Keaton Farris was the second person to die in the Island County Jail in 18 months and the third in nine years.
Critics have pointed to the other deaths as evidence of ongoing and widespread problems at the jail.
Keaton Farris was the second person to die in the Island County Jail in 18 months and the third in nine years.
Critics have pointed to the other deaths as evidence of ongoing and widespread problems at the jail.
More than 250 people in black shirts, many holding signs, quietly marched through Coupeville on Sunday to the Island County Jail, where they held hands to form a human chain encircling the facility.
There, the protest grew in volume as people called out for justice and passing motorists honked in solidarity.
Thanks to Deception Pass Tours, Father’s Day weekend didn’t turn into a tragedy for one man and his son.
Jose Garcia, an officer at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, was taking the boat tour, enjoying the sunny weather Saturday afternoon when the crew noticed that a couple of kayakers were in trouble.
After defeating South Skagit 10-6 Monday, June 22, the Whidbey 11/12 Little League softball all stars will get another shot at Anacortes in the district tournament.
“Return,” skippered by Seattle’s Mark Bradner, won the San Juan 24 North American Class Association Championship Regatta on Penn Cove Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21.
Some of the future pieces of the Coupeville High School volleyball team could be seen at the middle school gym last week.
The Whidbey Island 11/12 Little League all-star softball game lost 9-5 to host Anacortes in the District 11 tournament Sunday, June 21, but made Anacortes work for a win for the first time this year.
More than 250 people in black shirts, many holding signs, quietly marched through Coupeville today to the Island County Jail, where they held hands and formed a human chain encircling the facility.
The Little League postseason began Saturday, June 20, and the Whidbey Island 11/12 all-star softball team got the local teams off to a resounding start by thumping South Skagit 18-3 in four innings in the District 11 tournament in Anacortes.
The Navy asked a federal judge to deny a citizen group’s demand that aircraft operations be halted at Outlying Field Coupeville.
Like loganberries in the summer, rumblings about a future partnership between the Port of Coupeville and Washington State University may be coming to fruition.
“Catastrophic systemic failures” at the Island County Jail led to a 25-year-old man’s death from dehydration April 8, Island County Sheriff Mark Brown said.
Over the past 26 years, Frances Sweeney and her husband Kelly built their own dream on 10 woodsy acres on Whidbey Island and they’re determined to let that dream live on long after they’re no longer around to enjoy it themselves.