Earlier this month, Joan Samson and Ed Hodson opened Japonica Diner in the former Whidbey Doughnuts space at Bayview Corner. Japonica is the couple’s fifth restaurant and their second operation on ...

“Once in a lifetime moment for sure.” During this time of the year, critically endangered North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) are typically found nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,240 ...