Quite a few people have already announced their intentions to run this year for state and local offices. But next week is when they will… Continue reading
The Coupeville School Board inadvertently violated the state Open Public Meetings Act by holding a meeting Monday night that many people couldn’t watch due to… Continue reading
As a community, state and nation, we are suffering from the effects of an unprecedented pandemic. We entrust our elected leaders to follow the law… Continue reading
By Patricia Duff These are strange and difficult times for all of us. I happen to work at the hospital as the public relations officer… Continue reading
To our readers, In a few short weeks our world has changed. It’s starting to sink in that, once the COVID-19 pandemic passes, we will… Continue reading
Editor, From my vantage here in Everett, the public health emergency of the COVID-19 crisis is all around. Snohomish County has the second highest number… Continue reading
While I’m normally not a big fan of Facebook, candy or long sentences, I also realized that I’m not immune to the impacts of the… Continue reading
Social distancing. Stay-at-home order. Coronavirus. COVID-19. Pandemic. A day doesn’t go by that most of these words don’t assault our daily lives or dominate our… Continue reading
With each day — with each passing hour, in fact — we’re learning more about how the coronavirus pandemic is transforming our everyday lives into… Continue reading
Last weekend, as I have for the past three years, I volunteered at Musselfest in Coupeville, selling grilled hot dogs to raise money for the… Continue reading
“We are negotiating amongst partners who want to get to an equitable agreement.” I am sure that most of Oak Harbor citizens agree with this… Continue reading
Nobody can say definitively if, or when, the coronavirus will spread to Whidbey Island. Perhaps the relative isolation of being an island will forestall this.… Continue reading
By John Amell The way in which political parties nominate presidential candidates is changing in Washington State. This year, the Democratic Party has a new… Continue reading
Oak Harbor council members didn’t adopt a plan to raise city utility rates precipitously over the next three years. Instead, the members decided to explore… Continue reading
Let us all now take a moment, throw back our hoodies, heave a deep sigh of relief and kiss soggy January goodbye. As Cliff Mass,… Continue reading
Oak Harbor officials had yet another financial surprise regarding the new sewage treatment plant. This time it was in the midst of negotiation with the… Continue reading
Living in Central Whidbey, I have always thought that having all those historic structures in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve was worth a million bucks,… Continue reading
Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce leaders learned that a tulip called by another name may not smell as sweet. News that the chamber is changing… Continue reading
By Autumn Sundown During 2019, Oak Harbor’s iconic and beloved Holland Happening Festival celebrated its 50th year. This event is firmly rooted in cherished childhood… Continue reading
In 1869, the Daily Cleveland Herald quoted lawyer John Godfrey Saxe as saying, “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know… Continue reading
