Today was our first snow of the year. Magical and mystical, Heart Lake transformed from a familiar green forest into a fairyland of white delights.

On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump said the power to make abortion policies “has been returned to the states.” In his first two weeks in office, he’s already gone further to restrict abortion than any president who’s held office since the 1973 “Roe v. Wade” decision, writes Julie Rovner.

Washington was locked out of about $150 million in federal funding for solar projects focused on low-income communities last week as the Trump administration paused clean energy grants. 

Anacortes Police responded to several calls, including one describing juvenile hoodlums who ended up being not as described.

If the bills win approval, they’d require gun buyers to have special permits, limit bulk sales of ammunition and firearms, and impose new taxes.

Chickens. horses and cows? Fence lines, hedgerows and barns? Not your typical walk in the woods, or stroll on the beach.