Step into Coupeville and your blood pressure drops immediately. This Whidbey Island town has mastered the art of peaceful ...

Friday Harbor is the main town on San Juan Island, and it’s absolutely delightful. The downtown area clusters around the ferry dock, where boats arrive throughout the day. Red brick buildings line the ...

Budget writers in the Washington Legislature on Monday, Feb. 23, declared their intent to eventually buy more hybrid electric ferries to modernize the state ferry fleet. But newly unveiled House and ...

Budget writers in the Washington Legislature on Monday declared their intent to eventually buy more hybrid electric ferries to modernize the state ferry fleet. But newly unveiled House and Senate ...

Washington State Ferries will begin charging riders a 3% fee for credit and debit card transactions on March 1, the agency wrote in a blog post. In 2025, the state legislature passed a law directing ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Commuters and travelers using Washington State Ferries will soon see a slight increase in their bill if they pay with plastic. What we know Beginning March 1, a new 3% transaction fee ...

Washington State Ferries riders will soon pay an added fee on fares when using a credit or debit card. Starting on Sunday, March 1, a 3% card payment fee will be applied to all card transactions. A ...

Plastics are the future, someone once said, and in the case of Washington State Ferries, they are about to come with a fee. Beginning March 1, a 3% fee will be charged on credit and debit cards used ...

KIRO 7 spoke with the Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries, and Seafair on Wednesday morning ahead of the Seahawks victory parade. Hear their interviews below! The ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Jan 31, 2026 at 8:30 am January 31, 2026 at 9:13 ...