San Juan County

Retired American astronaut William Anders, who was a member of the Apollo 8 crew, was killed in a plane crash just off the San Juan Islands on Friday afternoon.

A former astronaut who was part of the Apollo 8 crew reportedly died as he piloted a plane that crashed into Puget Sound near Orcas Island on Friday.

The first humpback mother and its calf sighting of the year happened this month in the Salish Sea.

Through the power of dogs, a nonprofit on the San Juan Islands hopes to help medical students inch closer towards finding a cure for Parkinson's.

A new invasive aquatic species is now threatening Washington's waters, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced Sunday.

Photos obtained by FOX 13 provide a glimpse of the Christmastime chaos ensuing in the San Juan Islands. They show Amazon packages piling up at the Friday Harbor post office.

San Juan County appears caught in the middle of a blame game featuring two shipping giants: UPS and Amazon. Customers from Friday Harbor to Lopez Village are complaining that mail has been severely delayed as local post offices are overwhelmed. 

The San Juan Island interisland route is back in service a day after a ferry was pulled for damage sustained when running aground. 

Researchers have found that female orcas protect their sons -- but not their daughters -- in their later years. What the findings tell scientists studying the endangered Southern Resident orcas.

Video from the U.S. Coast Guard shows rescuers saving three people from a vessel off of Lopez Island, Washington.

A second baby orca has been spotted with L pod, a significant discovery as the endangered Southern Resident killer whales have struggled with new births for several years.

Following its start-of-summer meltdown in service, Washington State Ferries is looking to chart a new course, as their fleet ages and crew members become harder to find.

Whale watchers boating near San Juan Island had an unexpected encounter with an orca and a deer last Sunday.

The annual census undertaken by The Center for Whale Research shows that yet another Southern Resident killer whale is now considered dead.

An oil spill off the west coast of San Juan island caused a lot of concern, but experts wonder whether the Salish Sea is ready for a big spill as traffic increases.

Several weeks after a fishing vessel sank near San Juan Island, causing panic for the well-being of the endangered Southern Resident killer whales, the Coast Guard is preparing to bring the vessel to the surface.

Divers are back in the water near San Juan Island two weeks after a ship sank, putting wildlife at-risk due to an oil spill.

Already six days into an oil spill clean-up, difficult conditions are slowing attempts to plug a leaking fishing vessel off the coast of San Juan Island.