The next round in the battle on access to public bathrooms will be waged Thursday in Yakima.
Graduates, you alone will determine your success. Sometimes that will come with support from others, but it may also be in spite of those who lack faith in you.
Cancer doesn’t discriminate. It touches the lives of nearly every single one of us.
In April, my husband and I took a jaunt down to Ocean Shores to do some razor clamming. If you’ve ever dug these surprisingly fast-tunneling, bivalve mollusks, you know you’re only allowed out clamming for a short window of time when tides are low.
Second graders at Coupeville Elementary School held their very first “salad celebration” in their classroom late last month. On a Thursday, they carefully arranged place settings for themselves with bowls, forks and napkins.
I’ll wager that you didn’t know May was “Community Action Month.”
That’s our fault. While community action agencies like the Opportunity Council are working to build stronger, healthier communities for all people, all across the country, we rarely take the time to tell people about it.
Whether it’s national politics or local news, people on Whidbey Island are clearly engaged.
Question of the Week: What do you think of the new law that will allow people to salvage and eat road kill?
Filing Week is an opportunity to put democracy to work and ensure the voters have a choice come Election Day.
In winter I like to play outside in the snow just long enough to make a snow angel, build a snowman or throw a few snowballs, and then I’m done and ready for the ice and cold to go away. During the summer I can’t wait for the blistering heat to dissipate and the rain to return so I can stop fretting about my garden turning to ash right before my eyes. And in the fall, I’m counting the days until the monsoons end and the sun peeks once more through the clouds.
Anne Tarrant is leaving her position as president of the Whidbey General Hospital board at a busy time. Construction is underway on the new wing.
I am working on a long-term plan to respond to people’s concerns about jet noise out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. While my support for NASWI remains steadfast, I am also committed to partnering with local officials, community members and the Navy to address the impacts of noise across the north Puget Sound region.