Editor, The Emergency Powers Act — a newsworthy topic of late. Should we be concerned that the president has asserted these powers for the purpose… Continue reading
Editor, Regarding the proposed increased touch-and-go flights at Ault Field and Outlying Field Coupeville, the current noise ordinance time restrictions in Island County may become… Continue reading
Editor, It’s been more than two years since PFAS chemicals leaking from Navy property were discovered in the Town of Coupeville’s water, the same water… Continue reading
Editor, On Valentine’s Day, we lit 1,217 candles to honor and in recognition of the anniversary of the Parkland school shooting. The candles were for… Continue reading
Editor, We hear them. Do they hear us? The recent letter sent by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, or ACHP, to the secretary of… Continue reading
Editor, A letter to the editor about vaccinations, published Feb. 20 in the Whidbey News-Times stated, “House Bill 1638 mandates the removal of religious and… Continue reading
Editor, Over the last few days, Mother Nature has made me realize what wonderful neighbors I have. As I get ready to take on the… Continue reading
Editor, I have been chewing on this for a while. We must wake up. The state of New York has made it legal to kill,… Continue reading
Editor, Following are some thoughts of sorrow, anger, fear, power to share about two walls. A tall ugly, graffiti clad structure divides Bethlehem. It is… Continue reading
Editor, In a letter to the editor published on Wednesday, Feb. 20, Ed Hickey made a few statements that I feel I must respond to.… Continue reading
Editor, Former State Treasurer Duane A. Davidson is opposed to the citizens of Washington acquiring the benefits of fractional reserve lending. It’s a concept that… Continue reading
Editor, House Bill 1638 mandates the removal of “religious and personal exemptions allowed for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccines.” Gov. Jay Inslee declared an… Continue reading
Editor, We have a very serious problem in our country created by politicians and supporters. Why does our president have to fight our Congress for… Continue reading
Editor, The Navy Growler EIS makes dubious assertions, as well as verbal ones, like these expressed in a recent meeting with some Admirals Cove folks:… Continue reading
Editor, Noise exposure from military jets has long been shown to cause a significant increase in blood pressure and “shock” to the body. If noise… Continue reading
Editor, I just want to thank Congressman Rick Larsen for writing the Secretary of the Navy to give time for the Advisory Council of Historic… Continue reading
Editor, In the Saturday, Feb. 2 edition, Rick Abraham implies that our Navy is delinquent in taking responsibility for PFAS contamination in our groundwater stemming… Continue reading
Editor, The legislators in Olympia are on a rampage right now loading up the docket with all the stupid, unenforceable, mostly unconstitutional and ineffective bills… Continue reading
Editor, The Navy and Coupeville’s “path forward” to the solution of the town’s PFAS-contaminated water supply is a slow one that won’t get people the… Continue reading
Editor, I don’t expect to win friends by saying this, but I’d like to speak up in defense of the Kentucky high schooler who stood… Continue reading