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.
Janet St. Clair
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.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: WhidbeyHealth is making significant strides in addressing the island’s need for mental health services.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Environmental activists are once again ringing the alarm over a loophole in the Department of Natural Resource’s foresting permits that allows developers to forgo environmental impact studies by requesting an additional permit through the county.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Island County commissioners rescinded pay increases for themselves and most of the other elected county officials, but they found another way to receive higher compensation.