The Island County Planning Commission will probably tackle fewer issues this year as a result of the slow-healing economy.
Island County Commissioner Angie Homola suggested at a meeting Monday that a couple of items be removed from the planning commission’s “docket” of tasks for the year. Specifically, she said updates to the parks plan and affordable housing element of the Comprehensive Plan could wait for another year.
A 16-year-old student at Oak Harbor High School was arrested Thursday for streaking through Parker Hall during lunchtime.
Capt. Rick Wallace with the Oak Harbor Police said the boy was wearing a sock on his genitals and a sign on his buttocks that said “censored.”
People who want to light big fires in Island County will have to pay more and burn faster beginning Oct. 1.
Island County Commissioners approved a resolution Monday that raised fees for burn permits and lowers the burning duration in unincorporated Island County.
The Island County commissioners didn’t award the county’s first project funded by federal stimulus dollars to the lowest bidder because of a technicality of bidding rules.
Instead, Krieg Construction of Oak Harbor, the second-lowest bidder, won the contract to widen Ault Field Road and interconnect two signals lights. They bid $893,301 for the project.
Stephen Allen robbed Walgreens at gunpoint while visiting Oak Harbor with a friend March 15. The 23-year-old Kirkland resident agreed to a plea bargain last month that means six years behind bars.
Although there were no legal shockers at the recent sentencing hearing, attorneys on both sides of the aisle agreed that it was an unusually melancholy scene for everyone involved.
Two Whidbey Island residents have been charged with robbing and assaulting a man they met at a Clinton bar May 14.
Prosecutors charged Shawn Blanton, a 25-year-old Clinton resident, in Island County Superior Court May 18 with robbery in the first degree, assault in the second degree and theft in the second degree.
The other suspect, 26-year-old Casey McDonald of Greenbank, was charged with the same counts May 26.
The crew of the Northwestern may have a better idea what it’s like to be king crab in a full pot.
Hundreds of Whidbey residents and out-of-towners swarmed into Oak Harbor’s Seabolt’s Smokehouse Friday night to meet the stars of the hit TV documentary, “Deadliest Catch.”
Oak Harbor financial advisor Scott Dudley said he will file as a candidate for Oak Harbor City Council Monday.
“Everyone and his brother has come out and said they support me and they want someone who can work with the current council,” he said, adding that he’ll file for Councilman Eric Gerber’s seat since Gerber isn’t running.
A 61-year-old Langley woman is going to prison for stealing money and jewelry from rooms at a Freeland assisted living facility.
Concetta Lauro pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court May 26 to two counts of residential burglary.
A 30-year-old man accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl he met online will likely be sentenced under a special sentencing alternative that allows sex offenders to serve reduced jail time if they participate in treatment.
Some newly installed no-parking signs will spell the end of a Whidbey Island pastime popular with thrill seekers and airplane enthusiasts.
Two men from the Island County Public Works put up the signs Tuesday morning on portions of Patmore and Keystone roads bordering the Navy’s Outlying Field south of Coupeville. The signs read “no parking any time” and are meant to prevent accidents.
A 23-year-old Marine charged with five counts of domestic violence-related crimes was held in jail last week on $50,000 bail, according to court documents.
The elderly owner of an Oak Harbor pawn shop was sentenced Friday afternoon for sexually abusing a girl for many years, beginning when she was just 8 years old.
Jesse “Butch” Torres, 71, pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court earlier this year to three counts of child molestation in the second degree.
