If you hit and kill it, now you can eat it.

Starting July 1, motorists can legally salvage deer or elk killed in motor vehicle accidents in a new rule that was recently approved by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission. Washington joins nearly 20 other states, including Idaho and Montana, that allow the public to salvage road kill wildlife under various guidelines. While other states permit the salvaging of just about any animal, such as porcupines or foxes, Washington residents will be restricted to salvaging just deer and elk. Only elk will be permitted for salvaging in Clark, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties due to federal laws regarding endangered Columbian white-tailed deer.

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Based on turnout, the Bayview Farmers Market looked like it was in summer swing on its opening day Saturday.

The market opened the 2016 season under sunny skies for six hours April 30 and hosted over 40 farmers, growers, artisans and food vendors.

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Sand shrimp harvesting will resume around Whidbey and Saratoga Passage this summer after a two-year hiatus, though it will be done so on a limited basis.

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Looking around FusionSpark Media co-founder Russell Sparkman’s office, one thing becomes abundantly clear — it’s unoccupied save Sparkman.

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Based on her current resume, South Whidbey senior Sophia Stoughton would have been hard to recognize two years ago. Though she was uninvolved in extracurricular activities as an underclassman, Stoughton is amongst the school’s foremost leaders today.

She recently helped organize the South Whidbey High School’s third annual Earth Day Conference, held April 20, alongside other members of the school’s Green Team. In addition to her role as a secretary of the Green Team, she is also the senior class president, bulletin editor for Key Club and student representative for South Whidbey Schools Foundation.

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Whidbey High School’s Knowledge Bowl team knows a little something about what it’s like to be mentally exhausted.

The six-student team placed third at the class 1A state Knowledge Bowl tournament on March 19 at Arlington High School, having endured six rounds of competition and 350 questions during the span of the all-day competition. Consisting of students Collin Burns, Josiah Colby, Liam Twomey, Joel Worster, Sean Miles and Amara Garibyan, the team was pushed to their limits while answering a variety of questions on academic subjects such as mathematics, history, literature, music and science.

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The Freeland Water and Sewer District’s $10.5 million plan to bring sewers to Freeland’s commercial core was received with general approval by property owners at a recent informational meeting. A project about two years in the making, officials plan to design, construct and operate a sewer system in accordance to the Growth Management Act, which requires urbanized rural areas to plan and work toward urban services within a 20-year period.

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