In her two years as the Anacortes Town Crier, Julie Nester has proclaimed and oyez, oyez, oyez’d at the community’s Christmas tree lighting, the Fourth of July parade and sister cities golf ...

State lawmakers recently approved funding aimed at improving ferry reliability and long-term capacity.

The Eastern Shipbuilding Group is officially ready to get to work on two vessels that will become the first new-generation, built-from-scratch hybrid-electric ferries operated by Washington State ...

EDMONDS, Wash. — Washington is joining Alaska, California and New York in forming a coast-to-coast federal ferry caucus aimed at boosting national support for ferry systems, lawmakers announced ...

The Wenatchee ferry is temporarily out of service due to power loss, with technicians investigating communication wire issues causing instability. As North America's largest hybrid-electric passenger ...

The Walla Walla ferry crew acted swiftly to rescue individuals clinging to a capsized sailboat, becoming first responders ...

The Olympic, a retired Washington state ferry, is abandoned off Ketron Island in the Puget Sound. State officials cannot remove the vessel due to its large size and location on private property. For ...

Video from a witness on the ferry appears to show people clinging to the capsized sailboat in the water.

That gap persists because the century-old ferry connection between Anacortes, Friday Harbor and Vancouver Island remains suspended for a seventh year by Washington State Ferries. The international ...