A long-awaited giant acorn sculpture is finally getting a home in Oak Harbor.
Karina Andrew
Island Transit may receive more than $7 million from the state to put toward green transportation infrastructure, the agency announced in a press release.
North Whidbey voters rejected the Oak Harbor School District bond measure, but all other Whidbey measures were approved.
The Oak Harbor School District’s $184M bond measure is failing; measures in the Coupeville and South Whidbey school districts and South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District are passing.
Oak Harbor School board member Erik Mann, Oak Harbor Superintendent Karst Brandsma, Coupeville Superintendent Steve King, and South Whidbey Superintendent Jo Moccia Karina Andrew reports that the League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island hosted a forum consisting of Oak Harbor Schools Superintendent Karst Brandsma and Board member Erik Mann,...
In a story by Karina Andrew, the Coupeville Town Council voted to send a letter to the Island County Commissioners in support of the Commissioners proposal for a sales tax increase of one-tenth of 1%. According to a provided fact sheet, the tax revenues would be used to fund affordable...
Karina Andrew reports: The Port of Coupeville was recently awarded almost $5 million from the Washington State Public Works Board to expand broadband internet access in Central Whidbey. Expansion of fiber optics infrastructure is expected to help level inequities in education, business and healthcare as households that have long been...
At the suggestion of South Whidbey School Board member Damian Greene, the board decided to vote two months early on a decision about renewing Superintendent Moccia’s contract for another three years. His reason for moving up the vote was due to concerns about possible electoral turnover of the board and...