Now that voters have spoken, hospital officials are beginning to plan the expansion of Whidbey General’s Coupeville campus.
Dozens of patriotic residents took some time Monday to honor the men and women who served this country.
Jessica Boling is making a difference in Africa.
Boling, who is a 2003 graduate from Coupeville High School, recently visited Cameroon as part of a research project under the auspices of a Fulbright Fellowship.
In the past six years, the number of youth using programs at the Coupeville Boys and Girls Club has skyrocketed.
So much so that leaders of the nonprofit are raising money to pay for a new building. Thanks to a donation from the Stuurmans Family, the organization has the land to construct an 8,000-square-foot building at the end of Birch Street in Coupeville.
With a new executive director taking the helm of the Port of Coupeville in December comes a new employee arrangement, prompting officials to find a bit more money in the budget.
Tim McDonald, the one-time Island County health director, was named executive director last month of the small port district.
Since then, he worked with port staff to prepare an employment arrangement.
Volunteers with the group promoting the proposed Whidbey General Hospital bond are making a final push to get people to vote.
Members of the Friends of Whidbey General Hospital are getting on the phones and calling voters to encourage them to cast their ballots.
Whidbey General Hospital leaders are asking voters to approve a $50 million bond funding construction of a new wing at the hospital’s Coupeville campus.
With a new executive director taking the helm of the Port of Coupeville in December comes a new employee arrangement, prompting officials to try and find a bit more money in the budget.
Two Whidbey General Hospital properties that aren’t being used will soon be sold off.
Hospital commissioners recently declared two resident properties surplus, one on Echo Loop in Oak Harbor and the other on Highway 525 in Freeland. The hospital has to go through a public process to sell each property.
With Whidbey General Hospital asking voters to approve a bond to pay for an expansion, one critic is arguing for hospital leaders to try something different.
Mark Borden, one-time hospital emergency room physician turned staunch Whidbey General critic, thinks it would be a godsend if the hospital would partner with a larger company, such as Providence Health and Services.
References to a failed sustainable development made by a Port of Coupeville candidate are raising concerns from the port’s incoming executive director.
Those concerns arose after Tim McDonald, who will start as port director Dec. 1, wanted to find out more about candidate Dick Bowen’s experience.
Port of Coupeville leaders say they’re concerned the septic system at Greenbank Farm may need to be redesigned.
The Washington State Department of Health attached a string of conditions to a permit for the farm’s large, onsite sewer system, prompting the Port of Coupeville to hire an engineer to come up with modifications to ensure it functions without being a threat to public health or the environment.
The system was originally installed by the farm’s previous owner, Chateau St. Michelle, with the hopes of transforming the farm into a public event facility, said Port of Coupeville Executive Director Jim Patton.
A sustainable development mentioned by a Port of Coupeville candidate publicly is eliciting concerns from the port’s incoming executive director.
Those concerns arose after Tim McDonald, who will start as port director Dec. 1, wanted to find out more about candidate Dick Bowen’s experience.
He said he discovered Bowen was involved with Aspen Trails Ranch, a proposed 325-residence development just outside Helena, Mont, which was a project that spurred litigation and eventually fell through, according to news reports.
The blanket of fog that persisted over Whidbey Island this week was a factor in car accidents, reduced operations at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, delayed ferries and it affected sporting events.
When it’s foggy, Washington State Trooper Mark Francis encourages motorists to reduce speed and increase following distance while driving during foggy conditions.
He said heavy fog was a factor in a Whatcom County accident Oct. 22 that killed two people on State Highway 548.