On Wednesday, Eaton, who presides over both juvenile and superior courts, accepted the foundations of an intricately designed plea bargain, in which the Friday Harbor teen agreed to plead guilty as a juvenile to first-degree murder and to receive the maximum sentence allowed, confinement up until the age of 21. He also agreed as part of that deal to plead guilty to one count of first-degree arson, but as an adult.
Can a ride-along program and volunteer group help to provide better insight about the inner-workings of law enforcement at San Juan Island’s National Historical Park? Ranger Barry Lewis thinks they might.
Friday Harbor senior Robyn Roberts delivers the game-winner as the Wolverines clinch their second overtime win of the season, a 3-2 win at home, Saturday, over Nooksack Valley.
With a decisive 40-20 victory at home over Lynden Christian in the bag, the Wolverines will have momentum on their side when they match up against Meridian Friday on the road; kick off is 6 p.m.
The Wolverines caught a highly touted and undefeated Lynden Christian team, at 3-0, flat-footed, raced ahead to snatch the first of the-best-of-five match at 25-22, and were running neck and neck down the home stretch with the towering and highly touted Lyncs in Game No. 2.
After 24 years at the helm of Friday Harbor, retirement beckons for town Administrator King Fitch, and those plans are now in motion.
One could argue that size and strength are not his greatest assets. But there’s no question that Friday Harbor senior Parker Satin has the never-say-die thing down to a tee.
Friday Harbor never trailed, but the Braves kept the hometown crowd on edge by turning a fumble recovery and a deep pass into a pair of TDs near the end of the final period of play.
Connie Martin, who’s tenure as interim principal of Friday Harbor Elementary School began in early July, places a high priority on learning, as one might expect any professional educator would. As a school principal and district administrator, she places equal importance on leadership and on communication.
The TW Legacy, which ran aground early Saturday morning while traveling through Thatcher Pass, may have been carrying between 50 to 400 gallons of diesel at the time it struck the rocks and then sank near Decatur Island.
On Aug. 9, the County Council sidestepped the recommendation of its lodging tax advisory committee and doled out $5,300 to the Guild as part of its annual distribution of county lodging tax awards. Those awards, totaling $352,000 for 2012, can be redeemed in the coming year.
Since such a solid-waste user-charge would be the first of its kind in Washington state, council Chairwoman Lovel Pratt fears it could, if approved by voters, end up in court. She said, however, that she supports giving voters a choice to decide if they’re willing to pay more to keep service at the level “that we’ve heard people want.
Madsen said the library will have “exhausted” its reserve fund by the end of the 2012 and without those reserves, which have been used to supplement the yearly dose of property-tax revenue the library receives, the board will be forced to reduce expenses.