Washington State's new ferry boats are years away. It's a painful reality for waterfront communities that depend on ferries. But a new bill in the legislature promises to give them some relief.

Having grown up on the East Coast, I get a still kick out of towns, hills, creeks, rivers and roads with Western names. I don’t think a born Westerner would derive the same pleasure in the signs ...

Mayor Ray Jackson will officially proclaim that Feb. 19 be “Day of Remembrance” during the next regular town meeting, the anniversary of Executive Order 9066, forcing those “deemed a threat to ...