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.
A very specific vulnerability revealed itself in a big way Thursday after two cars collided head-on on State Highway 525 south of Coupeville.
While the investigators worked on scene to piece together a sequence of events Thursday, traffic on the busy highway was halted in both directions.
For cars, transit buses and commercial trucks, everything came to a halt. There are no alternative routes — no detours to take.
The Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle wrote, “Man is a tool -using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.” There are a number of things I would disagree with Carlyle on, but this isn’t one of them, especially when it comes to gardening.
What do you think of the design for the new sewage-treatment plant be built in Oak Harbor’s Windjammer Park?
Gov. Jay Inslee isn’t making plans to run for president in 2016.
But a onetime political adviser is making the case why Washington’s first-term Democratic governor should go to Iowa and try to win the caucuses — even if he doesn’t want the job.
There are many qualities to admire about us Whidbey folk. One that I notice frequently is how fiercely we battle to keep things just the way they are. We fight tooth-and-nail against big development, environmental travesties or any sign of America creeping toward our pristine shores. We’d sooner jump off the Deception Pass Bridge than permit a billboard or neon sign, for instance.
A recent Washington State Supreme Court ruling is a welcome shot across the bow of public servants and agencies that might try to skirt open public records laws.
The next billionaire may be the entrepreneur who figures out how to turn contaminated mine water into drinking water. In the process, they would make part of their fortune recovering chemicals and metals we use in our everyday lives.
The City of Oak Harbor is moving forward with a plan to turn the felled centuries-old Garry oak into at least one giant acorn and a cross section that shows the tree rings. What do you think?
What pops into your mind’s eye when you think of honeysuckle? Is it a fragrant vine or is it an arching shrub that makes good hedges and borders?
Last week I filed a quo warranto lawsuit against a private law firm hired by the Island County Commissioners.
Whidbey ECO Network is an umbrella network of individuals and organizations on Whidbey Island working to protect the health of Puget Sound and the environment. Over 50 local organizations belong to Whidbey ECO Network.
The mission of the network is to “work together to spark action to improve the health of the waters around Whidbey.” Both through our individual organizational missions and through collaboration and connection, we work to support “education, communication and outreach” related to the health of our local waters and environment.
With the dog days of summer upon us, it’s a perfect moment for a lazy, hazy, crazy memory of my days of Rock past.