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STANWOOD CAMANO NEWS: Stanwood‑Camano’s school board studied public meetings and records laws amid a surge in records requests, learning that emails, texts, and social media can be public records requiring careful handling.
Continue Reading CAMANO: School board reviews rules on open public meetings, public records requests
STANWOOD-CAMANO SCHOOL DISTRICT: Did you know we have several opportunities for citizens to help shape the future of our schools?
Continue Reading CAMANO: Budget Advisory Committee 5:30 p.m., Dec. 9th
STANWOOD-CAMANO SCHOOL DISTRICT: The Stanwood-Camano School Board voted on a new board president, vice president, and legislative representative during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.
Continue Reading CAMANO: School Board elects new officers, honors Shining Star
CITY OF OAK HARBOR: Finance Director David Goldman released a new video in his Let’s Talk Finance series. This video covers how the City receives and can spend sales taxes.
Continue Reading OAK HARBOR: Let’s Talk Finance – Sales Tax [VIDEO]
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Oak Harbor may annex 80 acres into city limits while accepting a reduced 20‑year growth target, a compromise that curtails UGA expansion amid disagreements over infrastructure responsibilities and workforce housing.
Continue Reading ISLAND COUNTY: City may annex 80 acres as part of planning update
CITY OF OAK HARBOR: The Dec. 9, 2025 Planning Commission meeting was cancelled for lack of a quorum. Vice Chair Eddie Fry made some comments on the occasion of the end of his tenure on the Commission.
Continue Reading OAK HARBOR: Dec. 9, 2025 Planning Commission [VIDEO]
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Coupeville will replace 1920s water-sewer lines on Sixth Street, add stormwater fixes and a pedestrian-bike lane in a $148K project planned for completion by spring 2026.
Continue Reading COUPEVILLE: Town to replace aging water, sewer lines
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Coupeville may elevate the historic Cash Store to address sea level rise, but high costs, unclear responsibility, and the need for a coordinated waterfront strategy complicate broader over-water building protections.
Continue Reading COUPEVILLE: Historic Front Street building may be elevated
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Cheryl Engle retired from the Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue board of commissioners, concluding a 36-year long tenure on the board.
Continue Reading CENTRAL WHIDBEY: Longtime fire commissioner retires
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Langley council reversed an earlier downzoning decision, retaining RS7200 zoning on Edgecliff Drive after a divisive debate over housing affordability, environmental protection, and outgoing members’ final votes.
Continue Reading LANGLEY: Downzoning effort no longer moving forward
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: The Island County Commissioners extended a partially used grant to the Port of South Whidbey for a fairgrounds housing feasibility study but will let an older capital grant lapse amid funding gaps, management concerns, and unresolved zoning and partnership issues.
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: The Port of South Whidbey will raise Whidbey Island Fairgrounds commercial rents 10% on Jan. 1 to move below‑market rates toward parity; the fair association’s lease is still pending.
Continue Reading SOUTH WHIDBEY: Rent to increase for fairgrounds tenants
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Investigator Jeffrey James found hostile‑environment allegations against Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson unsubstantiated, noting her confrontational but improving style, no pending complaints, and political tensions with Democratic colleagues over the investigation.
Continue Reading ISLAND COUNTY: Commissioner cleared in hostile workplace investigation
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Oak Harbor may annex 80 acres into city limits while accepting a reduced 20‑year growth target, a compromise that curtails UGA expansion amid disagreements over infrastructure responsibilities and workforce housing.
Continue Reading ISLAND COUNTY: City may annex 80 acres as part of planning update
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: The Island County Commissioners extended a partially used grant to the Port of South Whidbey for a fairgrounds housing feasibility study but will let an older capital grant lapse amid funding gaps, management concerns, and unresolved zoning and partnership issues.
DAVE PAUL: Your input on this very short survey will help inform our priorities for 2026.
Continue Reading LEGISLATURE 2025-26 / DAVE PAUL: Constituent survey
DAVE PAUL: Thousands of our neighbors have fled their homes in Skagit and Snohomish counties over the past two days.
Continue Reading LEGISLATURE 2025-26 / DAVE PAUL: 10th LD Flood Response and Resources
Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) sent an invitation to a campaign fundraiser in Bellingham to supporters on Mon., Dec. 1, 2025.
Continue Reading ELECTIONS 2026 / DAVE PAUL: Another opportunity
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