Food banks are finding it necessary to provide diapers, toiletries, feminine hygiene products and other non-food items but currently are limited on how much they can spend on those essentials.
Substitute House Bill 1499, by Rep. Clyde Shavers, D-Oak Harbor, allows food banks to expand the percentage of food assistance funding they can spend on non-food items from 10% to 25%.
It’s months until Independence Day, but a group of Whidbey and Camano island residents have already lit a fuse on a campaign to ban personal fireworks in the unincorporated areas of the county.
Serendipity Lane, a walkable pathway connecting Pioneer Way and Bayshore Drive, may be one small step closer to becoming a reality.
State Representative Clyde Shavers (D-Oak Harbor) posted this on his legislative website on Wed., Mar. 8, 2023
An article in the Washington State Journal on the Death with Dignity Act (ESSB 5179) includes quotes from Sen. Ron Muzzall on why he voted against the bill.
State Representative Clyde Shavers (D-Oak Harbor) wrote an opinion piece for the La Conner Weekly News discussing bills he sponsored in the current session.
The Stanwood-Camano School Board heard a report about Lincoln Hill High, Lincoln Academy, and Saratoga School — and honored a Shining Star from each school — during its regular meeting Tuesday, March 7.
The Oak Harbor School District posted this item in the news section of their website on Mar. 7, 2023.
