Santa took time out from his busy holiday schedule to take part in North Whidbey Fire and Rescue’s COVID-safe Winter Wonderland and Santa Sighting event… Continue reading
Editor, In the USA, our constitutional republic guarantees each individual citizen more rights and freedom than those in any other country on earth. So why… Continue reading
Editor, In March, while Washington state was shutting down businesses, schools and churches, leaders in Olympia shoved through a mandatory comprehensive sex education bill that… Continue reading
Editor, Donald Trump has awakened many people like myself to the fact of how fragile our democracy is. Throughout most of my life, I was… Continue reading
The couple was married on Aug. 8.
Annual Best of Whidbey voting kicks off on Sept. 1
This resume will make you blink twice and shake your head. A young woman grows up on an island surrounded by farms. In college, she… Continue reading
Editor, There is nothing hidden anymore. Trump has said it out loud. He will not fund the postal service. This is leadership? I think not.… Continue reading
Editor, I am writing in response to Richard Ays letter to the editor in the Saturday, June 13 Whidbey News-Times. His letter said it all.… Continue reading
Editor, I received an email allegedly from someone I know on the island here. It asked me to help her out with an Amazon purchase.… Continue reading
Editor, While I strongly disagree with the premise of the letter, “Buy earplugs … appreciate Growlers,” published Saturday, April 18, I write primarily to raise… Continue reading
Editor, The Lions are not sleeping through the current health crisis. You will see Coupeville Lions Club members performing some essential services throughout our community… Continue reading
With each day — with each passing hour, in fact — we’re learning more about how the coronavirus pandemic is transforming our everyday lives into… Continue reading
Yvonne Schaelchlin Palka died on Nov. 30, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minn., at the age of 81. At the time of her passing she was surrounded… Continue reading