The installation of four new monitoring wells that experts hope will reveal just how far an old fuel spill has spread through Freeland’s aquifer is still at least one month away, according to state officials.
Six years of work culminated at Lagoon Point last week when contractors wrapped up dredging work at the community’s small, private marina.
Just a few weeks ago, the focus of this column was a tribute to Whidbey Island’s awesome September weather. Thirty days of sunshine, warm temperatures and healthy doses of Northwest fog.
How quickly things can change.
A string of South Whidbey burglaries and subsequent questions from the public spurred police to issue a public warning this week.
Nestled together in a beautiful room of wood and sunlight, a handful of Unity of Whidbey worshipers sat clapping and smiling.
Oak Harbor defeated South Whidbey 1-0 in a non-league match Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Waterman’s Field in Langley.
The weather this past weekend was magnificent.
It was that perfect blend of sunny but not too warm, bright enough for a tan but not so hot that you’re sweating in the shade.
Just right.
With hopes of ushering in a new age of prosperity, Langley officials will hold the first of three planned economic forums next week.
Parents across Whidbey Island waved goodbye to their children yesterday as they headed out for the first day of school.
For some, it was a new and perhaps worrisome experience. Sure, they look cute with their little Spiderman or Dora the Explorer backpacks, but how will they do? Will they make friends? What about their teacher?
With a few heave-ho’s of family and friends, Dorcas Young’s five-month effort to build a hoop house came to an end.
An incident at the Whidbey Island Area Fair last week may soon become the subject of an investigation by the Washington Human Rights Commission.
New monitoring wells that would track the underground progress of an old fuel spill in Freeland’s sea-level aquifer may be in place by September, state regulators said Monday.
An estimated 7,000 gallons of gasoline that spilled from a broken fuel tank eight years ago is now threatening Freeland’s water supply, state officials have confirmed.