An FBI agent and an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice are touring the Island County Jail today.
Officials at Island Transit formally decided to keep a tractor and two gazebos that were improperly purchased with grant money that had to be paid back to the federal government.
A former Oak Harbor attorney who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his clients got out of prison early and jumped back into litigation — only now he’s just representing himself.
The first person from Island County to be civilly committed under Washington state’s 25-year-old Sexually Violent Predator Act wants to be released to live in a home next to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.
Hearings in Island County Superior Court on Monday foreshadowed the likely complications with trying four defendants together for an Oak Harbor murder last year.
A Clinton couple recently filed a lawsuit against neighbors whose pit bull killed their small dog this past June.
A defense attorney and prosecutor offered vividly conflicting descriptions of a man accused of conspiring to murder an Oak Harbor teenager last month.
A Clinton man is facing criminal charges in federal court after agents found 13,400 images and videos of alleged child pornography on his computer, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court last month.
Among the images and videos of young girls are some that the man surreptitiously took at his home and in a hotel over a period of at least five years, according to a report by a detective with the Bellingham Police Department.
The Island Transit board of directors adopted a $15 million budget this week that is significantly healthier than last year, when officials were forced to borrow money, lay off staff and cut routes to make ends meet.
A 58-year-old Freeland resident is facing a felony charge for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman while she was sleeping, according to court documents.
Two South Whidbey men are facing felony charges related to an incident this summer in which a Langley police officer was hit with a laser in the face and the police chief hurt his middle finger, court documents indicate.
One of the suspects in the Nov. 10 shooting of an Oak Harbor teenager allegedly borrowed a gun from a friend the day before.
Jose Briones plans to bring what he’s learned about dealing with mentally ill inmates at the state’s second-largest prison to the Island County jail.