Like two tightwads jockeying to avoid a dinner check, Island County and Diking District 1 are at odds over who should pay for another permit for the diking district’s controversial pump project at Useless Bay.
A two-part replacement levy to cover maintenance and capital improvement projects and to fund technology improvements for the next three years is passing handily in the South Whidbey School District.
Early results of the mail-in balloting announced Tuesday night by the Island County Auditor’s Office showed both measures receiving more than 60-percent favorable votes.
A Freeland couple is back from a 10-day visit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. They went to see their missionary daughter and son-in-law, and to help wherever they could.
Students, teachers and staff of Bayview School were struggling this week to cope with the senseless shooting death Sunday night of a recent graduate.
South Whidbey showed its “sole” to help others, donating nearly a half-ton of shoes to send to Africa, twice as many as expected.
In fine four-footed fashion, Mr. Jones keeps on keepin’ on in the wonderful world of dog shows.
Two red-tailed hawks in the South Whidbey area have died in the past two weeks after being shot, local veterinarian Dave Parent said.
Island commuters looking for overnight parking in Mukilteo will have to keep looking.
Two issues involving a lawsuit against Island County Diking District 1 remained unresolved after a Superior Court hearing in Coupeville this week.
A $15,000, two-year extension of an environmental assessment program at Island Recycling north of Freeland was approved by Island County commissioners on Wednesday.
When it comes to Glendale Creek and its washed-out road, the county is getting creative. And it wants your help.
Jim Hyde of Langley wants to get excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and keep it out, before it’s too late.
It looks like Island County Fire District 3 will have to pony up another $11,000 or so to help the county’s ICOM emergency dispatch system cover cost overruns, district officials said Thursday.
