For 125 years, the Whidbey News-Times has covered the news and events of importance to its readers.
When you don’t agree with another person’s opinions, it can be a bitter pill to swallow.
But nobody ever said freedom of speech was always palatable.
The Whidbey News Group’s annual Best of Whidbey Readers Choice Awards is off to a strong start.
This is a milestone year for the Whidbey News-Times.
During the past several weeks, I’ve had some interesting and enlightening conversations with a few key people in the community, both on North and Central Whidbey.
On the front page of today’s Whidbey News-Times is an article about an Oak Harbor man, Daniel Raavel, who was hit so hard in the head while he slept it literally left him with an gaping, oozing hole. One has to wonder how he survived.
Reporters and editors often half-jokingly remark amongst themselves that they don’t become journalists for the money.
It’s been two months since we launched the metered system on the Whidbey News-Times website, and the initial results brought exciting news.
Whether the rusty, barnacle-encrusted anchor gingerly raised from the swift waters off of Whidbey Island is truly a relic of Captain George Vancouver’s expedition remains to be seen.
Nonetheless, the anchor’s recovery is a story of dedication, determination, mystery and adventure.
In summary, it contains all of the elements of an engaging story.
While Kelly Emerson has all but checked out of the Island County political scene, it isn’t without some curious, bitter rantings …
At the elementary school I attended in Anacortes, my classmates and I would line up in the halls for immunizations. There were the shots for measles/mumps/rubella, diphtheria, tetanus and sugar cubes for polio. We all held a copy of our vaccination records and, when our turn arrived, handed them to the school nurse for updating.
It was the culture … you got your shots and you didn’t argue about it.
