It will be a little warmer during events at Greenbank Farm this winter.
The Port of Coupeville recently spent more than $3,700 to repair the heaters in the farm’s Barn A, which is home to numerous events such as the holiday market that is currently underway on the weekends. It is one of two projects to improve the publicly owned facility.
A large ship floating for more than a week near the Coupeville-to-Port Townsend ferry route piqued the curiosity of nearby residents.
It turns out the Wave Venture, a 464-foot vessel owned by United Kingdom-based Global Marine Systems, has been sailing in the area while its crew repair fiber optic cables.
The Trust Board of Ebey’s Landing announced the finalists for manager of the 17,500-acre reserve.
The three finalists will be interviewed in January with a decision to be made shortly thereafter, said Lisbeth Cort, interim reserve manager.
About a dozen volunteers spent the morning of Dec. 18 sorting food being distributed to families on Central Whidbey Island.
A group of students at Coupeville Elementary School spent busy weeks collecting food for Gifts from the Heart food bank, which serves low-income families in Coupeville and Greenbank.
For a second time in as many years, state auditors are shining a spotlight on Island Transit’s apparent lack of oversight over employee use of take-home vehicles and fuel cards.
Island Transit has 14 vehicles and fuel cards assigned to staff members.
Volunteers are laying the groundwork to promote two school levies going before Central Whidbey voters in February 2014.
Leaders at Whidbey General Hospital are looking for someone to coordinate construction of a new wing.
Hangups in a new electronic records system caused delays in billings and reduced the amount of cash available at Whidbey General Hospital.
Hospital officials said they are expecting to spend more than $7.5 million implementing an electronic records system provided by Meditech that originally went online in May.
Food service and clerical workers at Whidbey General Hospital got an early Christmas present.
They are receiving a small pay increase thanks to a new three-year contract the Whidbey General Hospital Board of Commissioners approved during their Monday night meeting.
Thanks to a technology levy, Central Whidbey parents will have a chance to contact their children’s teachers directly without having to go through a switchboard.
The Coupeville School District recently spent approximately $25,000 to install a new phone system. The new system will tie into the one being used by the Oak Harbor School District and the City of Oak Harbor.
Sub-freezing temperatures couldn’t put a chill on holiday spirit Saturday.
Despite temperatures under 30 degrees, hundreds of people bundled up and braved the cold during the annual Greening of Coupeville celebration.
Leaders for Whidbey’s animal shelter tapped the Midwest to find a new executive director.
Charles Vreeland started his tenure Nov. 4 as executive director for the Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation.
