Fall is the time when enrollees in the federal program for older people and people with certain disabilities can make changes to their health and drug plans. The decision can be complicated, but here are some key points to keep in mind.

Weightlifting and other forms of resistance training can help stave off loss of muscle mass and other age-related physical decline.

Washington’s framework for redrawing legislative and congressional districts is working OK but there’s room for improvement, particularly with transparency and keeping politicians away from the process. 

There is the scent of the briny, muddy, lively edge of the sea, coupled with the tang of spruce and maple, tempered with a musty driftwood, sea lettuce, and detritus odor.

Anacortes Police arrested and jailed a woman in connection with a disorderly complaint at an unnamed local business.

When every registered voter gets sent a ballot in the mail — a system known as universal vote-by-mail — voting rates tend to rise, numerous studies have found.