IT’S A PRIME time for pinks as the humpbacked, odd-year schools make their way along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. “Last week was the first big push of humpies into the Puget Sound,” Quilcene resident ...

Nearly 20 Southern Resident orcas were spotted in Puget Sound since Friday. To the north, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 40 mammal-eating orcas were spotted Saturday.

South Snohomish County is ground zero for the convergence zone. The air flows around the Olympics through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Chehalis Gap, colliding, rising and producing clouds ...

Puget Sound, pronounced "Pew-jet," stretches from the Straight of Juan de Fuca, at the northernmost corner of the United States, down through Elliott Bay and the bays and intricate inlets to the ...