America’s Founders regarded a free press as so vital to the new nation that they took care to include that…
I’ve heard lots of dismal news about the pandemic, the public health crisis, the economic disaster, a lot of people…
Coupeville Mayor Molly Hughes doesn’t seem to understand a really basic function of a newspaper, or this thing called the…
No, you aren’t imagining things.
The City of Langley took an important step Monday.
I have had the immense privilege of being born and raised on Whidbey Island. Although this is, in many ways,…
I have been giving considerable thought to the circumstances we, as a community and country, are currently facing. We are…
Editorial writers at newspapers across the nation are grasping for words when it comes to responding to the Minneapolis police…
Island County residents have taken the response to the pandemic seriously.
I am humbled anytime I have the opportunity to pay homage to our fellow Americans who gave their lives in…
Eerie is an onomatopoeia – a word that sounds like what it means. I was reminded of that tidbit I…
Somehow people are choosing sides when it comes to COVID-19. And it’s evidently an oddly shaped virus since there seems…
By now it is apparent that, barring a miracle, a cure for COVID-19 will not happen soon; however, to make…
Quite a few people have already announced their intentions to run this year for state and local offices. But next…
The Coupeville School Board inadvertently violated the state Open Public Meetings Act by holding a meeting Monday night that many…
As a community, state and nation, we are suffering from the effects of an unprecedented pandemic. We entrust our elected…
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While I’m normally not a big fan of Facebook, candy or long sentences, I also realized that I’m not immune…
