It can safely be said that the runners in this weekend’s 2A District 1 Championships in cross country took a little bit of South Whidbey home with them.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen got an earful on healthcare reform from his constituents on Monday night.
The Sno-Isle library system is seeing tough times, from the inside out.
More people are using the libraries in the 21-branch system in Island and Snohomish counties, and officials from Sno-Isle Libraries say the sputtering economy is the main reason why.
In a match-up of flu-fatigued football teams, the Falcons earned a healthy win over the Wolves, topping Coupeville 28-6 Thursday at Waterman Field.
Riley Newman earned a return trip to the state 2A Boys Tennis Championships next May with a victory over Sehome’s Will Topp in the Northwest District tennis tournament on Saturday.
Seven seniors on the South Whidbey girls soccer team got a great parting gift from their teammates Saturday: a 4-1 win over island rival Coupeville.
The South Whidbey Falcons are shaking off Friday’s 28-6 loss in football to Archbishop Murphy and gearing up for Thursday’s cross-island contest with Coupeville.
Island County road crews plugged the mother of all potholes Monday on Bob Galbreath Road, but officials said it may be some time before permanent repairs can be made and the roadway reopened.
Jack Terhar, cross country coach at Langley Middle School, wasn’t trying to jump-start the local economy before the start of the Cascade League Cross Country Finals this week at Waterman Field.
“Spend that money!” the coach shouted as his runners gathered at the starting line. “Spend that money!”
Voters forums on the South End finished with a feisty flourish this week, with Port of South Whidbey candidate Ed Jenkins accusing Langley officials of running an “inbred” monarchy that stifles dissent.
Don and Randi Stowe are no strangers to hard work.
Unfortunately, they are also becoming pretty familiar with hard luck.
Beset by a string of sudden health problems that left the Freeland couple unable to work, they are now one of the families on Whidbey facing foreclosure.
Scatchet Head residents put up sandbag barricades on Driftwood Drive after an overnight gully washer made Sweetwater Creek overflow its banks and threaten homes in the neighborhood.
The future of Freeland has gotten a little ahead of itself.
County officials have acknowledged they missed a vital piece of planning work that needed to be completed before new rules can be adopted that will guide new development in the South End’s commercial hub.
