Opinion
Hi-Dee Hi-Dee Hi-Dee Ho…Mullis “Canteen” Dinner/Dance a blast | Column
Maybe it was the fact that Helen and I were sitting right next to the bandstand at Mullis,…
News
Auction of FH liquor store license draws 12 bids—so far
The store has attracted 12 bids on the internet auction site Public Surplus. The current high bid, by…
Opinion
The Super Pac is the greatest threat to democracy since Hitler, Stalin and Bin Laden
My mother, Ann, would be shocked to know how few people go to the polls (even if they…
Opinion
Olympia? Too many chiefs, not enough revenue | Opinion
Eureka! I remembered something that happened during the Great Depression. Senator George W. Norris, a great legislator during…
News
A funny thing happened on the way to the Lions | Ferry Home Companion
I hated to go to the Lions Club that day but I did my duty, stopped at the…
Opinion
I’m convinced we need to approve the M&O levy | Ferry Home Companion
Tuesday, Jan. 12, the San Juan Lions Club hosted San Juan Island School District Superintendent Walt Wegener and…
News
Organizations resist ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to land use regulations in San Juan County
A perceived one-size-fits-all approach to land use regulations in San Juan County is meeting stiff resistance from two…
Life
Island Stage Left’s production of ‘Rabbit Hole’ is compelling | Review
What a wonderful job Director Helen Machin-Smith has done with Island Stage Left presentations through the years. "Rabbit…
Life
‘The Odd Couple’: Another big hit for director McLaglen in presentation of classic comedy
Thanks to director Andrew V. McLaglen, a marvelous array of local talent and the great theater our community…
Opinion
The more we can find out about what is good for us, the better off we’ll be | Ferry Home Companion
We're doing this for EVERYBODY'S GRANDCHILDREN, not just ours. The more we can find out about what is…
Opinion
Sacrifices are still being made in name of liberty | Ferry Home Companion
Newspapers, schools, government ... all are among the many institutions who are chided if they don’t fly the…
Life
‘Always … Patsy Cline’: Schuman, Greene are bombshells in biographical blockbuster
I was a bit ambivalent about watching a show about Patsy Cline, not being a strong country-western fan,…
Life
A new era in journalism, starting right here
Everywhere this old dinosaur goes these days, he’s confronted with condolences about the death of the newspaper business,…