Anyone planning to drive onto the Coupeville-to-Port Townsend ferry in May should make reservations as soon as possible, a Washington State Ferries spokesman warns.
A spate of serious crimes has been expensive for Island County.
Elaine Marlow, the county’s budget director, recently warned the commissioners about mounting defense costs for two murder cases. At the same time, detectives in the sheriff’s office have a backlog of lower-priority cases as they deal with a murder and other serious cases.
A solid waste collector with the city of Oak Harbor saved a garbage truck last Wednesday afternoon by dumping trash on the side of Highway 20.
Dave Zylstra said he was hauling a load of garbage to the transfer center in Coupeville when he started smelling smoke. He looked out his rearview mirror and saw that the smoke was coming from the back of his truck.
They’re a small group on Whidbey Island but they are dedicated.
Members of the Island Transit board unanimously approved a contract today that the agency’s attorney, Matt Hendricks, negotiated with Nortier. Nortier retired in January after serving as the commanding officer of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. He has more than 20 years of experience as a Navy officer.
The transit board members unanimously chose Nortier from among three finalists following closed-door interviews last month. The board members directed Hendricks to negotiate a contract with him.
For the first time in Island Transit’s 29-year history, the agency will begin charging fees this summer — but only on one route.
Island Transit board members unanimously voted Monday to reestablish the 412 route and to charge a $2 fare; riders 8 years old and younger will ride free.
The 412 route, which is part of the Everett connector, runs from Camano Island to Everett. It was cut in 2014 after state funding for the route dried up, but the funding was reestablished for the current biennium.
Prosecutors and detectives hope that guilty verdicts in a child rape trial Monday will help bring closure for two boys who survived devastating abuse, neglect and rejection.
A former Langley man who ran a public relations firm on South Whidbey is slated to go to trial on child rape charges on April 5.
The former commanding officer of the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island is likely the next executive director of Island Transit.
Island County has once again prevailed in litigation involving Kelly Emerson, a former county commissioner, but the long saga is still not over.
Christopher Malaga is guilty of shooting his friend in the face and killing him over a petty beef in October of 2014.
Island Transit’s board of directors has selected three finalists to become the transportation agency’s next director, but in doing so it may have violated Washington’s sunshine laws.
The credit rating on Whidbey General Hospital’s $50-million general obligation bonds to fund the expansion of the Coupeville facility was recently upgraded as the hospital’s new administration focuses on financial health.