Opinion
Editor’s column: Cable television goes after the fruit fly audience
Comcast and other paid TV providers see their customers as fruit flies, incapable of seeing far into the…
News
Goen wins fire seat, but recount required
Challenger Jerry Goen beat incumbent Larry Morse in the North Whidbey Fire and Rescue race, but it will…
Opinion
Editor’s Column: New license plates have hospital possibilities
My $30 license tab promised by Tim Eyman cost way more this year, because the tab came packed…
Opinion
Editor’s column: Why we lost assembly line to South Carolina
Curious about Boeing’s decision to build airplanes in South Carolina instead of Washington, I did a little research…
Life
Book features 10 of island’s ‘Special Places”
With the gloom of winter setting in soon, you can always find warmth and blue skies in the…
Opinion
Editor’s column: In pursuit of the wild Whidbey Island humpie
The wine, cheese and art set gets most of the publicity on Whidbey Island these days, but the…
Business
Clean living rewarded at Oak Harbor’s Daily Grind
Ultra-clean living has paid off for Daily Grind owner Tammie DeRosa in terms of customer and spousal satisfaction.…
News
Oak Harbor food bank explains discard policies
A small drama unfolded Friday at North Whidbey Help House involving a woman raiding the charity’s garbage can…
News
Hollywood Graham takes North Whidbey Car Show honors
The 24th edition of the North Whidbey Car Show attracted several thousand visitors to Windjammer Park Saturday who…
Life
The porker has landed
Approximately 1,000 pounds of pork landed in Oak Harbor Friday, ready to become the main course in a…
Opinion
Editor’s column: Another un-American election in progress
t’s time for another all-mail election and another diatribe from yours truly, apparently the only person left in…
Opinion
Editor’s column: A dozen columns suitable for tweeting
When this column was started many years ago it was based on the assumption that the public was…
Opinion
Editor’s column: Some answers to your probable questions
Occasionally we receive questions, but if we don’t we make them up. Here are some answers to questions…