The Coast Guard says three people reported overdue were found in good condition near Sitka Monday morning. Petty Officer Jeremy Dawkins of the Juneau Command Center says the three had gone halibut fishing Sunday afternoon in a 14-foot aluminum skiff.
CAPE COD TIMES It started as a day so ordinary that the most extraordinary thing was the weather. A late summer's morning. Warm and sunny. Those skies, so blue.
Hey, you with the nonstop garden sprinkler, the budget-busting water bill and the grass that still looks more California brown than Western Washington green. In case you haven't noticed, it's been dry.
Western Washington's reputation as a soggy bastion for the web-footed is taking a beating this year, thanks to an unrelenting dry spell. And typically arid Eastern Washington is even more parched than usual.
