Island County Fire District 3 is feeling the economic pinch along with almost everyone else.
Too many South Whidbey students are not getting their immunizations, and they’re not only breaking the law but also endangering the community, health officials warned this week.
Despite last week’s layoffs, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland is confident that more work is on the way.
Linds Langley Drug, a city fixture for 38 years, may close next year, a victim of the economy and changes in the health-insurance industry, owner Ron Lind said Thursday.
At a spirited hearing Monday before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 50, Island County Commissioners voted 2-1 to deny a petition by disgruntled residents to suspend the operations of the diking district and dismiss its three commissioners.
The Little Brown Church is back in the family, and before long it will be back to the right color, too. The iconic church was built in 1910 by the congregation’s founders, among them Mills’ grandfather and great-grandfather.
Tom Arhontas won’t be at the wheel, but the Mobile Turkey Unit will hit the road again this year, bringing Thanksgiving dinners to shut-ins and other people in need.
For the eighth year in a row, the volunteers on wheels will prepare holiday turkey dinners with all the trimmings, and deliver them throughout the South End, from Coupeville to Clinton.
The city’s new $1.5 million fire station is open for business. An open house for the public will be today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The station is at 820 Camano Ave., across the street from the Island County Fairgrounds. There will be refreshments, and tours of the building.
A flood of protest over recent actions by Diking District 1 commissioners may be more than even its new half-million-dollar pump can handle. Alleging irregularities by the diking commissioners, more than 50 residents of the district signed a petition asking county commissioners to suspend all diking district actions until a new group of commissioners can be installed.
Longtime friends of Dr. Donald D. Purdy, at times the only doctor serving residents of South Whidbey, still shake their heads at his intrepid devotion to the job.
Incumbent Representative Norma Smith has overtaken Democratic challenger Tim Knue in the 10th legislative District Position 1 race.
Smith was at 33,125 votes (50.34 percent) as of Monday afternoon, compared to Knue’s 32,676 votes (49.66 percent).
On Wednesday morning, a trim but redundant three-bedroom rambler was sitting next to the beach along Ebb Tide Lane, facing Mutiny Bay in Freeland. A few hours later, it was sitting on blocks in a storage lot in Everett.
Work began last week on Whidbey General Hospital’s new emergency medical services building at Bayview.
