People who go to an Island County office on a Friday to get a building permit or a marriage license will be out of luck next year.
Island County commissioners decided to revise office hours in order to give the remaining employees in understaffed departments extra time to get their work done without being interrupted by the public.
The Island County sheriff may end up losing a deputy or two after all in the current round of budget cuts.
Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson surprised Sheriff Mark Brown Monday afternoon in announcing that she no longer supports his plans to make his prescribed budget cuts, in part, by laying off the director of emergency management. The commissioner placed the department within the sheriff’s office earlier in the year.
Island County Superior Court Judge Alan Hancock has the challenging task of filling in as interim judge in another county…
In the new year it will cost significantly more to get a building permit, a shoreline development permit, a short plat, a long plat, a clearing and grading permit, or a number of other permits administered by Island County.
On Monday, Island County commissioners will consider increasing permit fees in the planning department for the second time this year.
A 53-year-old carnival worker is being held in Alabama on a $500,000 warrant out of Island County for allegedly raping a girl numerous times after convincing her that the sex acts were part of a Druid religion, court documents indicate.
A 32-year-old Snohomish man committed suicide by hanging himself from a support girder underneath Deception Pass Bridge Wednesday afternoon, according to Island County Coroner Robert Bishop.
Bishop identified the man as Matthew Kruger.
At least a dozen law enforcement officers from Island County are among the thousands attending the memorial service at the Tacoma Dome for the four Lakewood officers who were killed last month.
There could be a showdown at the commissioners’ room Monday morning as controversy over proposed budget cuts continue to swirl around the county.
The chairman of the Island County Republican Party has issued a “call to action” urging members to protest the budget reductions at the 10 a.m. meeting in Coupeville.
Oak Harbor police arrested a 29-year-old man who they say is a drug dealer partially responsible for a recent increase in heroin in the community.
The bust caused a traffic jam on Highway 20 near the Safeway store at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. An officer recognized a driver as a suspect who the police had probable cause to arrest, according to Detective Carl Seim.
Oak Harbor police are reviewing a video in hopes of identify a man who punched a convenience store clerk in the head and stole an 18-pack of Bud Light early Thursday morning.
The next Island County clerk is a nurse, an expert in performance management, a graduate of a masters program for public administration and a former candidate for the state legislature.
A 29-year-old Coupeville woman who is the former campaign manager for state Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen claimed in a lawsuit that the Democratic lawmaker’s husband sexually assaulted her.
