A possible slingshot wielding vandal is plaguing Island Transit bus shelters on North Whidbey Island.
The incoming commissioner for the Port of Coupeville asked without success that work to add further protections for the Greenbank Farm be suspended for several weeks.
Concern expressed by the sheriff about vehicle visibility is prompting the delay of regulations that would allow golf carts to be driven legally on Coupeville roads.
Over the past several years, staff and teachers at Coupeville Elementary School have been working with students to succeed in standardized tests.
After months of work, the Coupeville Town Council made it easier for people to raise poultry.
The council approved an ordinance last Tuesday night outlining the regulations to allow homeowners to raise chickens on their property.
A Coupeville mother-son team used their holiday prize to help their neighbors. In front of hundreds of people on the steps of the Island County Museum, Janie and Teo Keilwitz won $1,000 Sunday through the annual Red Ticket drawing organized by the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association.
Beginning next year, there will be a new marshal in town and his name is Lance Davenport.
Coupeville has been on the hunt for a new top cop since Marshal David Penrod announced his intent to retire at the end of the year. Town officials announced Davenport’s hiring Tuesday morning.
Budget cuts announced this week will decimate staff at state parks on Whidbey Island and elsewhere.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission said the parks system will be restructured to emphasize seasonal help during the summer.
Keystone Harbor has been a flurry of activity when the ferry is out of service.
A late November wind storm has left Port of Coupeville leaders scrambling to make repairs.
Thanks to the prospect of outside dollars, plans to improve the road and utilities on Madrona Way in Coupeville are taking shape. The project is estimated to cost more than $1 million.
The town of Coupeville is in line to receive $483,000 in federal and state funding to rebuild Madrona Way from Broadway to Vine Street. The remainder would be covered by town funds.
A warm holiday spirit and Christmas shopping will happily coexist this weekend in Coupeville.
Rather than the stampedes, pepper spraying and shootouts that plagued major shopping areas throughout the country during Black Friday, historic Coupeville will host a series of events this weekend sure to provide a fun, festive atmosphere to spark the holiday season.
As the Legislature starts work to slice another $2 billion from the state budget, teachers took time Monday to thank North Whidbey residents for their support of Oak Harbor schools.
Dozens of teachers, retired teachers and administrators visited Monday’s Oak Harbor School Board meeting to thank residents for their approval of recent bonds and levies that have benefited students. It was one of numerous events taking place as the Legislature started a special session this week to look at further reductions to account for another revenue shortfall.
