COUPEVILLE — Inside of the Kennewick’s pilothouse, Capt. Mark Gripp looked at the anemometer’s display to check the wind speed before setting sail for Port Townsend. Seventeen knots, coming from the ...

NORTH WHIDBEY ISLAND — An unusually strong wind storm that struck North Whidbey earlier this week toppled a massive tree onto a house, canceled ferry trips, caused evacuations, scattered giant logs of ...

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — A sinkhole in front of the Port Townsend ferry terminal has closed some lanes to traffic, according to city officials. A sewer line collapsed right beneath State Route 20/Sims ...

Washington State Ferries (WSF) has canceled sailings between Port Townsend and Coupeville until further notice because of extreme weather conditions. WSF says it’s seeing high winds and heavy seas in ...

SEATTLE — Washington State Ferries (WSF) is adding vessels to service next month, ahead of a busy summer sailing season. The new additions bring the agency to 18 vessels and nearly full domestic ...

It could be the first or second week in February before the Port Townsend-Whidbey Island ferry routes offer vehicle service again, state officials said Monday. At the afternoon conference, legislators ...

Over the past year, I have “commuted” once a month to my second clinic in Friday Harbor, which has given me a front-row seat to the collapse of the Washington State Ferry System. In some ways, the ...

A driving tour of the southern half of Whidbey Island extends the joys of summer’s produce and flower harvests into fall. The island’s temperate climate, fertile soils and saltwater seas create an ...