The driver of a semi-truck is OK after his rig left State Highway 20 at Dugualla Bay Farms Thursday morning.
Peter Hunt peered into the dark, murky depths of Rosario Strait. It was August and the air was hot and still, the water a flat gray sheet.
Voters decisively chose a seasoned insider over a Whidbey General Hospital critic.
Initial election results show incumbent Georgia Gardner leading the race for a seat on the hospital board with nearly 60 percent of the vote over critic Rob Born, who pulled in 40 percent.
The race for hospital board between incumbent Georgia Gardner and hospital critic Rob Born has led to a sea of campaign signs, lively public debate and heated newspaper letters-to-the-editor.
Emergency room visits are at an all-time high at Whidbey General Hospital, and officials are beginning to talk about how to handle that growth in the future.
Whidbey General Hospital paid lawyers a quarter-of-a-million dollars to deal with a doctor who publicly criticized the hospital and a citizen journalist who created a critical blog.
Voters have three starkly different candidates to choose from in the race for Hospital District Commission position two.
The state Department of Health cited Whidbey General Hospital for violating a state law designed to ensure nurses and hospitals work together to create nurse staffing plans that keep patients safe.
Roads, bridges, highways, ferries — all are essential for the economic health of the state and Island County, and Congress needs to pass a long-term bill to pay for critical infrastructure, Congressman Rick Larsen told county officials this week.
It’s hot and dry on Whidbey Island, so unseasonably Hades-like that the Island County fire marshal issued a countywide burn ban.
It’s hot and dry on Whidbey Island, so unseasonably Hades-like that the Island County fire marshal issued a countywide burn ban.
But there’s one thing he can’t place an emergency ban on, no matter how extreme the weather: fireworks.
One man’s trash may be another’s treasure.
But what happens when a neighbor’s “treasures” become an eyesore or worse — a threat to public health and safety?
One person was killed and another injured in a house fire early Tuesday morning in the Dugualla Bay Heights neighborhood on North Whidbey.
