Commissioners for North Whidbey Fire and Rescue approved several proposals concerning the fire district’s 2011 budget during a Wednesday afternoon special meeting.
Motorists endured minutes-long waits at Deception Pass late Monday morning to make room for a car commercial that was being filmed on the historic bridge.
Local athletes sparkled this past weekend.
The feathers of one of Oak Harbor’s most beloved birds were significantly brightened this week.
“Gerral’s Girl,” the affectionately named PBY-5A Catalina flying boat that returned to the Sea Plane base this summer after a 67-year absence to serve as an educational display, has been sitting with her wings clipped since her arrival.
On the day before the election, Island County commissioner candidate Kelly Emerson and her husband filed a lawsuit against her political opponent, Commissioner John Dean, as well as the county planning director and another county employee.
Leaders on Central Whidbey were shocked Friday morning when they learned a second ferry planned for the Coupeville-to-Port Townsend route may be moved to another part of the system.
The Washington State Department of Transportation’s Ferries Division is looking at a variety of options to save millions of dollars. One idea is to move the 64-car Salish ferry to the inter-island route serving the San Juans. The Salish is currently under construction at Todd Shipyards in Seattle. It was scheduled to be the second boat serving Keystone Harbor during the busy summer season starting mid-2011.
Island County Commissioner John Dean predicts a recount will be necessary to decide his tight race with Kelly Emerson.
Dean, a Democrat, was down by a full 4 percentage points after the first tally on election night, but has edged closer and closer in subsequent counts. Following the Thursday count, he’s 536 votes behind his Republican challenger with an estimated 4,200 ballots left to count.
After capturing the headlines of media outlets statewide and stirring up local controversy, the telecommunication devices policy proposed by the Washington State School Directors’ Association is scheduled to be reviewed and possibly adopted by the Oak Harbor School District next week.
Nearly 30 years ago, when my husband and I married and set up house, we were greatly influenced by writer Karen Burton Mains’ book, “Open Heart Open Home.” She contends that Christian hospitality is just another word for love and when you learn the joy of sharing, that brings you closer to God.
While dreams almost never come true over night, in the world of Habitat for Humanity they are sometimes built in just 20 construction days.
It’s amazing what can happen to a group a high school students when they’re dressed up in suit coats and traditional dresses. British and crotchety old-man accents surface, inner divas come out and creative juices flow freely.
This weekend the Coupeville High School Wolf PAC Theatre Troupe will present its first play of the season, “The Night I Died at the Palace Theatre,” written by Pat Cook.
Have you heard the news that will certainly affect each and every one of us here in Coupeville? Himalaya Homes is proposing a 20 unit cookie-cutter subdivision to be fast tracked off Third Street through Albion Way. The project was rushed through our Town Council and Planning Department in the blink of an eye. Construction could begin immediately.
Inside the covered arena at the M Bar C Ranch on Sunday, Oct. 24, the glow of gratitude warmed people against the weekend cold as more than 250 people celebrated the recent saving of the Trillium forest. After an intense seven-month campaign, the successful conclusion of the fundraising effort is a tribute to the efforts of hundreds.