Specifically, some early Americans warned against a direct or “pure” democracy, which they likened to mob rule. In a pure democracy all those who are eligible to vote (who were often a small part of ...

Recently I renewed our passports online. Imagine my surprise when I received my new passport in a week and Dave’s in about 10 days. You don’t send your old passport in and just upload a photo from ...

For those new to the readership, let me translate Fred Wilferth’s latest missive published Aug. 9. Fred likes to employee a tactic of DARVO: Deny, attack, reverse victim and offender. First refusing ...

I watched a recent episode of “South Park” on Comedy Central. The portrayal of President Trump was not kind and certainly not giving any respect to the office of the President of the United States.

About 30-40 extras are needed from 8-11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, the final of three scheduled days of filming. Some extras will also be included in a separate, “surly” crowd scene from 12-2 p.m ...

Mark Cole and his two goats, 5-year-old Loki and 1.5-year-old Stilly, trekked through Skagit County and Whidbey Island during ...

Major transformations have taken place at the Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum since having settled in its new home on Ault Field Road. As the North Whidbey museum’s grand re-opening at 11 a.m. on ...

This week, a federal judge approved the Navy’s request to extend the deadline for completing a revised analysis of the ...

Murphy has worked for the Sno-Isle libraries for 25 years, and over time, she has noticed the libraries evolve to embrace the ...

Camano Island Properties Inc. filed the petition for writ of review and constitutional writ of certiorari in Skagit County Superior Court this month. Under state law, a lawsuit against a county can be ...

On Aug. 3, SAR rescued a 20-year-old hiker from the northern terminus of the trail who was reportedly suffering from acute ...