The Oak Harbor School Board chose Nikki Tesch from among six candidates for the board’s open seat.
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Whidbey Island Public Hospital District Commissioner James Golder wrote an column for the Whidbey News-Times discussing the finances at WhidbeyHealth.
Island County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to instruct county staff to negotiate for the purchase of the A.J. Eisenberg Airport in Oak Harbor, a move Port of Coupeville commissioners and local pilots have long been gunning for.
Port of South Whidbey Commissioner Curt Gordon pitched the South Whidbey School Board on being part of the port’s workforce housing proposal at the Whidbey Island Fairgrounds.
A strategic plan set in motion by WhidbeyHealth’s interim CEO has stabilized the public hospital district’s finances and should result in continued improvements next year.
Voters are again rejecting the Stanwood-Camano schools’ Facilities and Technology with only 47.5% votes in favor, as of the ballot count update Thursday, far short of the simple majority required to pass.
The South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District is considering a proposal to take control of Freeland Hall from Island County
The Oak Harbor School Board formally endorsed a proposal to petition the state legislature for green infrastructure funds for school districts April 25, during the same meeting in which it voted to purchase two new diesel-powered school buses.