The director of the I-COM emergency dispatch center has a proposal that may finally fix a communication problem that has dogged Island Transit buses for years.
A deer hunter ran into trouble with the law last Halloween after deputies discovered he wasn’t supposed to be armed, court records state.
Michael Ferren, a 45-year-old Langley resident, pleaded not guilty in Island County Superior Court June 1 to a count of unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree.
Island County has the 10th lowest tax burden in the state and a comparatively low tax burden in the nation, according to a new study by SmartAsset.
A man who was once named as a “person of interest” in an unresolved bank robbery was sent to prison for stealing cigarettes and lottery tickets.
Earlier this year, a 15-year-old boy at South Whidbey High School was caught allegedly taking photos up girls’ skirts with a cell phone.
Rory Westmoreland is out of jail after serving 75 days earlier this year, but his troubles are far from over.
The Island County prosecutor, county commissioners and a land-use attorney may be headed for a constitutional showdown. In addition, the deputy prosecutor’s union is exploring the possibility of filing a grievance against the board.
For critics of Island Transit, two gazebos have become a symbol of a boondoggle.
The two picturesque but seldom-used structures are reminders of the lavish spending on the new transit facility near Coupeville. Over-spending on the project was connected to a financial scandal that resulted in employee layoffs, route cuts and the ouster of the director last year.
A widow has dropped a legal challenge to the Island County coroner’s determination in the manner of her husband’s death.
Linda Gipson is not guilty of assaulting a patient at Whidbey General Hospital.
The jurors deliberated for about 90 minutes before returning the verdict in Island County District Court Friday afternoon.
Island County Sheriff Mark Brown placed two corrections deputies on paid administrative leave following the death of an inmate this week.
Residents of a Central Whidbey neighborhood struck by a massive landslide two years ago have filed lawsuits against Island County.
The prosecution and defense laid out their arguments Thursday afternoon in the criminal case against a Whidbey General Hospital administrator accused of assaulting a patient last summer.