The “wealth tax” that the House and Senate are attempting to pass would allow Washington state to tax stocks, bonds and other ...

San Juan County is updating the County Comprehensive Plan this year. The Comp Plan is an important guiding document for ...

To take the survey, visit https://engage.sanjuancountywa.gov/san-juan-county-ferry-information/surveys/winter-schedule-survey ...

The state Senate, which often hears a wide range of opinions between Democrats and Republicans, gave rare unanimous approval March 5 for a $7.3 billion capital budget. “It was important to be ...

The latest issue of ‘Smithsonian’ magazine carried a story, “In Search of Siddhartha” and beginning with the last paragraph on page 53 (which included a highlighted item: “People are very happy to ...

• An Orcas Island deputy conducted a traffic stop for a driver speeding 49 mph in a posted 25 mph speed zone on Crow Valley ...

Among the first native wildflowers to appear each year, often as early as the spring equinox, pale purple Shooting Stars are vanishing from much of the San Juan Islands. They are not especially ...