Latest Curated Headlines from Oak Harbor and North Whidbey

Island County Commissioner Melanie Bacon’s weekly newsletter for Mar. 4,

The city of Oak Harbor will soon be seeking community input on proposed capital improvements to Windjammer Park.

Island County Commissioners declined to co-sign a loan for the Whidbey Island Hospital District. The district needs short-term financing to meet payroll until new levy funds begin to arrive in May.

The Whidbey News-Times published an editorial on Mar. 2, 2022, calling for the replacement of the board of commissioners of the Whidbey Island Hospital District.

The superintendents of all three Whidbey school districts confirmed their district will follow Governor Inslee’s recommendation.

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.