Spring arrived on Whidbey as it often does, in a flurry of the same rain and wind we’ve endured all winter, punctuated by that first squishy step in the mud when we exit the car for another day of work; followed by a surprise snow storm Friday.
By DANE DAVIS
As a recent graduate just starting his career, I am proud to say that I started it here in Langley.
Some recent rants has the world at odds with North Korea. Or is North Korea at odds with the world?
Years ago a legal notice appeared in this paper in which a Norwegian company proposed placing salmon net pens in Island County. Immediately, all heck broke loose.
Congress leaders released their differing budgets this week. The GOP wants to cut spending, and Democrats want to tax and spend. Surprised?
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for its past engineering feats, but when it comes to issuing permits it needs a kick in the pants.
President Barack Obama may have missed some of the interesting dinner conversation during a recent meal with Republicans.
Friends of the Langley Woodmen Cemetery held a cleanup day March 6, which is a reminder that all of us should express gratitude to those who keep our cemeteries neat, clean and presentable.
Much is made of dwindling government spending, but on Whidbey Island, it is nonprofit organizations that have always picked up the slack between people’s needs and government resources.
Langley Marina is suddenly in the commercial whale watching business.
I had a strange experience for a south islander one recent Saturday. I live on the hills north of the Whidbey.net tower about a quarter mile or so away, we have five acres of forest in an area that’s pretty much all forest.
There are walking trails snaking through the area; past houses, which are sparse in the area.
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts is trying to increase its revenue flow a bit by selling beer, wine or even martinis to its patrons.
Its quest for a state liquor license begins with the South Whidbey School District, whose property adjoins WICA. Liquor and schools generally don’t mix, but in this case the school board should go along with the request.
Our country is teetering on the cliff of sequestration, which if it weren’t for Congress we wouldn’t even know existed.