Among other activities this week, an Anacortes officer stopped a 12-year-old riding an off-road motorcycle without license plates.

The upcoming legislative session will see high levels of turnover among Washington state lawmakers. 

A puppy left, then found at a coffee shop on Christmas Day.

New restrictions on cosmetics tested on animals, tougher penalties for negligent drivers, requirements for hospitals to offer drugs to people possibly exposed to HIV.

Our calendar says it’s a new year next week. But the solstice has passed. New beginnings are all around us and within us as well.

Anacortes Police responded to a number of incidents, including a report of both red and green traffic lights on at the same time.