Usually this time of the year, everybody starts to think about the annual trip by someone who brings good tidings and joy. Well not to compete with the big guy in red, but local anglers are also hoping to see an annual pilgrimage up local rivers this year.
Pearl Harbor survivors remember days of attacks
A jury found Linda Miley guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter Friday in the 1997 shooting death of Camano Island resident Jack Pearson.
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The Coupeville boys basketball team came out firing on all cylinders in their 62-40 victory over the Granite Falls Tigers last Friday.
Island County commissioners brought an unbalanced budget to the table at a public hearing on Monday, searching for drastic ways to make up for a $991,000 shortfall in current expense revenues for 2002.
A day after the Coupeville boys knocked off Granite Falls, the girls basketball team was able to make it two-for-two with a 70-44 victory over the Tigers last Saturday night.
A Whidbey Island Naval Air Station command will be honoring Pearl Harbor survivors on Friday, Dec. 7, at a poignant memorial service timed precisely to coincide with the moment the Japanese air attack began at the Hawaiian port 60 years ago.
The Whidbey Island Public Hospital District should show a bit more flexibility and make a concerted effort to retain the services of two physicians, Dr. Meg Sweeney and Dr. Ron Baldwin.
‘Sound of America’ rose to the occasion
The guy who runs the state Department of Transportation couldn’t get a sand truck to help unsnarl a traffic mess in the snow at the ferry dock last Wednesday morning.
Taking a break for a snack.
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