Site Logo
District Court Judge Bill Hawkins watches a video to determine if it’s admissible as evidence in a case against Whidbey General Hospital Chief Nursing Officer Linda Gipson. She is accused of assaulting a patient.

News

Hospital nurse case will proceed to trial, court decides: Judge rebukes prosecutor for talking to newspaper

The prosecutor’s case against the chief nursing officer at Whidbey General Hospital is moving forward to a trial…

News

Prosecutor objects to county’s plan to hire outside counsel

A squabble among Island County officials over the hiring of a consulting land-use attorney echoes of a 15-year-old…

People wait for an Island Transit bus in Freeland. The agency is recovering

News

Island Transit: Agency faces a long road ahead, director says

The challenges facing Island Transit go beyond the financial mess that came to light last summer.

News

ACLU claims Whidbey hospital violates abortion law

Whidbey General Hospital is violating the law by not providing abortion services, the American Civil Liberties Union claims.

Garrett J. Edwards

News

Mug shot rule change proposed following Freeland crime

A suspected South Whidbey burglar has inspired a bill in Olympia that would make jail mug shots available…

News

Whidbey General Hospital helps fund employee’s criminal defense

Whidbey General Hospital taxpayers are helping fund the criminal defense of a hospital employee, and it has county…

News

Langley’s Jim Sundberg now last of old Island Transit Guard

Jackie Henderson’s first meeting on the Island Transit board was an eventful marathon session in which the board…

News

Alleged South Whidbey stabber violates court orders

A South Whidbey man accused of stabbing another man in the leg during a robbery Jan. 1 managed…

News

Island County prosecutor refutes TV error

Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks claims he did not steal money from a dead woman’s purse, contrary to…

News

Former commissioner Emerson’s lawsuit moves to trial

A portion of a lawsuit brought against Island County by a former commissioner and her husband is moving…

News

Sheriff’s office slapped with $10 million suit

Attorneys representing five women who say they were sexually assaulted by a swim coach for the North Whidbey…

David De Spain sits in Island County court Jan. 30 with attorney Andrew Rice.

News

Whidbey Recipes food columnist fools burglar

An 82-year-old recipe columnist for the South Whidbey Record tricked a burglar into incriminating himself last year.

Westmoreland

News

Crab boat owner gets 75 days for 2010 sinking, spill in Penn Cove

The owner of the Deep Sea crab boat that caught fire, sank and spilled oil into Penn Cove…