WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Josh Pitts, new Coupeville planning director, blends expertise in historic preservation with a focus on balancing growth, heritage, and local challenges like sea level rise and housing.
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WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County’s veteran programs achieve high claim success, deliver $5.1 million in benefits, and provide emergency aid, strengthening both veteran well-being and the local economy.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Keeping membership trained is a shared priority of two fire commissioner candidates going head-to-head.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Discerning the needs versus the wants of North End firefighters is the challenge awaiting two commissioner candidates.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Coupeville residents received good news about the town’s economic state last week.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: For now, street-level spaces in buildings on the Coupeville waterfront will continue to be reserved for commercial, rather than residential, uses.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Continued declines in student enrollment could impact the Oak Harbor School District’s budget this school year and the next several.