Property rights advocates may be pleased with several possible alternatives to controversial sections of Island County’s shoreline rules update, particularly those that address public beach access.
Britt’s Pickles?
When family members first suggested the name, Britt Eustis, a former CEO and one of the early pioneers of the natural foods industry, had his doubts.
“I said, you’ve got to be kidding me,” he recalled.
In what has chalked up as one of the friendliest races of the year, 10th Legislative District incumbent Norma Smith is defending the Position 1 seat from challenger Aaron Simpson.
Smith, R-Clinton, has held the seat since her appointment in late 2007. A former writer and operations manager for a communications firm, Smith’s political achievements include terms on the South Whidbey School Board and six years as special assistant to the late Congressman Jack Metcalf.
Langley’s budget is beginning to take shape and it appears the police presence in town and in the South Whidbey School District is set to increase.
The clock is ticking to get a prospective beach donation on Mutiny Bay into public ownership and county officials said last week that they are gearing up to get the deal done themselves, before the opportunity slips away.
Whom to choose?
Political newcomer Jeff Lauderdale or incumbent Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson couldn’t be more different in their views about how Island County government should be run.
The Soup Kitchen in Langley will celebrate a remarkable milestone Thursday when volunteers dish up a free community lunch for the 1,000th time.
Group officials say it’s impossible to know just how many people have been fed since the kitchen’s inception nearly 10 years ago, but a rough calculation of the number of free meals served simmers around 110,000.
Property rights advocates and public beach access supporters sparred at a meeting in Freeland last week.
The hot-button topic of how access to the shoreline will be handled in the future was one of several issues discussed at a workshop Tuesday concerning proposed changes to Island County’s Shoreline Management Program.
Whidbey Island whale lovers may have a chance to travel with local experts to San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico, next spring to witness what many have come to consider a gray whale phenomenon.
One of the known locations where the species gives birth, the lagoon is bustling with activity during early spring. But what makes the area famous is the unusually friendly behavior exhibited by a small percentage of the gentle giants.
The Port of South Whidbey has tentatively agreed to join Langley in pursuit of a state grant that, if awarded, would require the port to issue more than $644,000 in revenue bonds to fund a parking garage in Mukilteo.
The origins of a U.S. Navy investigation centered on the spouse of incumbent Island County Commissioner Angie Homola sparked a firestorm of debate at a political forum in Freeland Thursday.
Candidates for local, state and federal races sparred in Oak Harbor Thursday at the first of a series of political forums geared around the November general election.
Helicopter magnate and South Whidbey property owner Frank Robinson is planning to donate nearly 300 feet of shoreline in Mutiny Bay to the public, Island County officials have confirmed.