Beth and I are truly without words that express our gratitude and appreciation to so, so many people who spent their time and money and a magnificent Sunday afternoon to honor us with a fundraiser at the Coupeville Recreation Hall on May 1.
Its time to break free from fossil fuels at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5.
The state Forest Practices Act is not about conservation, it is about profiting from a commodity called trees, which have a very slow maturity. Landowners and the state Department of Revenue profit, but the revenue is a once-in-a-generation thing.
Its time to Break Free From Fossil Fuels at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5.
Would aft-facing seats improve survivability and reduce injuries of aircraft crash landings?
Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve’s request to meet with the new base commanding officer is, at best, another attempt to defend an indefensible position.
Musselfest has always been designed to promote the restaurants and businesses in our community, especially those in the Historic Coupeville catchment area.
It’s come to our attention that there is some misinformation swirling around about the relationship between Senior Services of Island County, or SSIC, and the developing nonprofit South Whidbey at Home, or SW@Home, so we’ve joined together to set things straight.
New Naval Air Station Whidbey Island base commander, Capt. Moore, as quoted in an April 20 article, claims he wants to listen to the “concerns from the public,” and, “The best thing I can do is communicate with leadership in all areas.”
Reporter Dan Richman’s article about the effects the Navy base expansion will have on Oak Harbor environs only told one side of the story.
I’ve lived in Coupeville for eight years, and COER is now trying close the park where hundreds have played and, hopefully, hundreds more to come.
Imagine this — a clearcut a quarter mile deep, running from Langley all the way to Bayview. That’s how large a clearcut in the Trillium Woods was before the Whidbey Environmental Action Network, or WEAN, led a public outcry against the logging that ultimately led to a 40-acre limit on clearcuts on Whidbey and other Puget Sound islands.
While we sit, loading coffee and pondering today’s to-dos, some someones
somewhere are designing destruction (dismemberment, death) for the oak tree on Fidalgo.