A plan to involve local school children in the effort to help victims of Japan’s deadly earthquake and tsunami is generating a rising tide of enthusiasm.
Carl Simmons, a legendary firefighter in Island County Fire District 3 and the founder and owner of Simmons Glass, died at home in Clinton on Thursday, April 21.
Members of the Island Dance Competition Team won gold-level awards and other top honors during Northwest Regional competitions in March and April.
With the help of a grant from the South Whidbey Schools Foundation, together with funding provided by Learn and Serve America, Langley Middle School science teacher Jay Freundlich and his sixth-grade science students have solved a big and very wet problem for their school by constructing a new rain garden between the library building and the science building.
One of the wettest months of March on record has claimed another muddy coup — a 100-foot-wide landslide on a bluff overlooking Admiralty Inlet that wiped out part of a county road.
A low-key petition drive has been launched in Langley to force a vote in August to change the city’s form of government.
Whidbey Cats is taking reservations for local cat owners who want to take part in the low-cost spay/neuter for cats and kittens event Monday, April 25.
A gray whale that appears to have died of starvation will remain on the remote South End beach where it was found, the Orca Network said.
Hearts & Hammers’ biggest workday ever is ready to roll early next month.
Plenty of activities from which to choose.
The Senate approved the state transportation budget this week, and the 2011-13 spending plan includes $32.1 million toward the construction of a new 64-car ferry.
Put down those paintbrushes, chisels, torches and cameras, and make a submission. Local artists looking for the right venue for their work now have the Whidbey Artists Gallery. The cooperative organization will open its new space in Langley in the building that previously housed the Langley Clinic at 114 Second St.
Island County-WSU Extension Waste Wise will hold volunteer training next month.