Island County Planning Commission members heard the concerns of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve farmers and removed restrictions on recreational marijuana operations in that area this week.
The Island County commissioners will move forward with grant applications to fund additional parking lots and trail maintenance at Trillium Community Forest.
The county will partner with Whidbey Camano Land Trust to apply for $370,000 through the state’s Recreation and Conservation Office, Local Parks Grant Program.
A Thurston County judge has agreed with a local environmental group that two Island County ordinances dealing with wetlands on farmland must be revised. The Island County commissioners have since supported a staff recommendation not to appeal the decision.
Camano Island resident Kelly Bagley has become the third Republican to file for candidacy in the county’s District 3 race later this year. One Democratic candidate has also filed to run.
David Moseley, assistant secretary for the Washington State Department of Transportation, Ferries Division announced his resignation Tuesday.
U.S. Navy leaders want to purchase additional EA-18G Growlers and increase Electronic Attack Squadron size.
Some Central Whidbey farmers want to grow marijuana in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
Island County leadership passed this month on the chance to apply for grants that would allow them to acquire beach access properties adjacent to Glendale Beach.
News that the Whidbey Island Area Fair meeting planned for Oak Harbor was postponed did not sit well with one Island County commissioner Monday.
Island County planners estimate that Island County will grow by nearly 10,000 people by the year 2036.
In a few months, Island County residents will be able to track their permit applications online. In roughly six months, residents will be able to complete the applications online as well.
Island County staff members started training this week on SmartGov, a new browser-based software that the public should have round-the-clock access to in about three months, according to Planning Director David Wechner.
Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson reprimanded county Treasurer Ana Maria Nuñez at the end of Monday’s meeting over a perceived error on Camano Island tax statements.
Camano Island resident Marc Hennemann said as county commissioner he would keep taxes down and make public safety a priority.
