About 30 volunteers spent Saturday planting trees and shrubs near Pass Lake as part of a reforestation project in Deception ...

Mother Nature has shut down a portion of Deception Pass State Park. Powerful winds and high waves dumped sand, logs, and debris all over the Western Beach parking lot. It even ripped apart some of the ...

DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK — No tent. No RV. A forecast of crummy weather. It’s all no longer a problem at Deception Pass State Park. Just step inside and leave worries and the weather outside. The ...

DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK — Jason Armstrong wore an iconic blue “Smokey Bear” hat for 25 years before retiring as a lieutenant in the State Patrol in 2015. He now dons an olive green “Smokey Bear” hat ...

Newsflash: In Island County, bus rides are free. Traveling the length of Whidbey Island can be an ideal winter day-trip. WHIDBEY ISLAND — Six bucks doesn’t go very far these days. But it can get you ...

DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK — Families gathered Saturday under a pavilion by Cranberry Lake at Deception Pass State Park to learn about hibernation. The park and Fidalgo Nature School have partnered to ...

WASHINGTON STATE — There was a very large fire response in Island County Tuesday morning when people in the Deception Pass State Park Community started calling 911 to report boats on fire. John Fuik ...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — After 13 years of craftsmanship and community effort, Valkyrie — a 60-foot, hand-built Viking ship — sailed through Deception Pass on its maiden voyage. Constructed from cedar and ...