Conclusion of Filing Week resulted in no candidates for two dozen offices across Whidbey Island.
As a result, the Island County Auditor’s Office scheduled a special filing period for three days in early June.
Five Pearl Harbor survivors will visit Central Whidbey Island this weekend. They are an integral part of the town of Coupeville’s remembrance of Memorial Day.
They will join their fellow veterans, along with representatives from community organizations and students, in Coupeville’s annual event that includes a parade down Main Street beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The commissioners for the Port of Coupeville will start talking next month about possibly reducing the length of term they serve.
Members of the three-member board currently serve six years, but because of recent legislation that was approved by the state, they are considering reducing the term to four years.
Commissioners for the Port of Coupeville appointed Mike Diamanti May 8 to fill a vacancy left by Laura Blankenship when she announced her resignation last month.
Diamanti ran for the post in November 2011; however Blankenship garnered more than 59 percent of the vote.
Coupeville Town Council member Larry Cort decided against running for election this year.
“It came down to a time issue,” Cort said Monday. “It was a really tough decision.”
Cort was appointed to the Coupeville Town Council in October, 2011 to fill a vacancy created when Tom Tack resigned.
It looks like Jim Patton can’t get enough of the Port of Coupeville.
Around the time he finishes his tenure as the executive director of the small port district, he will find out if voters want him to serve on its board of commissioners.
Leaders at Whidbey General Hospital are gathering information to possibly run a new bond that would pay for renovating and expanding the hospital’s Coupeville campus.
Hospital commissioner Ron Wallin proposed during Monday’s hospital board meeting that hospital administration re-evaluate a bond that taxpayers would have to approve to finance the project.
An annual event showcasing the businesses operating on Whidbey Island is changing its name and expanding its focus.
The Biz Expo, which takes place in the fall and organized by the Island County Economic Development Council, will now be known as the “Explore Whidbey: Business and Home Show.”
A fire discovered around noon Friday damaged a home between Oak Harbor and Coupeville.
Firefighters responded to a call of a home ablaze on Williams Road located off Hastie Lake Road southwest of Oak Harbor.
A Clinton resident was transported to Whidbey General Hospital Friday morning after her car struck a tree along State Highway 20 near Libbey Road.
At approximately 9:20 a.m., 30-year-old Clinton resident Piper Travis was driving a 1991 Toyota Corolla north on Highway 20. She was reportedly going down a hill heading toward the Libbey Road intersection on Central Whidbey.
One of the kiosks bookending the entrance to the Coupeville Wharf received a much-needed upgrade thanks to the efforts of staff at Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
The kiosk, which is located at the corner of Front Street and Alexander Street in Coupeville’s historic downtown, received three new panels that highlight various aspects of the reserve.
Thanks to the help of the students participating in Four-H Club throughout Island County, a coordinator has been hired to ensure the popular organization continues.
Sara Bergquist was named coordinator for the county’s Four-H Clubs.
Bergquist, who was raised on South Whidbey and returned to the island last year after spending years as an educator in Alaska, started her position as Four-H coordinator last month.
An annual event showcasing the businesses operating on Whidbey Island is changing its name and expanding its focus.
The Biz Expo, which takes place in the fall and organized by the Island County Economic Development Council, will now be known as the “Explore Whidbey: Business and Home Show.”
