Latest Curated Headlines from Oak Harbor and North Whidbey

Oak Harbor drivers may get two new roundabouts to circle during the next couple of years at the intersection of North Oak Harbor Street and Northeast Seventh Avenue at the intersection of Highway 20 and Fakkema Road.

Fired WhidbeyHealth CEO Ron Telles’ salary worked out to about $207 an hour, far higher than the average of $130 an hour for CEOs of similarly-sized nonprofit hospitals.

The Oak Harbor City Council appointed Whidbey Weekly publisher Eric Marshall to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jeff Mack.

The Hospital District board has chosen management services firm HealthTechS3 to help run WhidbeyHealth, at a cost of $350,000 per year. They also named an interim CEO, Michael Layfield, whose annual salary is expected to be $375,000.

A long-awaited giant acorn sculpture is finally getting a home in Oak Harbor.

Four candidates for appointment to an empty seat on the Oak Harbor city council (Ronnie Wright, Eric Marshall, John Chaszar, and Fe Mischo) will be interviewed Feb. 23.

The Public Hospital District’s board of commissioners fired WhidbeyHealth CEO Ron Telles amid staff turmoil and the hospital’s financial difficulties.

The Whidbey News-Times published an editorial criticizing the inaction of the Hospital District’s board of commissioners.

In the midst of turmoil from a no-confidence vote and the firing of executives, WhidbeyHealth administration last week released a brief statement on its restructuring plan.

North Whidbey voters rejected the Oak Harbor School District bond measure, but all other Whidbey measures were approved.