High school in the times of the pandemic and cultivating Interconnection
Note: photos for this story were taken by Dianne Iverson and Gretchen Lawlor. While news and social media focus on…
Politics. Police. Protests
Trying to make sense of current national news and social media posts with local life on Whidbey Island—how do we…
Chasing the blues away with a sea float scramble
Typically the days following Christmas and New Years are a let down. But the Langley Main Street Association and glassmaker…
Signs of Fall
Signs of color abound all over the island this season and political colors, in addition to the browns, reds, golds…
Live Your Dream
Sometimes we need a hand to lift us up. Soroptimist International of South Whidbey Island (SISWI) is seeking applicants for…
Signs of Fall now and then
What a week! What a year! Take a deep breath and a walk outside to enjoy the vibrant autumn colors…
The power of swimming in open water
Ever since the coronavirus entered our lives last March, This is Whidbey has posted stories about our locals and what…
What’s your reality?
The lunar eclipse aired January 20th and its show inspired genuine awe as the Earth’s shadow covered the moon and…
Where art and nature meet
The Price Sculpture Forest in Coupeville, open since October 23, is a magic carpet ride, an inviting view of remarkable…
White Pelicans on Whidbey
Note–David Welton wrote and photographed this story. He has a lifelong interest in and majored in biology. Working in the…
Unsolved mysteries—Maxwelton Mystery Ship—revisited
A sunken ship. A box of bones that goes missing. Oral history shared by island Native Americans about a ship…
“Miracle” revisits the concert that hailed a new line of jets
The largest orchestra ever assembled on Whidbey will perform music written to launch a jet fleet 25 years ago. Langley…
Recalling past Maxwelton Independence Day parades
What does Independence Day mean to you? The first Independence Day took place on July 8, 1776 Here is what…
What we do with our extra stuff
Before coronavirus came and stayed longer than we wanted, we routinely gave our used things to Good Cheer, Senior Thrift,…
