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Scott Chaplin has been appointed over Councilmember Thomas Gill by the Langley City Council to serve out the remainder of the term of Mayor Tim Callison who is resigning. Councilmembers grilled the two candidates on a number of issues including management style, financial concerns, traffic safety, climate change preparation and...

Whidbey Island will soon receive millions of dollars of American Rescue Plan funding. Oak Harbor was allotted $6,578,122. Coupeville was allotted $550,480 and Langley was allotted $318,229. Island County will get $16,500,000. Half the money will be received in 2021 and the other half in 2022. The respective city councils...

Two more candidates have stepped forward to challenge Thomas Gill in the race to be the next mayor of Langley. Scott Chaplin and Roger Scrafford have both submitted applications for the position. Scott Chaplin is also running for election to Position 5 on the Langley City Council. The Langley City...

Hundreds of demonstrators were present in front of South Whidbey High School to voice their support for or opposition to the saturation of Critical Race Theory into the school’s curriculum and the presence of a Black Lives Matter banner on a school property fence. The issue of South Whidbey School...

A Black Lives Matter banner hanging on a fence for over a year at South Whidbey High School has been stolen. Superintendent Josephine Moccia said the school plans to replace the banner and that “It is very disappointing that our graduates were disparaged in this way” She also said “(The...

Big change is on the horizon for the City of Langley. The only applicant, so far, for the remaining two years of Mayor Callison’s term is councilmember Thomas Gill. If he is appointed, councilmember Craig Cyr will be the only current councilmember remaining as incumbents Dominique Emerson, Peter Morton and...

After more than a year, Langley Mayor Tim Callison and the City Council have agreed to repeal the mask mandate and to instead follow Gov. Jay Inslee’s orders for the state. Kira Erickson has the story in the South Whidbey Record. On the Ballot in November 2021 – Langley City...

Langley Mayor Tim Callison is resigning this June as he is moving outside the city limits. So far, Langley Councilmember Thomas Gill is the only candidate who has applied to serve out the two and one half year remainder of the mayoral term. City Council members will choose a new...

Candidate Harolynne Bobis wrote an interesting letter to the editor in the Whidbey News-Times in which she expresses her support for Critical Race Theory and shares some details of her life. Ms. Bobis is running for Langley City Council Position 1 in the election scheduled for November 2021. Incumbent Christy...

The Langley City Council will be keeping up their mask mandate for the foreseeable future. This despite guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicating that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 can resume activities without masking or physical distancing. Mayor Tim Callison said he had...