Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) sent this email via his campaign email account (dave@votedavepaul.com) on Wed., May 26, 2021. Dear Friends, As we head into graduation season, I’d like to give you an update on our work to support high school students, reduce college costs, and improve mental health outcomes...
Friday, May 22 was the final day of candidate filing week for Island County’s general election this coming November. The Coupeville School Board saw some shuffling of candidates as Kathleen Anderson, the current board president, withdrew her name. Jessie Stensland has the story with more details. For a complete listing...
Karina Andrew reports that Public Health Director Keith Higman announced the Island County Community Health Advisory Board (CHAB) will begin meeting again in June after a six-month hiatus. In January, the CHAB unilaterally decided to take this hiatus citing staffing difficulties and the unavailability of some board members as primary...
Oak Harbor will ask residents in early June what they think about the 37-foot-tall bright red “Angel de la Creatividad,” a donated sculpture proposed for Windjammer Park. City council members discussed the idea of a public survey at the meeting last Tuesday. City Archeologist told council members that twice the...
The Langley City Council will be keeping up their mask mandate for the foreseeable future. This despite guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicating that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 can resume activities without masking or physical distancing. Mayor Tim Callison said he had...
South Whidbey High School is introducing two new courses to its curriculum in response to a student-led campaign. The new courses will be Environmental Science and Ethnic Studies. The Environmental Science class will be a way to get climate change, and all of the various important aspects of global warming...
Douglas “Bernie” Upchurch has been appointed by the Island County Commissioners to serve out the term of Mary Engle, who resigned as assessor earlier this year to become the planning director for Island County. Following state law, the Island County Republican Central Committee presented the commissioners with the names of...
Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) sent the following legislative update from his official email account on Wed., May 19, 2021. Dear neighbors, During every session of the Legislature, thousands of bills are introduced, debated, and voted on. This year was different not just because it was the state’s first remote...
