Plans for a bigger pool in Oak Harbor are on hold so officials can gauge public opinion over a possible tax proposal to foot the bill.
Because of recent changes in state law, Port of Coupeville Executive Director Jim Patton is in the odd position of reapplying for his own job.
A community solar energy project took a step forward Wednesday when the commissioners for the Port of Coupeville selected a one-acre piece of land at the Greenbank Farm for a community solar power project.
s one new ferry hits the water for tests, two yet-to-be-built ferries have received their names.
The 64-car Chetzemoka, Washington State Ferries’ newest vessel, started its sea trials Tuesday and will continue through Thursday. The Kwa-di Tabil class ferry will sail throughout Puget Sound. The vessel’s main contractor, Todd Pacific Shipyards, is required to conduct trials for the United States Coast Guard and the Washington State Department of Transportation before the ferry system accepts delivery, according to a news release from Washington State Ferries.
With more people, including high school athletes and Navy personnel, using Oak Harbor’s pool, North Whidbey Park and Recreation District is looking at a possible expansion.
Two homes were damaged as the result of a fire that started in bushes Thursday afternoon. No one was injured as the result of the fire.
The Keystone ferry terminal will soon be known as the Coupeville ferry terminal.
A combination of complaints and rechecking work is prompting officials from the Washington State Department of Transportation to remove rumble strips that were recently installed on Whidbey Island highways.
Once again, town officials lobbied the Washington State Department of Transportation to lower the 55 mph speed limit on Highway 20 through Coupeville.
Once again, transportation officials are going to keep the status quo, saying traffic conditions on Highway 20 around Coupeville don’t warrant a change.
Finally, summer has come to Whidbey Island.
After one of the wettest Junes on record, the sun is shining, the temperature is rising and people are enjoying the parks on Whidbey.
Thanks to two eagle-eyed members of the Whidbey Audubon Society, a small terrier was rescued Thursday after spending more than a week trapped on a narrow ledge overlooking a bluff.
In May hundreds of people swarmed around the Ebey’s Landing Ferry House to rally support for a campaign to benefit the historic building.
Those efforts paid off recently when Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve officials learned they received a $65,000 award through the Partnership in Preservation.
A proposal to add a right-turn lane at the intersection of North Main Street and Highway 20 sparked a round of questions during a June 29 Coupeville Town Council meeting.