THE US Navy admitted yesterday that one of its ships fired warning shots at an Iranian boat in the Gulf last month. The USS Whidbey Island responded on December 19 as a vessel rapidly approached it in the Strait of Hormuz.

By Susan Gilmore, Seattle Times Dec. 11--It's likely to be a year or more before car-ferry service returns to the Port Townsend-Keystone route after state officials on Monday recommended four aging ferries, sidelined since Nov. 20, should be scrapped, not fixed.

By Sara Jean Green, Seattle Times Dec. 4--Huge st

By Karen Gaudette, Seattle Times Nov. 26--The toughest part of selling useful stuff? That nagging feeling you might need it someday.

By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times Nov. 15--This is the height of the chum salmon fishing season, and more than 1.4 million fish are expected to flow into Puget Sound and Hood Canal.