WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Coupeville may elevate the historic Cash Store to address sea level rise, but high costs, unclear responsibility, and the need for a coordinated waterfront strategy complicate broader over-water building protections.
Allen McPheeters
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Cheryl Engle retired from the Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue board of commissioners, concluding a 36-year long tenure on the board.
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: The Island County Commissioners extended a partially used grant to the Port of South Whidbey for a fairgrounds housing feasibility study but will let an older capital grant lapse amid funding gaps, management concerns, and unresolved zoning and partnership issues.
The Island County Democrats sent their monthly newsletter on Sun., Dec. 14, 2025, including messages from ICD Chair Jennifer Haase Morris, Island County Commissioner Janet St. Clair, State Representatives Dave Paul and Clyde Shavers, and US Representative Rick Larsen.
STANWOOD CAMANO NEWS: Stanwood‑Camano’s school board studied public meetings and records laws amid a surge in records requests, learning that emails, texts, and social media can be public records requiring careful handling.
Island County Commissioner Melanie Bacon (D-Langley) sent her weekly recap to constituents on Fri., Dec. 19, 2025.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Ex-school board candidate David Mahaffy is challenging Coupeville levy ballot language as biased for calling the levies “necessary,” while the school district supports the levies but does not oppose changing that word.
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: The Port of South Whidbey will raise Whidbey Island Fairgrounds commercial rents 10% on Jan. 1 to move below‑market rates toward parity; the fair association’s lease is still pending.