A split opinion by the Washington State Supreme Court likely means another trial in a lawsuit over the 1995 death of Edward Gregoire, a 23-year-old man who hanged himself in the Oak Harbor Jail after being arrested on a misdemeanor traffic warrant.
Responding the concerns about privacy and safety, Island County Assessor Dave Mattens decided to take down photographs of homes from the office’s online database.
Anyone with a computer and an internet connection can quickly and easily view photos of Microsoft billionaire Steve Ballmer’s odd collection of properties and houses on Central Whidbey or U.S. Sen. Patty Murray’s summer home at Lagoon Point.
A 29-year-old Oak Harbor man is facing possible prison time for allegedly choking his girlfriend and forcibly preventing her from leaving her apartment, court documents indicate.
Island County commissioners have set three public meetings around the county to talk to citizens about controversial plans to create a clean water utility and an accompanying fee.
A 58-year-old North Whidbey cattle farmer is accused of threatening an illegal immigrant who worked for him, court documents indicate.
Last month, the Island County commissioners denied the city of Oak Harbor’s request to expand its urban growth area.
So-called UGAs may seem like a small, esoteric subject to most, but not to Oak Harbor Mayor Jim Slowik. He sees the expansion of the UGA, which allows for annexation and development, as nothing less than vital to the future of the city. UGA is the ring of land around a city earmarked for eventual annexation.
The storm season came in like a lion on Whidbey Island this week. Winds gusted up to 60 miles per hour Monday, causing power outages, and a light dusting of snow fell on North Whidbey Wednesday night.
Peter Moote, a prominent and longtime attorney on South Whidbey, resigned from the Washington State Bar Association in lieu of disbarment last week after being accused of stealing large amounts of money from two clients, according to documents provided by the bar association.
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.
