(OLYMPIA)- With real estate values still low in most of the country, a new investment device has surfaced that is leading consumer groups and real estate industry organizations to sound an alarm.  Deborah Smith explains that private transfer fee covenants are being placed on homes by investors and developers…

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(WHIDBEY ISLAND)– The Washington State Department of Transportation says drivers headed across Deception Pass tomorrow should be prepared for congestion between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., as well as a three-minute highway closure at 12:27 p.m.

Deception Pass State Park is hosting a celebration to mark the 75th anniversary …

(WHIDBEY ISLAND)— Local and state health authorities have closed several North Whidbey Island beaches to butter clam harvesting due to high concentrations of a potentially deadly marine biotoxin associated with the occurrence of red tide.

Officials say the e closure affects beaches from Ala Spit to Strawberry Point and applies only …

(PORT ANGELES)– The Washington State Department of Ecology says a tug pushing a barge full of diesel and jet fuel arrived in Port Angeles Harbor Wednesday evening after temporarily losing power in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Officials say the 170-foot articulated tug-barge Commitment lost power shortly before …

(OLYMPIA)— The Washington State Supreme Court issued an important opinion yesterday dismissing various challenges to the state’s method of carrying out lethal injection and lifting the stay of execution for convicted killer and rapist Cal Coburn Brown.

The court issued its unanimous ruling in the cases of Brown and Gentry v. …