Gov. Jay Inslee signed his final spending plans – and likely final bills – on Friday.

The meadow lay silent before us, sacred and serene. Veiled in the mist, three ghost-gray deer dawdled along the opposite side of the field and then out of sight.

It’s estimated that an older patient can spend three weeks of the year getting care — and that doesn’t count the time it takes to arrange appointments or deal with insurance companies.

During the summer of 2021, half of coastal waters from northern California to the Canadian border had oxygen levels too low to support marine life.

Anacortes Police had to chase down two juveniles driving wildly in a stolen school district van.

Skagit County plans to move to a new electronic ticketing system for the Guemes Island Ferry.