detective Sgt. Mike Beech with the Island County Sheriff’s Office.
The new Island County assessor filed a court action against the county and her predecessor in order to get a disciplinary letter removed from her file.
Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson and her husband were assessed $37,000 by the county planning department this week for alleged violations of the county building code, critical areas ordinances and zoning ordinance.
Kelly Emerson cast her first votes as the newest member of the Island County Board of Commissioners Monday morning in a brief meeting punctuated by civility.
Slowly but surely, Bill Oakes is taking over Island County.
The public works director just got his fourth “hat” last week. Now he’s not only the director of the county’s largest department, he’s the county engineer, the parks director and the director of emergency management.
Will men and women in Gore-Tex raincoats and boots dig into their pockets and stick a few bucks in a metal box before hiking the Kettles trail or heading down to Libbey Beach?
How about families unleashing Fido or Princess at one of the dog parks on Whidbey Island? Will they pay?
Some Island County officials think they will and that such an honor-pay system could mean salvation for county parks.
