WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Oak Harbor’s elected officials decided to save the parking lot next to the newly installed sculpture on the waterfront and leave a flagstaff alone, following apparent community sentiment but breaking with recommendations from two volunteer committees.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County Commissioner Janet St. Clair has no plans for stepping down before the end of her term.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The Island County Jail has reached the end of its useful life and renovations would be impractical and extremely expensive. The only real solution is to build a new jail.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The former chairperson of the Island County Republican Party appeared in a courtroom Wednesday to answer criminal charges related to his refusal to wear a mask in the Elections Office.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: A couple of Whidbey leaders are criticizing an Island County program that provides “safer smoking kits” to drug users, though the future of the grant-funded practice remains undecided.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Another former Republican Party official is facing a felony charge in connection with her refusal to abide by a mask mandate in the Island County Elections Office last fall.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: WhidbeyHealth has access to an extra $10 million in credit, but hospital leaders have no plans to ever use the funds.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County officials will try to use the court system to fix a longstanding problem with a nuisance house in Clinton.
