Field Carrier Landing Practice (FLCP) operations for aircraft stationed at NAS Whidbey Island are scheduled to occur at the Outlying Field in Coupeville in the afternoon into the late evening of Tuesday, Feb. 19.
The fire that preceded the sinking of the Deep Sea crab boat in Penn Cove last spring has been determined to be the result of arson, according to a report released by the state Department of Natural Resources today.
An early morning fire claimed the home of a Greenbank man last week and another fire a few hours later on the same day destroyed a shed south of Coupeville.
The first blaze was reported just after midnight on Friday, Jan. 4. Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue arrived about five minutes after receiving the call to find a single-story house fully ablaze.
Located on Smuggler’s Cove Road, just north of Lagoon Point, firefighters with the aid of South Whidbey Fire/EMS crews worked for about an hour to completely extinguish the fire.
The update of Island County’s shoreline master program took a giant leap forward at a meeting in Coupeville late last month.
Following a public hearing, Dec. 27, the Island County Commissioners approved the plan in a split 2-1 vote.
Until the issues surrounding her Camano Island home are settled, including the $37,000 she owes in planning department fines, Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson’s future as chairwoman remains cloudy.
During Wednesday’s work session, the board’s first meeting of the year and the first ever for freshman Republican Commissioner Jill Johnson, Emerson nominated herself to be appointed chairwoman for 2013.
A pedestrian was killed while attempting to cross Highway 20 on North Whidbey Wednesday.
The Washington State Patrol has identified the victim as Jesus Herrera, 60, of Oak Harbor. He died at the scene and his next of kin have been notified by the Island County Coroner.
A five-year discussion about curbside recycling for Island Disposal customers came to an end last week.
On Thursday, the Island County Commissioners agreed in a 2-0 vote to move forward with the program, which will apply to everyone who subscribes to trash service in rural parts of Whidbey Island.
Board members expressed concerns about well-tread issues, ranging from the mandatory elements of the program and the exclusion of glass to the quoted $11.60 per month cost, but ultimately decided that curbside recycling’s time had come.
Sign rules in Island County that have been a headache for the business community for years got an overhaul this week.
To save a few dollars and avoid any possible conflicts of interest, Island County will hire the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office to address two recent lawsuits brought on by sheriff’s deputies.
The board of commissioners agreed at a weekly work session Wednesday to hire the office at a contracted rate of $120 per hour. The decision was made at the request of Prosecutor Greg Banks.
The fate of a curbside recycling plan for Island Disposal customers will likely be decided at a meeting in Coupeville this week.
The Island County Commissioners will hold a public hearing Thursday on a level of service ordinance that would result in curbside service for all of the waste-hauler’s customers in Langley and rural areas of Whidbey Island.
Powerful winds and high tides today forced the closure of several roads on Whidbey Island and disrupted service on the Port Townsend-to-Coupeville ferry route.
An online petition to stop military exercises at the U.S. Navy’s airfield in Central Whidbey will not succeed, but it may lead to improvements in communication, according to Congressman Rick Larsen.
A state-required update to a section of Island County’s critical areas ordinances is seven years past due and a South Whidbey-based environmental watchdog group says that’s too long.