Kristi L. Finch pleaded not guilty at the Island County Superior Court hearing to five counts of animal cruelty in the first degree and two counts of animal cruelty in the second degree. Judge Carolyn Cliff ordered Finch not to own, care for or possess any animals for the duration of the legal case.
Two judges recently made rulings in separate Public Records Act lawsuits against the city of Langley, one of which is seven years old and has gone to the state Court of Appeals and back.
Jessie Stensland reports for the Whidbey News-Times from Island County Superior Court. A 47-year-old Oak Harbor man was sent to prison last week for repeatedly and regularly molesting two preschool-age children from 2015 to 2017, according to court documents.… On Jan. 27, Judge Christon Skinner followed the prosecutor’s recommendation and...
At an Island County commissioners’ meeting Tuesday, Sheriff Rick Felici responded to concerns voiced by a dozen residents over the state of the county’s animal control program.
Island County commissioners are seeking federal pork, possibly for a new trash compactor that would squish trash into tighter bales.
Two races that were on the ballot on Whidbey Island are still undecided, with at least one likely to require a recount.
A judge ordered an attorney representing a Freeland-based group to pay a $10,000 sanction for violating a civil court rule by claiming that an affordable housing organization was accountable for a man’s death.
Two Republican candidates have overcome their Election Day deficits to move past their rivals in races affecting Whidbey Island voters, though margins remain razor thin.
