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.
Oak Harbor’s paid on-call firefighters are the big winners as city officials move toward a $20-an-hour minimum wage for city employees.
Members of the Oak Harbor City Council had mixed reactions to proposed uses for federal relief funds in a workshop March 23, with one council member saying the majority of recommendations were disappointing and failed to meet the funds’ intended purpose.
Estimates for the first phase of the Harbor Heights Sports Complex have risen from $1.65M to as much as $5.1M.
A long-awaited giant acorn sculpture is finally getting a home in Oak Harbor.
Jessie Stensland reports that Councilmember Jim Woessner stated he was “absolutely shocked” to learn that the water bill to operate the city’s water park for two months last summer came to $100,000. Apparently, the high cost is due to the fact that the water park does not recirculate the water...
In a story by Jessie Stensland, the City of Oak Harbor is facing a tough decision concerning the funding of an access road for a U-Haul facility currently under construction on the north end of town. The proposed small section of a road off Fakkema Road, which would provide access...
Oak Harbor City Councilmembers have raised questions as to why the city is planning to pay an estimated $700,000 for the Fakkema Access Road project. The road is about 2,000 feet of a public road that will provide access to 7 different parcels that front Highway 20 and access to...
