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Winter weather comes and goes on South WhidbeySaturday, November 27, 2010 @ 1:12PMA Bayview area woman escaped from her burning house Tuesday during an adventurous pre-winter week that featured vehicles sliding off snow-covered roads throughout Whidbey Island, and record low temperatures that didn’t warm up until Thanksgiving.

Munson: Family salutes Iowa cancer victim’s lifetime of laborFriday, November 26, 2010 @ 5:25AMFor 15 years, Virgil Storm, 87, has fought cancer, and by doctors’ best estimates, he should have been dead by summer’s end. But most days, you’ll still find him at his sawmill.

Do food stamps lead to obesity?Monday, October 11, 2010 @ 11:27PMOne out of every nine people now receives food stamps in the U.S. And two thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese . A new scientific study links these startling figures and suggests that food stamps may actually be a risk factor for obesity. [More]

If you're an omnivore you have a dilemmaThursday, September 16, 2010 @ 1:30AMIn recent years, more and more of America’s attention has been focusing on what it eats. Cookbooks and store products abound with all types of specialized health and diet regimens: Gluten-free, lactose-intolerant, vegetarian, lacto-ovo vegetarian, vegan, free-range, free-trade, etc, etc.

Summer camp teaches kids about where food comes fromThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:11AMTALENT — As elementary school-age children in a summer camp at Rogue Valley Brambles farm paint a chicken coop with scenes of trees, houses and airplanes Tuesday, owner Susan Muller assures them that the chickens will be a lot happier to live in it and lay eggs.

Handicapped Chicken Must GoWednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:42PMThe decision has been made. Beaker has to fly the coup.

Take this garden tour on your bicycleMonday, July 19, 2010 @ 6:53PMHAILEY — Patti Meyer practices “square foot gardening.” MariaDudunakis has created an urban oasis out of rocks and plants thatothers don’t want. And Jim Feldbaum is letting native grasses andwildflowers reclaim his yard along the Big Wood River.

Williston family farm rolls with the changesWednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 10:14AMThe chickens are the only employees on the Isham Family Farm. Michael Isham, 50, of Williston built a portable coop so they can do their work. He calls it the Chicken Tractor, and it's become quite a novelty. Other new developments have peaked community interest, too.