WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The dream of a long trail connecting the Deception Pass Bridge and the Clinton Ferry Terminal is slowly becoming a reality, piece by piece.
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WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The Coupeville School Board has appointed a new member to fill the District 3 position. Bryan Sherman, who lives in the Admirals Cove area, landed the job with a unanimous vote.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The lack of affordable housing and its effects on families and businesses and the mental health crisis were at the heart of the conversation at Wednesday’s candidate forum that featured contenders for the Board of Island County Commissioners’ District 1 and 2 seats.
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: During a meeting on Wednesday, the South Whidbey School District Board of Directors voted to petition the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to allow the district to increase the expenditures for the 2023-24 school year by $550,000.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The Oak Harbor School Board unanimously adopted a $114.13 million budget for what is expected will be a financially challenging school year.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The Oak Harbor School District was recently awarded two sizable grants that would help move students out of portable classrooms into new buildings.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Coupeville residents and businesses might get more time to prepare for commercials, TV shows, photo shoots, major motion pictures and smaller, independent films being shot in town.
THE SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD REPORTS: The South Whidbey School Board recently approved the budget for the 2024-25 school year, authorizing the district to spend up to $22.4 million and to eliminate band for fifth graders and some staffing positions through attrition.