Ballots for the state’s first-ever top-two primary will arrive in Coupeville on Monday, said Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider.
Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of the news business, and despite the best of intentions, we get sometimes get a detail wrong in a news story and must endure days of ringing telephones from the people who want to celebrate our achievement with us.
State Rep. Norma Smith said she will not make an endorsement in the highly contested District 1 race for Island County commissioner.
The group called “Save Our Beach” has started a petition drive to preserve the Wonn Road access to the beach at Greenbank.
The number of “whooping cough” cases in Island County continues to climb, county officials reported this weekend.
A total of 18 cases of bordetella pertussis have been discovered in the past few weeks.
Island County Medical Officer Dr. Roger Case said most of the cases on South and Central Whidbey.
Whew! It’s hard to get settled down after the big “Celebrate America” blowout down the highway a few days ago….
Don’t stop if you’ve heard this one before: Growth is shaping up to be a big issue in both races for county commissioner this year.
Both Democrats campaigning for commissioner are blasting their Republican opponents over the incumbents’ handling of growth planning.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray announced today that Mount Vernon has been chosen as the permanent site for a new Northwest Washington Veterans’ Clinic.
Larsen, a 2nd District Democrat, and Murray, D-Wash., have been pressing for a new outpatient clinic for veterans for nearly six years. Many veterans on Whidbey Island have relied on the VA hospital in Seattle for care.
It was hot. Really hot. And now, weather watchers have the numbers to prove it.
Last Sunday was the hottest day of the year on Whidbey Island, with the mercury soaring to 86 degrees near Crockett Lake and Polnell Point, according to Nancy Zaretzke of the Island County-Washington State University Extension.
State Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser said this week the party may yet file a formal complaint against Democratic Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen for alleged misdeeds during her re-election campaign.
A fews weeks ago, the Little Missuss and I were looking at the photographs of the graduating seniors that were published in the newspaper.
Congressman Rick Larsen’s campaign said this week a recent poll has him with an 18-point lead over Republican Rick Bart.
sland County Medical Officer Dr. Roger Case said late Thursday that five more cases of whooping cough have been confirmed on South and Central Whidbey Island.
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is highly contagious. Case said the number of cases is expected to rise; the total number of people with whooping cough now stands at 11.
