Three gun enthusiasts are forming a group on Central Whidbey Island to provide a supportive, encouraging environment for women interested in learning every aspect of shooting.
The Well Armed Woman Whidbey Island Chapter is looking for members. The group is holding its first meeting and shoots 2-4 p.m., on Mothers Day, Sunday, May 12 at the Central Whidbey Sportsman’s Association located at 973 Safari Lane near Outlying Field.
An eight-member budget committee formed to examine the upcoming budget for the Coupeville School District. They will hold a public meeting at the end of the month to discuss the pending budget.
School officials don’t have a dollar amount yet for next year’s budget. They are waiting for information from the state Legislature. They aren’t expecting many changes from the previous year’s budget.
One-hundred-year-old Leone Argent has lived on her property near Coupeville since she was 7.
A group of volunteers visited the former school teacher Saturday to make sure her home stays in good shape so Argent can continue to live there.
They were a handful of the more than 100 volunteers participating in the Central Whidbey Hearts and Hammers workday Saturday.
Nearly a year after a voter-approved ballot initiative allowed liquor to be sold in large retail stores, the former state-owned and contract liquor stores on Whidbey are struggling.
The liquor store in Oak Harbor closed in late 2012 while contract liquor stores in Coupeville and Freeland saw sales plummet by more than half since privatization went into effect.
The commissioners for the Port of Coupeville will provide some legal cover Wednesday for the Greenbank Farm Management Group.
The elected board of commissioners will extend the lease the port has with the private organization for the commercial properties at the publicly owned farm until June 3, 2015.
In the latest chapter of a squabble that has lasted for several months, a Greenbank resident is asking that commissioners for the Port of Coupeville repay legal costs associated with an incident that took place in February.
Nearly a year after a voter approved ballot initiative allowed liquor to be sold in large retail stores, the former state-owned and contract liquor stores on Whidbey are struggling.
The liquor store in Oak Harbor closed in late 2012 while contract liquor stores in Coupeville and Freeland saw sales plummet by more than half since privatization went into affect.
The pastoral landscape of Whidbey Island was the scene Wednesday of something that hadn’t been seen for years.
Rather than the tractors that dot the landscape of rural Whidbey Island, one man was using two fairly large horses to do some similar work.
As the result of an unexpected resignation and recent census results, the the Port of Coupeville’s Board of Commissioners will see big changes by the end of the year.
Two of the three seats on the port board are up for election in 2013.
In the wake of March’s massive landslide in the Ledgewood community of Whidbey Island, it might be a good time for other neighborhoods to learn how to prepare for a disaster.
Islands chapter of the American Red Cross looking for groups to host “Safe in the Sound” disaster preparedness classes.
With about six weeks remaining before he officially takes over as superintendent of the Coupeville School District, Jim Shanks is getting an early start.
Thanks to an unexpected resignation and the recent census, the board of commissioners will see some big changes by the end of the year.
Two of the three seats on the port board are up for election in 2013.
Roger Case is winding down his career where he has tended to the health of Island County residents for decades.
