An eager Scott Dudley became one of the first candidates to file for public office Monday and among his entourage of supporters were four Oak Harbor police officers.
Navy personnel, veterans and dignitaries from a variety of Island County governments convened at the Crescent Harbor Marina boat deck Friday to remember the Battle of Midway, one of the most significant naval engagements in U.S. history.
Candidate filing began this week and as of Tuesday morning, some 41 candidates had filed for open elected offices in Island County.
In Oak Harbor, mayoral incumbent Jim Slowik filed for a second term. He is being challenged by Scott Dudley, who is in the second year of his first term as a city councilman. The office carries a four-year term.
Three women were hospitalized Sunday after sustaining injuries in an early morning car accident north of Oak Harbor.
According to a Washington State Patrol news release, the accident occurred at about 4:25 a.m. on Highway 20 near the intersection of Monkey Hill Road. A northbound traveling vehicle, a 2006 Nissan Altima, reportedly crossed the centerline and stuck a 1996 Saturn 4D that was traveling southbound in the other lane.
The Pioneer Way Improvement Project hit a major milestone this week when about half the roadway received its first layer of asphalt.
Crews began work Thursday morning and by day’s end, Pioneer Way from City Beach to Dock Street was covered in fresh blacktop. With curbs and sidewalks already in, the asphalt transformed the road’s appearance and gave merchants their first real glimpse of what the downtown area will look like once the project wraps up this fall.
The race for Oak Harbor mayor is on.
Following word that he officially announced his candidacy at a Rotary of Oak Harbor meeting last week, Mayor Jim Slowik confirmed Friday that he will seek a second term this November in the general election.
Slowik, who was elected in 2007, owns a used car dealership on Midway Boulevard. He will face off against Oak Harbor City Councilman Scott Dudley, a financial advisor for Edward Jones Investments.
Dudley was elected in 2009 and is in the second year of his first term. He threw his hat into the ring in March.
Sixty years old, going on forever. At least that’s the way Don Boyer and Dur Roberson see the future of the Oak Harbor Lions Club. Between the two of them, there is more than a 100 years of membership. Though who exactly is the senior member is a matter of friendly debate.
The Navy’s top brass has reaffirmed that Whidbey Island Naval Air Station is still in line to receive four squadrons of the new P-8A Poseidon aircraft, according to statement released today from U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s office.
Larsen, a Second District Democrat and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said he recently met with Admiral Gary Roughead, chief of Naval Operations, for breakfast at the admiral’s home in Washington, D.C.
Budget disagreements and concerns about SE Pioneer Way’s marketing focus have led to the “mutual termination” of Oak Harbor’s hired communication specialist.
The fate of a new surcharge that would be added to all Washington State Ferries fares, along with legislation aimed at ferry management reform, is now in the hands of the governor.
The first race for an Oak Harbor City Council seat began Wednesday.
Mark Wiggins, a former planning commission member, announced that he will make a bid in the November general election to fill the seat being vacated by Jim Palmer. He joins Paul Brewer, a former city councilman, who announced his intention to seek the same position late last week.
Palmer is nearing the end of his first four-year term and decided not to run for re-election for personal reasons.
Island Transit expects to spend more than $1 million on a transit park, roadway safety improvements, and preserving native plant species on a project just east of Coupeville.
Located on the 3.2-acre island of property surrounded by Highway 20, and Smith Prairie and Parker roads, the project will see the construction of a bicycle-centric transit park. It will double as a gateway for Smith Prairie and a preserve for a population of relic prairie plants.
After a volunteer board spent six months researching artwork for downtown Oak Harbor, city leaders suddenly realized the preferred funding mechanism was illegal.
As a result, the Oak Harbor Arts Commission may end up covering the bulk of the tab for public art on Pioneer Way.