A community-driven funding program that works to preserve historic buildings in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve kicked off its third year with some record news.
Concerned residents and business owners took advantage of their last chance to publicly voice their feelings about Island County’s Shoreline Master Program this week.
Two draft horses named Otto and Jim took Central Whidbey on a ride back in time last week.
Environmental disasters such as the 2012 sinking of the Deep Sea in Penn Cove may soon be a little more avoidable.
It appears a controversial low-income housing project in Freeland will move forward after all.
Arterial roads on South and Central Whidbey may see significant speed limit reductions in coming months.
The Island County Law and Justice Council formalized its hopes for a $2.6 million fall ballot measure last week when the group unanimously approved a recommendation to move forward with the proposal.
The public will have another chance to weigh in on Island County’s recently adopted shoreline master program at a meeting in Coupeville next week.
The Island County commissioners likely made history this week when they killed a curbside recycling program on Earth Day, an international movement focused on climate change.
Increasingly desperate law and justice leaders are again lobbying the Island County commissioners to sign off on a proposal that may seek more than $2.6 million, possibly in the form of property taxes, from voters this fall.
A legal battle that has raged for 15 years between Island County and a environmental watchdog group over critical area rules had another page added to its history last week.
Driftwood Way homes marooned by a massive landslide in Ledgewood became accessible by vehicle for the first time in nearly a week late Monday.
Years of waiting ended last week when Bob Pederson, in one of his final acts as Island County’s planning chief, ordered Commissioner Kelly Emerson to pay $37,000 in fines or face action.