According to Karina Andrew’s story in the Whidbey News-Times, the Coupeville Town Council has approved, in a 4-1 vote, a conditional special event permit for the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival for this August. There are certain conditions attached concerning spacing of artists but there will be at least 5...
Coupeville school board members acknowledged in their May 24 meeting that procedures were abandoned during the recent investigation into allegations against Steve King. However, they could not agree on what should have happened nor could they decide who was to blame for derailing the process. Karina Andrew has the relevant...
The Coupeville town council is debating allowing food at this year’s Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival. The council tabled the discussion until their next meeting on Tuesday, June 8. Mayor Molly Hughes said this will put them closer to the festival board’s “drop-dead date”. Councilmember Rick Walti spoke in favor...
Karina Andrew reports that Public Health Director Keith Higman announced the Island County Community Health Advisory Board (CHAB) will begin meeting again in June after a six-month hiatus. In January, the CHAB unilaterally decided to take this hiatus citing staffing difficulties and the unavailability of some board members as primary...
South Whidbey High School is introducing two new courses to its curriculum in response to a student-led campaign. The new courses will be Environmental Science and Ethnic Studies. The Environmental Science class will be a way to get climate change, and all of the various important aspects of global warming...
