WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County commissioners approved a contract with Shawn Morris to return to head the large department that oversees community health services, natural resources management, environmental health, communicable disease guidance and resources, community health assessments and more.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: The suspension of a principal and vice principal in the Coupeville School District is related to their responses to a “Minority Rape Cult” in the high school and a middle school student sharing a video of an alleged sexual assault.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Two people who flouted a mask requirement in the Island County Elections Office and then attempted to have a judge reverse the rule are facing criminal charges.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Island County commissioners rescinded pay increases for themselves and most of the other elected county officials, but they found another way to receive higher compensation.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: An attempt at creating a moment of solemn bipartisanship at an Island County commissioners’ meeting was upended by a pornographic “Zoom bomb” on Tuesday.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County commissioners aren’t able to give themselves raises after all.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The Island County administrator announced this week that he will be resigning from the position, effective Feb. 7.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County commissioners are changing the salaries for the majority of elected county officials, but the increases won’t go into effect during their current terms in office.
