Candidate filing week in Island County had a few surprises that may make for a lively election season.
Rick Felici
Candidate filling week is coming soon and races affecting Whidbey Island are already shaping up to be intense, with the likelihood of at least a couple of races having enough challengers to go to the primary ballot. Filing week is May 16-20.
Island County Commissioners agreed, via binding arbitration, to a new contract with the guild representing deputies at the county jail.
The regularly-scheduled work session of the Island County Board of Commissioners for the third Wednesday of February 2022
Gov. Jay Inslee has conditionally commuted Rogelio Vasquez’s 46-year sentence after he has already served 22 years. Vasquez was convicted and sentenced following a 1998 crime spree in Coupeville. Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks, who prosecuted Vasquez, recommended approval of the commutation in a statement to the Clemency and Pardons...
The two largest law enforcement offices on Whidbey Island are facing the loss of significant numbers of commissioned officers this year. For some departing Oak Harbor Police Department officers, the significant changes in laws regarding how police officers operate affected their decision to leave. Oak Harbor Police Chief Kevin Dresker...