WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: The state is mandating that Island County create a five-year plan to address low-income housing needs. But the county will have less money than usual to support its goals of supporting affordable housing and reducing homelessness.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Island County Sheriff Rick Felici wants someone with more specific qualifications to take over the role of county fire marshal.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Island County commissioners are set to approve a 15.3% increase in solid waste tipping fees, which are paid by garbage truck haulers and people bringing their materials to the transfer station in Coupeville.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Island County signed a $3.4 million agreement with the state Department of Transportation to widen shoulders on Highway 20, from Race Road to Welcher Road, in 2020. Nearly five years later, the project hasn’t begun.
The Board of Island County Commissioners approved the county’s 2025 budget last month, and District 3 Commissioner Janet St. Clair says it was a budget season of challenges and adjustments.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Public health officials are poised to ask state lawmakers to change the way small public water systems are managed.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will soon open a new clinic at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.
The Island County Democrats sent their monthly newsletter on Mon., Dec. 30, 2024, including messages from Janet St. Clair, Clyde Shavers, and Rick Larsen.
