Take a deep breath. You may need it to start your car, if you’ve been convicted of driving under the influence and want to continue driving.
A new state law went into effect this month that permits people who have been arrested for DUI to apply for an ignition interlock device. If you get one, you can continue to drive legally.
Two Whidbey Island residents got in a little grassroots action this week.
Lily Joan Celeste Sansbury is a little ball of fire who can still put up her dukes, even if its just to scratch her tiny nose.
“She’s definitely a fighter,” said her grandmother, Marlene Sanford of Coupeville. “She fought through everything.”
James Goedert is pretty much always on track, but he has a whale of a hobby.
“Not too many other railroaders are involved in this kind of thing,” said Goedert, who lives near Gig Harbor in Pierce County.
Goedert, 52, is a signal inspector for Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway. He’s also a historical detective, searching for indications of mammal life millions of years ago.
Freeland got a big boost from the county on Monday in its quest for a downtown sewer system.
Island County commissioners voted to give the Freeland Water and Sewer District a $2.5 million lump sum from sales-tax revenue, plus an additional $100,000 a year for 20 years.
The $7.4 billion sale of Puget Sound Energy to a consortium of private investors remains on track, a company official said Monday.
Despite some initial public opposition to the proposal, no objections were filed during the window provided following approval of the deal two weeks ago by a state agency.
A group opposed to recent actions by Island County Diking District 1 has its own candidate to fill a vacant diking district commissioner seat.
Who says house prices are out of sight?
Ken and Rachel Preston bought one for $1.
But then they had to move it nine-tenths of a mile.
Timothy Abernethy was a kind, quiet leader with a good sense of humor who put his family first and treated everyone with respect, say some of those who knew him.
Disgruntled residents of Island County Diking District 1 won’t have Bob Kohlwes to kick around anymore.
Marty Behr and Tom McCabe went on “a journey of discovery” from one end of Whidbey Island to the other. It took them a year. They walked.
Freeland sewers may ride the coattails of President-elect Barack Obama and a Democrat-controlled Congress.
Look for the city of Langley to try to shake off the gloom that descended at the end of 2008, when economic woes hit merchants hard.
