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The Washington State Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed Senate Bill 5079, introduced by Sen. Ron Muzzall, to alleviate the financial strain on older adults and individuals with disabilities caused by unintentional overpayments from the Department of Social and Health Services.

2-20-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop

Sen. Ron Muzzall, R-Oak Harbor and Rep. Dave Paul, D-Oak Harbor invite residents of the 10th Legislative District to attend a joint, bipartisan in-person town hall meeting on Saturday, March 15.

🏗️🚧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞! There has been a lot of development at both construction sites for our new grant-funded schools! At Crescent Harbor Elementary steel beams are up from Tiger Pearson Construction and Inland Steel Erectors. Underground utilities are being installed and the new two-story building is already taking shape! At...

WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Last week, a wave of confusion and concern that flooded educational institutions around Whidbey and the nation following a letter from the U.S. Department of Education was soon placated by a statement by the state superintendent of public instruction.

Find out more details or ask all your questions this upcoming Tuesday at City Hall. Get a tour of the dispatch center too. Details at link https://www.oakharbor.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=280 When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or...

#ThisIsGratitude Mayor and City Administrator Combs are leaving Olympia with a sense of gratitude for the work our local legislators and the Association of Washington Cities are doing on our behalf. They toured the Capitol and met with Senator Muzzall, Representative Shavers, and Representative Paul. During these meetings, they shared...

Our Fire Chief has asked to meet next week. Nothing new about that as catching up with department heads is not uncommon. However he has asked specifically asked to discuss if I feel there anything important to the community regarding fire safety. So with that in mind, are there any...

WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Oak Harbor hopes to secure $1 million in state funding to purchase a building that would house a training facility for first responders in the Northern Puget Sound area.

Oak Harbor Mayor Pro Tempore Tara Hizon issued a statement about the city’s “City Council Ethics and Code of Conduct” resolution, including the finding that former councilor Shane Hoffmire had violated the code of ethics.