Some call him courageous. Some say he’s nuts. Others may think he’s a bit of both.
After more than six years at the helm, Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve Manager Mark Preiss is hanging up his hat and headed for high country.
A plea made by Ledgewood residents to the governor and state lawmakers paid off this month with a $200,000 appropriation.
The Island County sheriff and prosecutor bring their traveling road show aimed at persuading people to raise their own taxes to South Whidbey on Wednesday, July 10, at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland.
Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson was scolded by her fellow commissioners for taking action as chairwoman that conflicted with an informal but majority decision by the board.
A three-year dispute between Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson and the planning department may be nearing an end.
The public will get its first chance to weigh in on a prospective $2.6 million law and justice levy at a series of community meetings to be held on Whidbey and Camano islands over the next couple of weeks.
Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation has opened a reuse store on Central Whidbey.
Years of financial uncertainty in Island County government may finally be coming to an end.
The discussion is over.
The Island County commissioners directed Human Services Chief Jackie Henderson to begin the process of replacing the troubled Island County Recovery Services with a private agency.
The rallying cry to close the U.S. Navy’s Outlying Field took on new proportions Wednesday when a crowd numbering more than 200 turned out for a meeting in Coupeville.
More than two months after the Ledgewood and Bon Air communities on Central Whidbey were rocked by a natural disaster that made headlines across the country, the dust is finally starting to settle.
Another error and new information about Island County Recovery Services spurred strong and decisive action by law-and-justice leaders this week.
On Monday, Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks, in cooperation with Superior Court judges Alan Hancock and Vickie Churchill, announced the immediate cessation of new defendants to the county’s drug courts.