Langley’s love of whales for a number of years now has spurred an event called “Welcome the Whales,” which occurs again this weekend thanks to the organizational efforts of the Whidbey-based Orca Network and numerous other groups.
Today is special. Take a minute and look at the calendar. Nothing there for Saturday, April 13, not even a Canadian holiday. It’s special because it’s South Whidbey Little League Opening Day.
The “G” on the alphabet chart stands for “gun” in this artist’s vision of firearm education.
meone tells you a story that is shocking or unlikely or disturbing and you find yourself getting more and more upset or puzzled or concerned.
Whidbey Arms, the gun store opening at Ken’s Korner Mall this week, does not pose a new danger to the citizens of South Whidbey Island.
Councilwoman Rene Neff’s floating head seen at the last Langley City Council meeting is a reminder that elected officials must have a physical presence to cast a vote.
With 401Ks taking a hit in the states and retirement in jeopardy abroad, it seems like the sharks are circling.
Some Whidbey Island heroes were recently recognized for specific acts of courage at the Islands Chapter Real Heroes Breakfast. But everyone can contribute to making our Island community resilient to house fires, flooding or earthquakes. You are really the first line of response to major disasters.
We like to think we know it all. Not that this frame of mind just happened. Mankind has been thinking it knows it all since the first medicine man bit into a magic mushroom.
Years ago Island County’s Shoreline Master Plan included three “aquaculture parks” in Saratoga Passage. At the time, I worked for a Norwegian-based aquaculture company with fish farming operations worldwide, including Atlantic salmon net pens in Port Angeles Harbor that are still there and have operated successfully since 1985.
Planes flying aimlessly around control tower with no mention of sequestration.
Saturday morning mainstays on South Whidbey for the past 10 years have been people demonstrating for peace at Bayview Corner.
Spring arrived on Whidbey as it often does, in a flurry of the same rain and wind we’ve endured all winter, punctuated by that first squishy step in the mud when we exit the car for another day of work; followed by a surprise snow storm Friday.