By Dwight Lundstrom Principal, Oak Harbor High School The stir around high school protesters is all about student rights. No…
Protesting students at Oak Harbor High School are providing a good learning experience for administrators and students alike. A number…
Washington State residents once again fine themselves embarrassed by the incredibly slow pace of vote counting. While the rest of…
Island County voters have two excellent candidates from which to choose for the District 1 county commissioner positions. Appointed Republican…
Republican Mac McDowell has more than his share of critics, but the veteran Island County commissioner from Oak Harbor deserves…
Oak Harbor City Councilman Jim Palmer took an unusual route to the general election ballot. Friends mounted a write-in campaign…
Proponents of a Public Utility District to take over the electrical system on Whidbey Island from Puget Sound Energy have…
Two excellent candidates are vying for the 10th District Position 1 seat in the House of Representatives. Republican Norma Smith…
As the center of population in the 10th District, Oak Harbor deserves its own representative in Olympia. There is no…
Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, has stiff competition in her bid for re-election this year, but nothing can change…
Congressman Rick Larsen, a Democrat from Arlington, fully deserves another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. For years he…
By Paul Newman In the late 1970s D.C. politicians joined hands with fat cat bankers, devious brokers, and Wall Street…
By Jeff Tate Earlier this year the Board of Island County Commissioners adopted land use regulations that affect property located…
