Opinion
How your newspaper works — in a nutshell | Publisher’s Column
For those of us who work at the newspaper, it’s easy to forget that it isn’t always obvious…
News
Navy ‘setting the foundation for the next 30 to 40 years’
At a gathering of area business leaders Thursday, the commanding officer of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station described…
Opinion
Like with email or text, it’s easy to reach the wrong conclusion | Publisher’s Column
Email is immeasurably important to our personal and work lives. Text messaging is a great convenience.
Opinion
Agree to disagree, but don’t use lies to disparage, incite | Publisher’s Column
As a much younger editor/publisher, I learned that the only way to get across my personal thoughts and…
Opinion
Opinion page isn’t reserved for any one point of view | Publisher’s Column
Funny thing about opinions — we don’t always have to agree with them.
Opinion
Each of us has the ability to stay angry; the question is, ‘why?’ | Publisher’s Column
I love Whidbey Island. I love being the publisher of the Whidbey News Group newspapers.
Opinion
Demand accountability before things go wrong | Publisher’s column
Each and every one of us bears some responsibility for the financial calamity that has befallen Island Transit.
Opinion
Just because you can doesn’t mean that you should | Opinion
In a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the justices ruled 8-1 that the Westboro Baptist Church and its…
Opinion
Reclaiming nine years of ‘missing’ newspaper history | Publisher’s column
Somewhere in time, history got a little lost. Nine years, to be exact. But now it is found.…
Opinion
Citizens have a right to know what’s going on in their community | Publisher’s Column
Sheriff’s and police blotters can be an entertaining part of the newspaper. However, they also serve a number…
Opinion
Even island ‘Mean Girls’ have a voice | Publisher’s Column
Editor’s note: The following column may contain language considered offensive by some. Politics is a blood sport on…
Opinion
Everyone likes free, but ultimately it’s not a good business model | Publisher’s column
For a number of years, the newspaper industry has struggled with how to navigate the online world and…
Opinion
Funk’s contributions continue many years after his retirement | Publisher’s Column
It’s been more than two decades since Wallie Funk retired after many years as co-publisher of the Whidbey…