(Updated) Mayor Gere Saturday thanked the fire teams working on the Little Cranberry Lake fire, now mapped at 18.39 acres. And, as of Saturday night, the fire is 85 percent contained.

(Uodated 8:00 pm Friday) As two water-dropping helicopters and fire crews work on a fire just east of Little Cranberry Lake, the city says the fire may need “active management” for several weeks, adding that no evacuations are expected.

Water-dropping helicopters have been brought in to fight a fire in the Anacortes Community Forest Lands on the east side of Little Cranberry Lake and just west of Forest Ridge.

The 3rd Annual Anacortes Open Streets will be happening this Sunday from 11am to 3pm in downtown Anacortes. Downtown will be cleared of cars and opened to bicyclists, walkers, strollers, and skaters…non-motorized movers of all types.

Anacortes student scores on state tests taken in Spring 2016 show notable improvements from a year ago, according to school district superintendent Dr. Mark Wenzel. 

The D Avenue Overlay Project is underway and it provides for resurfacing and road repair on D Avenue (between 37th and 17th Streets) and on 32nd street (between M and D Avenues).