WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County commissioners approved a contract with Shawn Morris to return to head the large department that oversees community health services, natural resources management, environmental health, communicable disease guidance and resources, community health assessments and more.
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Years in the making, a major public works project in Langley is finally edging closer to breaking ground.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: While a White House memo that froze federal grants was rescinded after two days of widespread panic and confusion on Wednesday, it highlighted how Whidbey jurisdictions, nonprofits and schools heavily rely on federal support to provide vital services to the communities they serve.
Island County Commissioner Melanie Bacon (D-Langley) sent her weekly recap to constituents on Fri., Jan. 31, 2025.
Lobby Days! Fix our Ferries, a coalition of advocates from counties and towns of island communities, is hosting a ferry advocacy effort February 4-6 in Olympia. You can get more information and register to attend at www.fixourferries.org. Email me to join appointments with Senator Muzzall on 2/5 and Reps Paul...
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: When Oak Harbor staff brought options to revise the fence height code to the city council in a workshop this week, most council members preferred to delay a decision because of an overlapping controversy with the mayor’s fence.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Oak Harbor has set funds aside to reinvigorate a 600-acre downtown area by bringing retail closer to the waterfront, creating design standards and more. City renderings show a softened shoreline along Bayshore Drive and five-story buildings with storefronts.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: When the Oak Harbor City Council approved the installation of the Angel of Creativity sculpture at Flintstone Park, planners began drafts to reconfigure the park to better suit the artwork. This included changes to or the complete removal of the roundabout driveway and possibly moving the Naval flagstaff to Veterans Memorial Park.
