Langley News

Ashley Ricketts and Karyna Hezel tunes into the ancient art of pysanka, or Ukranian egg painting, in their South Whidbey Elementary School classroom.

As Jeff Cravy works his final weeks as the Tonasket Elementary School principal, he finds himself living in two different worlds at the same time.

Langley city workers Tim Grove, left, and Byron Hamilton stand in the hole left when a huge fir tree uprooted and crashed during a freak storm in Langley Friday night.

Langley resident Joyce Fossek addresses the City Council Monday about a proposed water rate hike.

Members of the South Whidbey School Board agreed to further explore a joint proposal from Langley's mayor and a Port of South Whidbey commissioner last week.

The first day of the official filing week for elected offices in Island County and the state yielded few surprises.

The Langley Chamber and City of Langley partnered to produce the three-minute Langley Loop music video to be released July 1, and they need anyone willing toA participate in a 15-second flash mob dance sequence to join in the fun Saturday, May 19.

Above, Dinah Hassrick, Athena Michaelides, Sommer Harris and Jenny Zisette play the title roles in "The Taffetas," opening Friday, May 18 at Whidbey Children's Theater in Langley.

One weekend in the 1990s, while wandering around scenic island community Langley, Washington, we stumbled upon an interesting little housing development.

Argentina might have claimed this gutsy grape first, but Eastern Washington is producing beautiful Malbecs, with intense fruit and restrained muscle.

South Whidbey resident Aaron Simpson serves up a cup of coffee at the Useless Bay Coffee Co.

Packages clutter the top of the table and stand in neat stacks on the floor in Carol Briggs' Freeland home.

Author Paula Pugh will introduce her new book, 'Celebrate Beginnings and Endings,' at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 10 at Freeland Library.

The Island County prosecutor's review of Langley Mayor Larry Kwarsick will be a criminal investigation and will include the use of a special inquiry judge.

Katja Fritzsche's 'Green Deer' along with the metal work of 20 other local artists is at MUSEO's Whidbey Metal Invitational through May in downtown Langley.

The Langley City Council is expected to break its silence this week concerning the alleged scandal involving Mayor Larry Kwarsick.