Island County, WA

MUKILTEO, Wash., July 2, 2022 – For its 6 p.m. July 5 REGULAR MEETING, the Mukilteo City Council will discuss/vote on the following agenda items:. 2022 Island County Lane Striping ILA (AB22-084) Unable to do its annual road striping last year due to a paint shortage, Mukilteo’s streets need...

Born in Sacramento in 1955 and raised in California during the heyday of scientific possibilities, Kenneth Gibbs exhibited an early proclivity for science and, with his doctoral dissertation in the late 1980s, Gibbs developed a technique that permanently propelled the study and research of very high energy (VHE) gamma ray astronomy. Gibbs passed away on 23 June 2022 after a brief illness, at home surrounded by love.

WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - A man who injured himself while hiking in the Cascade Mountains near Colchuck Lake was rescued from a Naval Air Station (NAS) team on Thursday. According to NAS officials from Whidbey Island, a search and rescue (SAR) team received an alert Thursday night about a 28-year-old who severely injured his head while hiking in the mountains, just east of Mount Stuart. The SAR team immediately fueled up their helicopter, and launched their rescue mission from Ault Field at around 10:30 p.m.

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Staff at the Whidbey Camano Land Trust in Washington state knew they had to act quickly when a 226-acre (91-hectare) beachfront property south of Coupeville came on the market last December. From the water, boaters may have seen the red house, old windmill, and cattle...

Sea Scout Ship #226 “Constellation” teamed up with the Everett Navy Sea Cadet Corps for their annual Jetty Island Beach clean-up in Everett. Together the Sea Scouts and the Navy Cadets spent Saturday morning June 25th picking up plastic and trash along the beach at Jetty Island. The Sea Scouts picked this particular day for their annual Jetty Island beach cleanup because it’s the weekend before passenger service starts back up to the island, “We wanted the public to enjoy a clean island.”

Matthew Laslo will welcome back audiences for his annual Fourth of July celebration performances, July 1, 2 and 3 at the Sea View Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Laslo is a 21-year-old, an award-winning magician and Orcas Island’s own young celebrity who has had much success in his career so far. Audiences of all ages have been thrilled by Matthew’s show which is always high-energy entertainment with lots of laughs and audience participation. Come see what new tricks he has up his sleeve for this year. Joining him are his talented assistants, Raelyn Kaplan and Kellen Comrie. Proof of vaccine is no longer required but masks are required at all timed except when eating and drinking. Tickets are a family-friendly $18 and available online at http://www.matthewlaslo.com.