Island County Sheriff Rick Felici is optimistic about a new program in which mental health professionals are embedded in the sheriff’s department.
Jessie Stensland
An attempt to strip Oak Harbor’s mayor pro tem of her title over an alleged threat against city employees was delayed this week by council members.
Nancy Fey, a commissioner for the Whidbey Island Public Hospital District, announced her plans to resign effective Sep. 30, 2022.
Whidbey leaders are in the unusual position of opposing a nonprofit organization’s application for state funding.
Island County commissioners approved a letter Tuesday that awards Shelter Resources Inc. a parcel of land at 820 North Oak Harbor Street for building mixed-income affordable housing units.
A pathway connecting Pioneer Way and Bayshore Drive, a temporary economic development coordinator and supplanting funding for an “enterprise resource funding initiative” were casualties of disagreements among the Oak Harbor City Council about the spending of American Rescue Plan Act funds.
A strategic plan set in motion by WhidbeyHealth’s interim CEO has stabilized the public hospital district’s finances and should result in continued improvements next year.