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.
An average person would be freaked out.
Working late at the Island County Historical Society Museum in Coupeville one night, Director Rick Castellano was getting ready to leave when he heard the elevator move from the third floor to the basement. He heard the doors open below. He thought a volunteer was still working late, so he went downstairs to see who it was.
A 24-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of breaking into an apartment and beating his ex-girlfriend, court documents indicate.
Prosecutors charged Jacob Jungwirth in Island County Superior Court Oct. 19 with assault in the second degree, a felony domestic violence charge.
A 30-year-old Navy man is accused of assaulting his wife after she tried to prevent him from disciplining their young children, court documents indicate.
A bookkeeper’s theft nearly caused the American Legion in Oak Harbor to go under after 81 years of existence.
Members of Island County’s largest union are upset that county officials missed a deadline to give notice that the union wanted out of a health insurance pool, which the union said could have saved the county hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
A fight between dogs at the Greenbank Farm dog park turned into a crime when the owners joined in the fray and one man ended up with a broken arm, court documents indicate.
Chad Hallett, a 64-year-old Clinton resident, pleaded not guilty in Island County Superior Court Oct. 13 to a single, felony count of second-degree assault.
A joint operation between three law enforcement offices Monday resulted in a significant methamphetamine bust and the arrest of a man suspected of being one of the biggest meth dealers on North Whidbey, according to Oak Harbor Police.
