ISLAND COUNTY: Residents will soon have greater access to public health and human services thanks to a new mobile outreach van unveiled at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
Shawn Morris
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County officials are considering how best to serve a denser population in Freeland. But a lot of money has already been spent exploring ideas, including a sewer system, and there are no clear solutions in sight.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Island County commissioners approved a contract with Shawn Morris to return to head the large department that oversees community health services, natural resources management, environmental health, communicable disease guidance and resources, community health assessments and more.
Island County Public Health suspended its food inspection program two days after about 30 Whidbey Island restaurant owners complained about the food inspector, sharing stories of decisions they felt were unfair and financially catastrophic.