It’s official. Ownership of the fairgrounds in Langley will be decided on an August ballot.
Port of South Whidbey commissioners Tuesday passed a resolution to seek voter approval of a measure that would transfer title of the property from the county to the port, and increase the district’s existing levy to fund ongoing maintenance. The decision followed a meeting late last month where the board agreed to terms outlined by the Island County commissioners.
State police did have probable cause to draw blood from Michelle Nichols without a warrant, and the results will be admissible in court, a judge ruled Thursday afternoon.
Island County Superior Court Judge Vickie Churchill’s decision brought an end to the question of whether or not key evidence in the vehicular homicide case against Nichols could be used in a trial.
Whether or not Michelle Nichols’ blood results from a fatal car crash will be admissible in court remains unknown this week.
An evidence suppression hearing wrapped up in Island County Superior Court on Wednesday. And while it appeared briefly that a judge would issue a ruling immediately, she elected instead to release a written decision later.
Only one person reported smelling alcohol coming from Michelle Nichols immediately following the 2015 car crash that left a Freeland man dead, and the police officer at the scene spent time speaking to a news reporter.
Washington State Parks asked, and the people of South Whidbey answered.
The admissibility of key evidence in a South Whidbey vehicular homicide case will be decided at a hearing in Coupeville on Friday.
An unplanned trip for ice cream turned two South Whidbey teens into real-life rescuers this week.
Jordyn Kelley and Niah Molo, both 14, were enjoying a half-day off school Wednesday and were walking along Highway 525 just south of Deer Lake to Dairy Queen when they heard someone yelling for help. It turned out to be an injured woman who was trapped in a marshy gully that runs along the state route. The girls called 9-1-1 and comforted the woman until help arrived.
Most of Possession Point State Park will be reclassified as “surplus” and become eligible for transfer to another public entity or even sold to a private party, under a long-range plan being proposed by Washington State Parks.
The state began its Classification and Management Planning (or CAMP) process late last year for three properties: South Whidbey State Park, 560 acres of tideland in the Useless Bay area, and the 25-acre Possession Point State Park. Developed with community input, once completed the documents will outline the direction of each location for the next 20 years.
A South Whidbey woman was sent the hospital today after being rescued from a ravine along Highway 525 in Clinton.
First responders from South Whidbey Fire/EMS extricated the woman from heavy brush and mud near Deer Lake. She was transported to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Colby Campus in what appeared to be stable condition, according to Wendy Moffatt, the district’s medical division chief.
Time is up. The Port of South Whidbey’s imposed fairground deadline came and went Friday with no formal answer from the Island County commissioners.
But parties on both sides say the deal isn’t dead. The county commissioners will discuss conditions for a property transfer on Tuesday, and port leaders say they will listen despite the missed deadline. It’s their moral responsibility not to walk away, said Port Commissioner Ed Halloran, who is president of the board.
Island County will spend more than $200,000 of clean water utility money this summer to shuttle storm water that officials know is contaminated with high levels of fecal coliform bacteria into Useless Bay.
South Whidbey builders are fed up with property crime, and they let Island County Sheriff Mark Brown know it at a meeting in Freeland Thursday.
A 12-year-old Langley girl is in London, England this week to compete in one of the world’s most prestigious violin competitions.
