After months of work, leaders for the Port of Coupeville have a dollar amount for a conservation easement they want to place on the agricultural, recreational and environmentally sensitive lands at the Greenbank Farm.
Amid the houses built with the help of Habitat for Humanity, work is under way to help current homeowners struggling to maintain their home.
Months after residents questioned the safety of proposed changes to the intersection of Parker Road and Highway 20, transportation officials are looking at making changes to the area.
After noting what she believes are problems with financial statements of the Greenbank Farm Management Group, a prominent Whidbey Island accountant resigned as chairperson of a volunteer group examining the operations of the publicly owned farm.
A bull elk decided to explore Whidbey Island and residents are taking notice.
Island County property owners will see a slight bump in their property taxes in the coming year.
In addition to approving the budget, the three-member Board of Island County Commissioners also approved a 1 percent tax increase to the county’s current expense levy, county roads levy and Conservation Futures Funds.
Sheriff Mark Brown has to look for a new corrections officer who would be willing to work for one year.
The Board of Island County Commissioners approved a $67 million budget after a public hearing Monday night. That approval included funding for the single position, but Brown said it could be difficult to find someone willing to go through the academy before starting his work at the jail for a position that will last a single year.
As the state budget process gets rolling, reductions on Whidbey’s ferry routes are being considered.
Washington State Ferries was asked by the governor’s office to come up with $5 million in budget cuts for the upcoming biennial budget. Ferry officials submitted their proposal to the governor’s office last week.
Officials are proposing to reduce two-boat ferry service to one-boat ferry service on the Port Townsend-to-Coupeville route for four weeks in the spring and four weeks in the fall. They also propose eliminating late-night service on the Clinton-to-Mukilteo route.
As the state budget process gets rolling, reductions on Whidbey’s ferry routes are being considered.
Washington State Ferries was asked by the governor’s office to come up with $5 million in budget cuts for the upcoming biennial budget. Ferry officials submitted their proposal to the governor’s office last week.
Work is starting on a crucial piece of information needed for a conservation easement at the Greenbank Farm.
Commissioners for the Port of Coupeville, which owns the Central Whidbey farm, approved a $9,000 contract recently with Edmonds-based Terra Valuations to conduct an appraisal of the farm’s property.
With Discover Pass revenues coming in far below what was predicted, Washington State Parks officials are looking to the legislature for more taxpayer dollars.
Without the extra funding, more jobs in the park system could be at risk. The department already made reductions that cost the jobs of more than half of state park staff members on Whidbey Island.
Buying a pass to visit state parks is getting easier.
Pastor Garrett Arnold is spending his wedding anniversary in Harborview Medical Center recovering from injuries he sustained in a serious fall Friday afternoon.
