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Dec 13, 2024 · The Island County administrator announced this week that he will be resigning from the position, effective Feb. 7. Michael Jones, the former city manager in Blaine, was hired as the first person in the newly created position in the summer of 2022.

Dec 17, 2024 · Then, they continue to the Bering and Chukchi seas for summer feeding. Little Patch, first identified in April of 1991, was named for a distinctive white patch on his left side.

Dec 27, 2024 · Island County settled a lawsuit with former Navy officer Heath Garcia for $2.75 million. Garcia was shot in the ankle in a 2017 officer-involved shooting during which another Navy man, Nicholas Perkins, was killed.

Sep 10, 2024 · The bridge is managed by the Washington State Department of Transportation. According to RB McKeon, a communications manager at the agency, addressing the bridge’s popularity as a suicide destination isn’t as easy as sending crews to install a fence and a net.

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Dec 3, 2024 · The State Patrol reported that the teenager was driving a 2022 Dodge Charger north on Highway 20 at a high rate of speed. She lost control at the curve at the intersection of Libbey Road, crossed into the wrong lane, left the roadway and struck a pole.

Jan 7, 2025 · EP-3s have operated in or near all of the world’s hotspots, including the South China Sea, Libya, Syria and the Caribbean. The plane became a worldwide focal point in 2001, when an EP-3 assigned to the National Security Agency’s Sensitive Reconnaissance Operations Program collided with a Chinese J-8 fighter jet over the South China Sea, near Hainan Island, …

Jul 17, 2024 · While explosions were heard, possibly due to fireworks, officials have not identified the cause of the fire yet, Horton said. The owner of the house, 57-year-old Paul Moyers, had recently been released from jail pending trial in a 2023 case in which he assaulted a deputy, resisted arrest and tried to take a deputy’s gun, according to court documents.

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