Annual Best of Whidbey voting kicks off on Sept. 1
A body-worn video camera is not a perfect tool for police officers, but it is an essential one. With approval from the City Council, Oak… Continue reading
Regardless of how you feel about the Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve and its stance on jet noise, the group’s victory in a Freedom of Information… Continue reading
In her letter to the editor, located below on this page, Coupeville resident Christine Laing says, “To get rid of racism, we need first identify… Continue reading
By Don C. Brunell Our environmental quality strategy must be encompassing and not just focus on climate change. Since Democrats announced their Green New Deal,… Continue reading
By John Bauer The Herald Bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House would offer tax credits to advertisers and subscribers. There’s a hunger for accurate and… Continue reading
Whidbey Island’s restaurants, taverns and bars will have to take a step back under Gov. Jay Inslee’s newest changes to the state’s Safe Start Plan… Continue reading
In the midst of a global pandemic, we need reliable, compassionate government representatives who have the capacity to understand how government works. There are nine… Continue reading
You get what you pay for. That’s what they say. Voters in South and North Whidbey have the opportunity this year to decide whether they’re… Continue reading
America’s Founders regarded a free press as so vital to the new nation that they took care to include that right in the First Amendment… Continue reading
I’ve heard lots of dismal news about the pandemic, the public health crisis, the economic disaster, a lot of people are sick, or out of… Continue reading
Coupeville Mayor Molly Hughes doesn’t seem to understand a really basic function of a newspaper, or this thing called the First Amendment. She also doesn’t… Continue reading
No, you aren’t imagining things. Yes, the Whidbey News-Times-South Whidbey Record you’re holding in your hands looks and feels different. That’s because it is bigger… Continue reading
The City of Langley took an important step Monday. The council entered into an uncomfortable discussion about systemic racism, and what can be done to… Continue reading
I have had the immense privilege of being born and raised on Whidbey Island. Although this is, in many ways, a blessing, I have been… Continue reading
I have been giving considerable thought to the circumstances we, as a community and country, are currently facing. We are all coping with the stresses… Continue reading
Editorial writers at newspapers across the nation are grasping for words when it comes to responding to the Minneapolis police officer’s killing of George Floyd,… Continue reading
Island County residents have taken the response to the pandemic seriously. That shouldn’t end now that things are gradually changing and the local economy reopening.… Continue reading
By now it is apparent that, barring a miracle, a cure for COVID-19 will not happen soon; however, to make it a condition of removing… Continue reading
Somehow people are choosing sides when it comes to COVID-19. And it’s evidently an oddly shaped virus since there seems to be a lot of… Continue reading
