A 22-year-old Oak Harbor woman is in intensive care in Seattle today for injuries she sustained in a car accident early yesterday morning, the state police reported.
Everett clubbed 11 hits and took advantage of four Oak Harbor errors to defeat the host Wildcats 7-5 Friday, April 15.
Oak Harbor’s waterfront trail project reached a major milestone last week with the completion of the system’s centerpiece.
It doesn’t have to smell like roses, but Oak Harbor’s new wastewater treatment plant better not stink. It should also be environmentally sensitive and built to last.
Those were the kinds of comments aired at a meeting at Skagit Valley College Tuesday evening. Designed to garner input from the public about where the new facility should be located, it was the second of three such meetings the city has planned.
While most Island County officials hope to begin climbing out of a budget hole this year, Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson has other plans.
During the commissioners’ first budget-related meeting this year, Emerson proposed cutting taxes. Specifically, she said her goals for this year’s budget process are to suspend the usual 1 percent annual property tax increase, sunset some sales taxes, stop “chasing” grant opportunities, reduce the Conservation Futures tax and possibly sell some county property.
Come fall, students attending Skagit Valley College may be faced with a few more frustrations.
With a budget gap projected at just over $5.5 million, the Whidbey Island Campus in Oak Harbor will see the loss of 11 staff members and reduced time for others. The college as a whole has eliminated more than 30 positions and many other positions will not be refilled.
After investing nearly $400,000 on a new building on Heller Road, North Whidbey Fire and Rescue commissioners this week agreed to formally abandon the plan and instead buy an existing building on Midway Boulevard.
During their regular meeting Tuesday, April 12, the board approved a resolution to purchase what is commonly known as the Chicago Title building for $1.55 million. The three-story structure will be used as the district’s administrative headquarters – housing a total of seven people – and as storage space.
After a little more than six months being stuck at the Coupeville Wharf, an abandoned boat looks to be staying for a while longer.
Oak Harbor City Councilman Rick Almberg may have run afoul of state campaign laws when he used a publicly funded resource to broadcast his plans to seek reelection in the November general election.
Religion notes
This is the worst construction economy in Island County since the early ‘80s, but at least one contractor is going strong, and it couldn’t have happened at a better time.
My son Dan is a trivia enthusiast and for quite some time has been telling me about a website called “Stumbleupon.” It’s built on a simple concept: Identify your areas of interest and the website will stream other websites related to those topics. This week I got around to visiting the site and Dan is right: If you’ve got things to do, don’t go stumbling!
As the ancient proverb goes, bread may feed the body but it’s flowers that feed the soul. If the age-old adage has you nodding your head in agreement, you may just owe the Coupeville Garden Club a small debt of gratitude. Last month the organization celebrated its 50th anniversary, a milestone marking a half century of dirty hands, sore backs, and a whole lot of smiles.