For budget lodging, consider campsites at state parks or hostels on San Juan or Orcas. Wildlife centre camps are also an ...

After 10 weeks of service, the County’s Marine Transportation Services Pilot Project is complete. These services included ...

Island, San Juan, Skagit and Whatcom counties formed the Northwest Air Pollution Authority (now NWCAA) in 1967 under authority granted by the Washington Clean Air Act. San Juan County withdrew its ...

The Washington State Emergency Management Division confirmed that the tsunami advisory for Washington state had been ...

San Juan County officially declared the month of July as Plastic Free in 2021 to address the growing issue of plastic ...

Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a tsunami wave over 5 feet has been reported on the north ...

That means that his Bainbridge Island restaurant Marche has closed. The good news is that it’s being replaced by a seafood ...

Earlier pleas from the ferry-dependent San Juan Islands resulted in the 2024 Legislature commissioning a $500,000 study of potential new state-supported passenger-only routes throughout Puget Sound.

Edgar Stern, who founded the iconic Deer Valley ski resort in 1981, built the stunning San Juan Island home in 1989.

In Island or Skagit counties and in Port Susan, the Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network can be reached at 949-233-2822 or 1-866-ORCANET (866-672-2638 and choose the STRANDING option).

Which Washington island was named the best in the US? The San Juan Islands off the northern coast of Washington ranked fifth in Travel + Leisure's report with a reader score of 84.36.

The Madre Fire in San Luis Obispo County grew to 52,500 acres entering the Fourth of July weekend. See where California wildfires are burning.