A nursing administrator at Whidbey General Hospital is being investigated for allegedly assaulting a patient in restraints last week, according to the Island County Sheriff’s Office.
Wanda Grone wasn’t surprised when she was fired last week.
Grone, a Coupeville resident, had been the chief deputy treasurer in Island County for more than three years. Last Monday, she filed to run against her boss in this fall’s election.
Kelly Emerson hasn’t left politics behind. Emerson surprised many by resigning her position as Island County commissioner earlier this month. She is a Republican and represented District 3.
The election season turned a little ugly even before filing week was over.
The recreational marijuana business is getting off to a rocky start on North Whidbey.
Mark Calim, the owner of Mark’s Auto Repair on Goldie Road, said he and two fellow businesses are effectively being kicked out to make way for pot-related businesses. And they aren’t happy about it.
A 27-year-old Clinton man got caught chatting on a phone while in the middle of burglarizing a home and ended up tussling with the homeowner last summer, court documents state.
Should raises for elected officials be a budget priority?
That’s one of the questions facing Island County commissioners as they begin the budget process for next year and decide where to invest tax dollars that are slowly accumulating as the recession fades into history.
Just a few days after Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson resigned, a fifth candidate has come forward in hopes of replacing her on the board.
The Department of Ecology levied a $301,000 fine against the man whose crab boat caught fire and sank in Penn Cove in 2012, causing an oil spill that temporarily shut down nearby Penn Cove Shellfish.
It’s just the latest bad news for Rory Westmoreland, a 51-year-old scrap-metal dealer with a history of running afoul of environmental rules, according to the state agency.
The general election this fall has the potential of creating a sea of change in Island County government.
Langley Police Chief Dave Marks tore his Achilles tendon while chasing a heroin addict through the woods last year.
Greg Banks isn’t ready to give up his day job. The Island County prosecutor decided in 2013 that his fourth term, which ends this year, would be his last. But this week he changed course, announcing that he will seek another four years in office.
Nobody was injured when a mobile home on Race Road burned to the ground Sunday night.
Chief Ed Hartin with Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue said the doublewide was vacant and was undergoing renovations.
The owners were in Arizona.
