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EDITORIAL | Spring’s just a calendar date

Spring arrived on Whidbey as it often does, in a flurry of the same rain and wind we’ve…

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Langley must reform water code | GUEST VIEWPOINT

By DANE DAVIS As a recent graduate just starting his career, I am proud to say that I…

The world rarely seems pleased by the rants and puffery displayed by North Korea and its most excellent leader

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Today’s cartoon for Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Some recent rants has the world at odds with North Korea. Or is North Korea at odds with…

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EDITORIAL | Keep fighting against net pens

Years ago a legal notice appeared in this paper in which a Norwegian company proposed placing salmon net…

Differing financial packages were proposed by the Republicans and Democrats in Washington

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Today’s cartoon for Saturday, March 16, 2013

Congress leaders released their differing budgets this week. The GOP wants to cut spending, and Democrats want to…

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EDITORIAL | Corps should march faster

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for its past engineering feats, but when it comes to issuing…

President Obama recently had quite the dinner conversation with Republicans.

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Today’s cartoon for Wednesday, March 13, 2013

President Barack Obama may have missed some of the interesting dinner conversation during a recent meal with Republicans.

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EDITORIAL | Freeland could use a cemetery

Friends of the Langley Woodmen Cemetery held a cleanup day March 6, which is a reminder that all…

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EDITORIAL | Nonprofits make the island shine

Much is made of dwindling government spending, but on Whidbey Island, it is nonprofit organizations that have always…

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EDITORIAL | It’s nice to see the Mystic Sea

Langley Marina is suddenly in the commercial whale watching business.

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VIEWPOINT | Boys with guns unaware of danger

I had a strange experience for a south islander one recent Saturday. I live on the hills north…

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EDITORIAL | Give WICA its liquor license

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts is trying to increase its revenue flow a bit by selling beer,…

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EDITORIAL | Pardon their sequestration

Our country is teetering on the cliff of sequestration, which if it weren’t for Congress we wouldn’t even…