Whidbey General Hospital officials failed to file complete financial reports with the Washington State Auditor’s Office for three years in a row, a violation of state law.
Two administrators at Whidbey General Hospital gave conflicting testimony under oath during a court hearing Tuesday over how they handled an assault allegation against a fellow administrator.
The leadership of Island Transit is going to be very different in the new year.
The majority of board members have been replaced and will be working with a new interim director.
Deputies with the Island County Sheriff’s Office seized about $23,000 worth of drugs in an early morning raid at Scatchet Head Thursday.
A former customer service manager at the Freeland branch of Whidbey Island Bank is facing time in federal prison for embezzling $162,000 from the bank.
Whidbey General Hospital isn’t on trial, but both a judge and the deputy prosecutor directed some pointed comments about the administration during a court hearing Monday.
A Clinton man is accused of purposely hitting a pedestrian with a car and then driving off, court documents state.
Prosecutors charged 31-year-old Christopher L. Locken with second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and hit and run.
Whidbey General Hospital is fighting a subpoena from the Island County prosecutor seeking an internal investigation report into allegations that the chief nursing officer assaulted a restrained patient.
Island County District Court Judge Bill Hawkins refused to recuse himself from a criminal case involving his wife’s boss, even though the prosecutor asked him to voluntarily step down.
Hawkins explained that the prosecutor’s motion contained many factual errors about his wife’s employment.
Oak Harbor police caught a suspected bank robber who wasn’t in a hurry to get away from the scene of the crime Friday.
After six long years, deputies with the Island County Sheriff’s Office are finally working under a contract.
In a last-minute push, both sides in the negotiations were able to come to the table and compromise on issues of pay and benefits, according to Deputy Darren Crownover, president of the Island County Deputy Sheriff’s guild.
Island Transit’s interim director will begin his six-month stint no later than Dec. 15.
Mired in controversy, Island Transit officials are looking at a new interim director with a controversial history all his own.
