
Divers have successfully plugged the hole in the fuel tank of a 128-foot crab boat that caught fire and sank in Penn Cove this past weekend, but enough diesel leaked out that the state has closed the bay to shellfish harvesting.
According to Mark Toy, an environmental engineer with the state Department of Health, more diesel was in the boat than earlier thought and photos from the air have shown just how far the resulting sheen has spread.
The name of the sheep wasn’t announced, but if it was Matilda, someone was waltzing with it.
Whidbey General Hospital joined the nation in recognizing nurses during National Nurses Week, which is celebrated annually during the week of May 6.
No matter the cost, the 128-foot crab boat that caught fire and then sank in Penn Cove this weekend will be raised and removed, according to officials with the state Department of Natural Resources.
Toni Droscher, spokeswoman for the agency, confirmed that the huge steel fishing vessel is not too big to pluck from the bottom, but it will be expensive and it’s a cost that will be borne by taxpayers.
Vintage pop.
You know you want some.
Rick Lewis knew it, too, when he created the off-Broadway hit “The Taffetas.”
A stimulus antidote to our nation’s Great Depression, the federal government’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) funded thousands of construction projects in the 1930s to get Americans working again.
Clinton woman takes plea in shotgun murder case
A 41-year-old Clinton woman accused of being an accomplice in the shotgun murder of her boyfriend's wife pleaded guilty to a lesser charge today in Whatcom County Superior Court.
Kara Jo Buchanan confessed in a phone message to shooting the Bellingham resident last July. She attempted to kill herself by slitting her wrists, but deputies found her wandering the beach at Double Bluff on Whidbey. She was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.
Sunken fishing boat prompts closure of shellfish harvesting in Penn Cove
Divers have successfully plugged the hole in the fuel tank of a 128-foot crab boat that caught fire and sank in Penn Cove this past weekend, but enough diesel leaked out that the state has closed the bay to shellfish harvesting.
According to Mark Toy, an environmental engineer with the state Department of Health, more diesel was in the boat than earlier thought and photos from the air have shown just how far the resulting sheen has spread.
How to waltz with a sheep
The name of the sheep wasn’t announced, but if it was Matilda, someone was waltzing with it.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Goose hunt cruel, unnecessary
Honeymoon Lake’s community board has renewed their contract with the USDA wildlife services to eliminate Canadian geese from the lake again this summer. In the middle of the night at the end of June last year, shots rang out and two pairs of geese and their goslings were killed in time for summer barbecues. And now it is going to happen all over again.
Whidbey General celebrates Nurses Week with education
Whidbey General Hospital joined the nation in recognizing nurses during National Nurses Week, which is celebrated annually during the week of May 6.
Hang the cost, burned, sunken boat to be raised | Corrected
No matter the cost, the 128-foot crab boat that caught fire and then sank in Penn Cove this weekend will be raised and removed, according to officials with the state Department of Natural Resources.
Toni Droscher, spokeswoman for the agency, confirmed that the huge steel fishing vessel is not too big to pluck from the bottom, but it will be expensive and it’s a cost that will be borne by taxpayers.
All grown up and taking a final bow with ‘The Taffetas’
Vintage pop.
You know you want some.
Rick Lewis knew it, too, when he created the off-Broadway hit “The Taffetas.”
Then and now: Island County Fairgrounds Pole Building
A stimulus antidote to our nation’s Great Depression, the federal government’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) funded thousands of construction projects in the 1930s to get Americans working again.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Whidbey needs another bridge
The Seattle area is now listed as one of the leading super commuter cities in the nation, and Whidbey Island certainly contributes to the problem, which could be corrected with a route from Oak Harbor east to Interstate 5 at 300th NW.
New South Whidbey alternative school hosts open house
The South Whidbey School District wants parents and students on the South End to take a look at the new South Whidbey Academy, a K-12 alternative school.
Langley needs flash mob dancers
The Langley Chamber and City of Langley partnered to produce the three-minute Langley Loop music video to be released July 1, and they need anyone willing to participate in a 15-second flash mob dance sequence to join in the fun Saturday, May 19.
