Hallahan, who has been in the race from the beginning, is our pick for school board. However, we encourage Dickinson to consider running again in the future.
Oak Harbor should not be penny wise and pound foolish when it comes to a proposal to build a community meeting room in the new sewage treatment plant, which is destined to become the biggest investment the city has ever made.
Georgia Gardner and Nancy Fey want to continue serving on the board of elected officials that sets policy for the hospital.
They are being challenged by two very different candidates. Rob Born is a firebrand, an outspoken critic of the hospital. Erika Carnahan is a calm person who believes in a collaborative approach.
Both challengers will provide second opinions — and fresh ideas — needed on the board.
The battle for position no. 2 on Whidbey General Hospital’s Board of Commissioners is particularly contentious this election year, most notable for the circling of the wagons by the hospital establishment.
It doesn’t appear there’s going to be anything graceful about the Greenbank Farm Management Group’s split with the Port of Coupeville.
Despite claims by the nonprofit group that it is doing everything in its power to not fan the flames of community discord, the group’s actions say otherwise.
A friend of mine recently revealed her husband was worried about their western red cedar trees. You see, he’d noticed areas of orange foliage dotted throughout the canopy and thought they were dying.
I told her to tell him to relax. When sections of old cedar foliage lose their green color in the late summer through fall, it’s just a normal part of their growth cycle called flagging.
Later this month, most facilities in Yellowstone National Park close for the winter. The year’s visitor total is likely to top last year’s 3.5 million people. It may beat the all-time total of 3.64 million set in 2010.
Viburnums have often confused me. This is where I should say I’m not easily confused, but that would be a lie. On the other hand, I’ll bet there’s at least one other person out there who thought for the longest time that a snowball bush was some kind of hydrangea.
An Island County Superior Court judge last week shot down the county commissioners’ appeal of an earlier decision by a board of state experts concerning the county’s adopted fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas rules.
Whether or not its intent is to deceive, a petition seeking to stop EA-18G Growlers from flying over the Olympic National Park is a misleading attempt to bully the U.S. Forest Service and Navy into submission.
Started by New Orleans grassroots organizer Aaron Viles, the petition is rife with misinformation about what the Navy is proposing.
On the front page of today’s Whidbey News-Times there’s an article that is both inspirational and a reminder that our students of today are the leaders and creators of tomorrow.
Of the Republican presidential candidates, who do you think should proceed?
Try as it might, Washington just can’t get this charter school thing down right.
For years, backers of this privately run, publicly funded model of educating endured rejection by voters worried that diverting public dimes in this manner might sink the state’s school system.