Colton Harris-Moore, the so-called “Barefoot Bandit,” could be in Island County at the beginning of the year, or even earlier, to face charges related to burglaries on Camano Island that started his alleged international crime spree, according to Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks.
A jury in Island County Superior Court earlier this month found an Oak Harbor man not guilty of raping a child 14 years ago.
Deputies, firefighters and others are searching Deception Pass in boats in an effort to find the body of a man who jumped off the bridge this morning.
The final details of a proposed clean water utility will likely be hammered out by Island County officials this week so they can begin the process of getting input from the community.
A 45-year-old Anacortes man was critically injured after his girlfriend ran him over when he tried to stop her from driving drunk, according to Oak Harbor police.
A Whidbey Sea-Tac shuttle bus was involved in a five-car accident late afternoon that caused a lengthy backup of traffic on Interstate 5 in Lynnwood.
Trooper Keith Leary with the Washington State Patrol, who was on scene, said one of the six people on the bus suffered a minor injury, but it wasn’t serious enough to warrant a ride to the hospital.
Island County won a $100,000 federal grant this fall to help people in drug court stay on the straight and narrow.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen narrowly beat his opponent in a come-from-behind ballot count, but the race for Island County is still undecided.
Island County won a $100,000 federal grant this fall to help people in drug court stay on the straight and narrow.
Mike Merringer, the Island County court administrator, explained that early in the year the Adult Drug Court team met to discuss ways to improve the program. One of the goals they came up with was to help participants gain vocational skills and employment.
On the day before the election, Island County commissioner candidate Kelly Emerson and her husband filed a lawsuit against her political opponent, Commissioner John Dean, as well as the county planning director and another county employee.
Island County Commissioner John Dean predicts a recount will be necessary to decide his tight race with Kelly Emerson.
Dean, a Democrat, was down by a full 4 percentage points after the first tally on election night, but has edged closer and closer in subsequent counts. Following the Thursday count, he’s 536 votes behind his Republican challenger with an estimated 4,200 ballots left to count.
A 22-year-old Oak Harbor woman who is facing three vehicular homicide charges was back in court Monday for allegedly dealing heroin.
Oak Harbor police arrested Samantha Bowling over the weekend on suspicion of possession of heroin with intent to distribute and use of drug paraphernalia.
Election night was a big success for the Republican establishment in Island County.
The first count of ballots Tuesday night showed that all of the county candidates endorsed by the county’s Republican party are likely to win, though that doesn’t mean the Democrats didn’t have any successes. Democratic candidates lead in two races against Republican candidates who didn’t earn their party’s endorsements.
