It is only her first week on the job, but newly elected State Representative Kristine Lytton  already has a calendar resembling a Tetris game.

Island Hospital officials broke ground Monday on a new $10.3 million, 27,000 square foot expansion, which will house an expanded cancer care center, physical therapy, and a new wound care unit.

Ace of Hearts Creek after a light snowfall Sunday. Nearly an inch fell here. Some areas of the island got from 2 to 5 inches of snow Sunday. View The Big Picture.

Anacortes police responded to a number of calls on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, but it was the third call of the New Year that ended in an arrest on a number of charges.

"A little bit of an unpleasant surprise" was how Mayor Dean Maxwell characterized the Governor Chris Gregoire's proposal to create a regional taxing district to support the state ferry system.

A cold and showery air mass will spread across western Washington this weekend. Snow levels will fall to 1,000 feet on Saturday and then to near sea level or just a couple hundred feet on Sunday morning.