ANACORTES, Wash., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 21, Skagit Island Orthopedic Center (SIO) will unveil Anacortes' newest medical facility with an open house, inviting the public to tour its just-completed downtown facility and home to a comprehensive array of diagnostic, post-operative and physical therapy services and equipment. As one of two locations of a 13-year-old practice that provides care for patients from Fidalgo Island, Whidbey Island, and the San Juan Islands, the newly-constructed center provides the latest in modern facilities and services, brings care to a convenient location, and provides space to meet growth in patient demand and expectations, said Dr.

Puget Sound Energy (utility subsidiary of Puget Energy (NYSE:PSD)), on Oct. 17, received a new, 50-year federal operating license for the utility's largest hydropower facility, the 190-megawatt (MW) Baker River Hydroelectric Project in Skagit and Whatcom counties in Northwest Washington state.

ALGER, Wash. (AP) -- A man fatally shot a sheriff's deputy responding to a call Tuesday in northwestern Washington state, then led authorities on a car chase and killed five other people before turning himself in, officials said. Two others were wounded.

Pampa Energia subsidiary Central Termica Guemes has inaugurated its $65 million, 100MW GE LMS-100 gas-fired turbogenerator power plant, which will operate under Argentina's Energy Plus program.

By John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Jul. 15--Whatcom County Public Utility District No. 1 has decided to take a serious look at enlarging its role in providing electric service here.