Parents in Washington are running into problems finding and affording child care, and a new report estimates it’s costing the state’s economy billions of dollars annually.

Unless you also enjoy swimming naked with jellyfish, I would heartily recommend that you not wear shorts when you hike the southern trails at Dugualla State Park.

In recent years, districts are spending a lot more money to keep Washington’s schools running — but state funding isn’t keeping up. 

Now a week after the election, the move to create a new recreation district for the Fidalgo Pool, the measure leads by just six votes.

A handgun and ammunition magazine were stolen from a vehicle parked in a residential driveway.