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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Irate over iPads purchases

To the editor: As a relatively recent graduate of the South Whidbey School District, I was rather disgruntled…

News

Island County Sheriff’s Report

The following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office.

News

Coupeville Gift Market benefits Hospital Foundation

Get a jump start on holiday shopping at this first annual “Holiday Gift Market” Nov. 9-10 in Coupeville,…

Opinion

EDITORIAL | To be or not to be (virtual)

Governments in Island County are slipping into the “virtual” age, allowing elected officials to participate in official meetings…

News

Become smarter than your phone with A-Tech

Learn some tech tips this weekend. If the digital age is making you crazy, there is an upcoming…

Kathleen Kaska

Life

Whooping crane savior featured in Freeland

In 1947, Robert Porter Allen, ornithologist and Audubon member, searched for the elusive nesting area of the dwindling…

Cornet Bay at Deception State Park is now  friendlier to salmon thanks to the removal of a creosote bulkhead.

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Cornet Bay bulkhead removal boosts chinook salmon

Just east of Oak Harbor and across Saratoga Passage is the Skagit River, the largest source of ocean-bound…

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Port doesn’t run parks

To the editor: The Oct. 31 editorial is inaccurate, biased and rude. Who wrote it, and did they…

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Haugen’s on top of the issues

To the editor: Over the last few weeks I have received a spate of GOP postcards painting Sen.…

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Obama’s many achievements

To the editor: I recently saw some folks trying to get names on a petition to impeach the…

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Bailey has been ‘useless’

To the editor: I thought this was a joke, but now it's not funny any longer.

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Lauderdale knows government’s role

To the editor: Before I begin this letter in support of Jeff Lauderdale I'm going to submit a…

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | ‘Tone’ blamed on Emerson

To the editor: Jill Johnson has been harping lately on the “tone” of county commissioner meetings. Since she…