Latest Curated Headlines from Oak Harbor and North Whidbey

The North Whidbey Pool, Park, and Recreation District posted the agenda for their Jun. 28, 2022 board meeting.

The Oak Harbor School District posted the agenda for their Jun. 27, 2022 board meeting.

Nancy Fey, a commissioner for the Whidbey Island Public Hospital District, announced her plans to resign effective Sep. 30, 2022.

A group of community members have come together to start a fundraising campaign to rebuild the windmill that once sat in Windjammer Park.

Whidbey leaders are in the unusual position of opposing a nonprofit organization’s application for state funding.

Sixteen people spoke on the Angel de la Creatividad sculpture during the public comment period of the Jun. 7th Oak Harbor City Council meeting. Opinion was “roughly divided” on the issue.

Island County Commissioners discussed the status of agreements for the four county fire districts to conduct fire inspections.

WhidbeyHealth interim CEO Michael Layfield touts financial improvements at the hospital district in an opinion article published by the Whidbey News-Times.

Oak Harbor has only two working emergency wells that, in case of a large-scale emergency or weather disaster, can only produce 18% of the city’s peak water demand, but city officials are planning improvements to the system.

The Oak Harbor City Council voted unanimously to put two measures on the November ballot to raise property taxes to fund a second fire station.