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Sound Off: Don’t forget to submit ballot in this important election

By now Oak Harbor voters should have received their ballots for the upcoming election on Valentine’s Day, Feb.…

Thompson

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Sound Off: Oak Harbor school projects should be separate bond measures

By JESSICA THOMPSON

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Oak Harbor bond is crucial to fix broken schools

The state of the facilities that serve the youngest children in Oak Harbor Public Schools is shameful.

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WhidbeyHealth Wire: Welcome to the new normal in health care

The new normal for Washington state hospitals is living with massive waves of new COVID-19 virus variations every…

Justice Charles Johnson, then-Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst (center) and Justice Barbara Madsen listen as Michele Earl-Hubbard, an attorney for a media coalition led by the Associated Press, speaks during a hearing before the Washington Supreme Court in Olympia, in June, 2019, regarding a case to determine whether state lawmakers are subject to the same disclosure rules that apply to other elected officials under the voter-approved Public Records Act. The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, that the Public Records Act does fully apply to state lawmakers in a 7-2 decision. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

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Herald Editorial: Lawmakers seek privilege that doesn’t exist

The potential for lawmakers’ embarrassment is no reason to withhold public records from the public.

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Top online stories are unexpected mix

What stories will pique the interest of the internet can be unpredictable, especially for small community newspapers.

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A look back at a year of Island Scanner

The Whidbey News-Times and South Whidbey Record have published Island Scanner for many decades and it’s always been…

Opinion

Sound Off: Community invited to learn about the needs of our aging schools

By MICHELLE KUSS-CYBULA

The Bronsons.

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Two citizens of the world find themselves at home in Coupeville

They moved into a Victorian house in Coupeville and dubbed it the Compass Rose Bed-and-Breakfast.

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This year we learned to shake it off

A longtime newspaper tradition of asking little kids what they are thankful for just before Turkey Day inevitably…

Kuss-Cybula

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Sound Off: Community support key to school bond measure

By MICHELLE KUSS-CYBULA

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Letter: Pre-election story about candidate was sensationalized

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In our opinion: Incumbents, Lam, Mauck best choices in county elections

The editorial board is endorsing the incumbents who are running for re-election in county races.