Because of safety concerns, leaders for the Port of Coupeville have deemed unsafe a Front Street entry point to the beach.
Stairs near the port office by Coupeville Wharf were recently chained off.
People can still walk down to the beach by using the Front Street deck, located next to the Knead and Feed.
Abandoned since last year’s massive Ledgewood landslide, a home on Driftwood Way burned to the ground Sunday.
The home, a double-wide manufactured home, was red-tagged by Island County after the landslide, meaning that it was unsafe to enter.
The house was pushed toward the shoreline during the landslide and part of it teetered over the edge of a mound.
A burning ember simmering in a dust pile prompted the evacuation of Coupeville Middle and High School Wednesday afternoon.
At approximately 1:30 p.m., maintenance supervisor Scott Losey was in the process of changing a belt in the air handling unit for the woodworking and metalworking building at Coupeville High School. He discovered a small ember and burning dust.
Families worshiping at an Oak Harbor church have been rehearsing in preparation for a celebration honoring the nation’s most famous civil rights leader.
Mission Ministry Outreach, which is located on Goldie Road in Oak Harbor, is honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday with a celebration scheduled to start at 3 p.m.
After months of searching, Island County is still looking for volunteers to participate in two boards that evaluate projects trying to utilize Conservation Futures Funds.
The county started looking for volunteers in October to serve on the Community Advisory Board and the Technical Advisory Board; however, nobody has applied yet.
“It would be nice to fill the positions,” said Pam Dill, who is coordinating the application search for Island County. She said it doesn’t require a large time commitment.
Today’s Island Transit looks a lot different from the entity that formed in 1987 with five buses and 20 employees working out of a former auto shop that contained two maintenance bays and one restroom.
The publicly-funded transit entity currently has more than 200 vehicles and more than 140 employees who recently moved into a new headquarters facility that was mostly paid for by a federal grant.
That headquarters is located on Highway 20, south of Coupeville near the Pacific Rim Institute and Outlying Field.
As he shares his adventures bike riding to the Arctic Circle, Patrick Rodden is currently facing a different challenge.
He spent more than a year recovering from injuries sustained in a 15-foot fall while he was putting the finishing touches on the renovation of his South Whidbey home. That accident took place two years after he made his trek, which drew the attention of regional media.
As to what caused the accident, he’s not really sure.
For the second time, state auditors question how Island Transit monitors staff use of take-home vehicles and fuel cards.
According to an accountability audit report issued Dec. 30 by the Washington State Auditor’s Office, a finding was issued stating Island Transit officials “did not adequately monitor take home vehicles and fuel card use to ensure they are only used for official purposes.”
Island Transit has 14 vehicles and fuel use cards designated for take-home.
Brian and Kathryn Wilson were hoping to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary with childbirth.
However, he was a bit late and they welcomed their son, Cole Alan Wilson, on New Year’s Day. Cole was born at 1:03 p.m., Jan. 1 at the Whidbey General Hospital Family Birthplace. Cole weighed 9 pounds and was 20 inches in length at birth.
Brian and Kathryn Wilson were hoping their son would be born on their five-year wedding anniversary. But their son was a bit late.
The first baby of the New Year, Cole Alan Wilson was born at 1:03 p.m., Jan. 1 at the Whidbey General Hospital Family Birthplace. He weighed 9 pounds and was 20 inches in length.
or the second time, state auditors question how Island Transit monitors staff use of take-home vehicles and fuel cards.
According to an Accountability Audit Report issued Dec. 30 by the Washington State Auditor’s Office, a finding was issued stating Island Transit officials “did not adequately monitor take home vehicles and fuel card use to ensure they are only used for official purposes.”
After 17 years, a popular Front Street art gallery is closing its doors.
The Windjammer Gallery, located across the street from Mariners Court, shuttered its doors Friday to make room for a wine shop.
“We’re retiring,” owner Chuck Poust said the day before the closing. “It demands a lot of your time. We were only closed three days out of the year.”
Larry and Patsy Vail have a New Year’s resolution: move their Coupeville wine shop and continue with the success they’ve enjoyed for the past two years.
The couple, owns Vail Wine Shop, is moving the shop’s former home in Mariner’s Court across the street into the the former home of the Windjammer Gallery, which closed in late December after 17 years in business.
“I’m expecting it to go well,” Patsy said of the new location.
