Island County Commissioner Melanie Bacon (D-Langley) sent her weekly recap to constituents on Fri., Mar. 7, 2025.
People
No farmers, no food. It’s that simple. 🚜🌾 #SupportAgriculture #washingtonfarmers #ThankAFarmer #LD10 #whidbey #camano #skagit #snohomish No farmers, no food. These are troubling times for WA Farmers.
STANWOOD CAMANO NEWS: Public commenters and some school board members expressed worry over the existence of multiple Stanwood-Camano School District academic advisory groups at the school board’s Tuesday, March 4 meeting.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The former chairperson of the Island County Republican Party appeared in a courtroom Wednesday to answer criminal charges related to his refusal to wear a mask in the Elections Office.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: A couple of Whidbey leaders are criticizing an Island County program that provides “safer smoking kits” to drug users, though the future of the grant-funded practice remains undecided.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Construction of the Oak Harbor Fire Department’s new fire station is only a few days away.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Whidbey Island residents who worry about there being enough water in the future, don’t despair.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The Port of South Whidbey has encountered another roadblock on its journey to pursue workforce housing.