Langley’s long-standing rabbit headache and one of its most discussed solutions, falconry, became much more complicated this week.
Freeland Water and Sewer District commissioners went all-in Friday when they agreed to spend $800,000 on a 24-acre property for a sewer treatment plant.
A two-week window for prospective buyers to make offers on the Holmes Harbor Golf Course has come and gone without a single bid.
Erl Bangston, the founder of a successful Whidbey Island real estate company and longtime developer, died last week.
I watched the Republican debate on television Wednesday, most of it anyway. I flipped on the TV a little late, but nevertheless was among the 23 million reported Americans who tuned in.
That’s a lot of people, but a pale shadow of the nearly 320 million who call the United States home. Where was everyone? Better things to do, I guess, than learn about those who may just one day be president.
A South Whidbey woman accused of vehicular homicide in the death of a Freeland man earlier this year has pleaded “not guilty.”
The second of two Coupeville men facing charges for a burglary gone bad pleaded not guilty this week.
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders is looking to work one hour later, improve production with added fabrication space, make temporary building height exemptions permanent and construct up to 26-foot-tall sound walls on two borders of the property, according to a permit application submitted to county planners.
When you get older, living at home gets more challenging. Everyday chores such as walking the dog or changing the batteries in smoke detectors take on new dimensions of difficulty.
Take Cynthia Trenshaw. The Freeland woman lives alone and suffers from a neuromuscular disease. While it hasn’t stopped her from working or staying busy, it makes some ordinary tasks nearly impossible.
“If I want to hang a picture over the fireplace, which I do, I need someone to help me,” she said.
A massive operation to launch a new tugboat into Holmes Harbor this week has finally succeeded.
Two days after the failed launch of a 136-foot tugboat into Holmes Harbor, a Nichols Brothers Boat Builders official confirmed the company will attempt to float the vessel again tonight.
This time, the Freeland shipyard is bringing in two 300-ton cranes on barges to help the new tug, the Nancy Peterkin, to deeper water.
An expert with the state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation was in Freeland on Tuesday examining ancient human remains discovered at a home construction site.
The bones were found late last week by men digging a septic system at a new home near Robinson Beach on Mutiny Bay. Workers called police and Island County Coroner Robert Bishop was dispatched. He later confirmed the bones were both human and old.
The floating of a new tugboat by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders was delayed Monday due to a problem with a new launching system.
As of Tuesday morning, the Nancy Peterkin, a 136-foot tugboat built for Kirby Offshore Marine, was still sitting on its launch track a few hundred yards offshore in Holmes Harbor.