A San Juan Island man who recently served six months for a felony sex offense faces a new round of criminal charges for allegedly spending time with a woman and her child shortly after his release from jail.
The U.S. Postal Service expects to save more than $500,000,000 a year by shutting down or cutting hours at about 13,000 post offices across the nation, mostly in rural locations.
After 100-plus years of serving up top-flight entertainment, one might think the San Juan County Fair had seen it all.
If you’re looking for a gripping, true-life tale about the battles Ken Balcomb has waged to protect the southern resident killer whales, and other marine mammals as well, from the very same government that is supposed to be reeling the endangered population back from the precipice of extinction, well then, my friend, your ship has come in.
An uptick in harbor porpoise strandings has local biologists scratching their heads, looking for clues and wary that mid-May’s unusually high death toll may signal something other than the natural die-off of a population on the rise.
After six years of plotting the course for the state ferry system, David Moseley is handing over the helm.
An Orcas Island man with a history of breaking-and-entering and who forced his way into a Rosario-area home in late December, demanding money at gunpoint from the couple that live there, was ordered to serve the next two years in prison following his latest felony conviction.
The prosecution had four months in mind. The judge gave him eight instead.
Nearly a decade after the southern resident killer whales were listed as endangered under federal law, the U.S. Fisheries Service is now proposing to give Lolita – the orca captured 44 years ago in Penn Cove and sold to a Florida aquarium – protection of the Endangered Species Act as well.
An Orcas Island man accused of breaking into a Rosario-area home and demanding money at gunpoint from the couple who live there is slated to stand trial on a trio of felonies in early March.
It is easy to understand why James and Nicole Coddington are increasingly comfortable with learning to expect the unexpected.
Despite its preeminence in the aerospace industry, Washington is not among the six states recently selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to develop test sites for drones.
San Juan County’s top law enforcement official issued a statement Tuesday defending his officers and department in the wake of a controversial traffic stop in downtown Friday Harbor on Christmas Eve.
